What is the standard price usually for a PPL(H)?
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In your early days of training i wouldnt bother spending the money.
I purchased my headset when i started to do solo Nav. The headsets in the machines i flew were not clear enough and i liked to hear precisely whats being said, especially when you're on your own.
I purchased a Bose x headset approx £650 these come with ANR and were a massive improvement.
The problem of struggling to hear ATC calls was gone and i could concentrate more on staying airbourne !!
In your early days of training i wouldnt bother spending the money.
I purchased my headset when i started to do solo Nav. The headsets in the machines i flew were not clear enough and i liked to hear precisely whats being said, especially when you're on your own.
I purchased a Bose x headset approx £650 these come with ANR and were a massive improvement.
The problem of struggling to hear ATC calls was gone and i could concentrate more on staying airbourne !!
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I did my PPL(H) with "Hughes500" using a Hughes 300 helicopter at Dunkeswell and he managed to get me through in 39 flying hours over 3 weeks going solo in 7.5 hours.
This was helped by staying at a local B & B and flying up to 4 hours a day. I would thoroughly recommend AH Helicopters services.
I would also advise any students not to turn up on day one of their new course with a hangover as it makes you look a complete idiot when asked the simplest questions !
This was helped by staying at a local B & B and flying up to 4 hours a day. I would thoroughly recommend AH Helicopters services.
I would also advise any students not to turn up on day one of their new course with a hangover as it makes you look a complete idiot when asked the simplest questions !
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Chaps,
There's some un-nerving comments about the R22 in the thread entitled 'Robinson Helicopters', just wondered if I should have any reservations about training in one?
Bladefrabber, 52 hours, i'm impressed, lets hope I can do it in that!
There's some un-nerving comments about the R22 in the thread entitled 'Robinson Helicopters', just wondered if I should have any reservations about training in one?
Bladefrabber, 52 hours, i'm impressed, lets hope I can do it in that!
If anyone from my flying school reads this PLEASE don't take it personally, this is purely for my information but what would happen if you block book a whole load of lessons at the reduced rate or you are half way through your training and the school goes out of business............do I have any more come back other than the usual?
Is their any type of insurance to cover this because travelling further afield to another school to complete my training would be out of the question.
Is their any type of insurance to cover this because travelling further afield to another school to complete my training would be out of the question.
Okay so if I WAS to buy a headset what would your recommendations be please?
55-60 Hours, wow is it going to take that long?
My Helicopter Training School reckon it should take only 45 hours, I know that is the minimum anyway but is your 55-60 more realistic or are you just covering yourself!
Better tell me now as I haven't budgeted for those extra hours!!
My Helicopter Training School reckon it should take only 45 hours, I know that is the minimum anyway but is your 55-60 more realistic or are you just covering yourself!
Better tell me now as I haven't budgeted for those extra hours!!
My question to 77 ... Have you thought hard about anything to do with helicopter flying ???? ...
P.s ... If your worried about how much it will cost and how long it will take to obtain your PPL(H) then what are you going to do after you have the licence ?? you will still be forking out the ££££££££££ to keep current and get ratings (if you wish) LPC's etc etc .. it will never stop ££££ !
Sorry, hope this does not come across bad ........
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[QUOTE]Ding Dong,
Many thanks for your post!
K77./QUOTE]
Hi 77
I know it came over harsh ... I am sorry. I know money is an important thing in everyones life, but I guess my point is that the cost of being a PPL'H' is a big on going commitment, they dont really tell you all about that when you set out to do the course ... your budget will have to extend to more than the license itself .. if you dont keep current you will be flying wet every time you want to go up, and dry hire is not much less than wet hire (shows how little instructors get paid) ..... You will never experience anything better than flying a helicopter (within reason) .. but you cant worry about the cost as a PPL'H' ....
Many thanks for your post!
K77./QUOTE]
Hi 77
I know it came over harsh ... I am sorry. I know money is an important thing in everyones life, but I guess my point is that the cost of being a PPL'H' is a big on going commitment, they dont really tell you all about that when you set out to do the course ... your budget will have to extend to more than the license itself .. if you dont keep current you will be flying wet every time you want to go up, and dry hire is not much less than wet hire (shows how little instructors get paid) ..... You will never experience anything better than flying a helicopter (within reason) .. but you cant worry about the cost as a PPL'H' ....
K77
Do not bother with a headset, buy an Alpha Helmet, they will give you better noise protection ( even v a bose), better vision in strong sunlight and God forbid ...............they are harder than your head.
Some on these sites will ridicule people for wearing one, but think of all the rather friendly bits of metal and plastic in the machine !! They may be expensive but would you get on a bicycle these days without a helmet ??
If you know the right place to go one will set you back about £ 800 plus vat
For your ppl h expect to take 60 hours and be pleased when you do it in around 50. Very few people get it at 45 hours. Expect to pay about £ 15 k plus the vat for 60 hours plus another 1K for medical, books, examiners fees, Caa fees and ground exams if your school charges for these as a seperate.
Thanks Zero thrust, hows life with you ?
Do not bother with a headset, buy an Alpha Helmet, they will give you better noise protection ( even v a bose), better vision in strong sunlight and God forbid ...............they are harder than your head.
Some on these sites will ridicule people for wearing one, but think of all the rather friendly bits of metal and plastic in the machine !! They may be expensive but would you get on a bicycle these days without a helmet ??
If you know the right place to go one will set you back about £ 800 plus vat
For your ppl h expect to take 60 hours and be pleased when you do it in around 50. Very few people get it at 45 hours. Expect to pay about £ 15 k plus the vat for 60 hours plus another 1K for medical, books, examiners fees, Caa fees and ground exams if your school charges for these as a seperate.
Thanks Zero thrust, hows life with you ?
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They may be expensive but would you get on a bicycle these days without a helmet ??
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I've no idea; I've never fallen off! It's all down to perceived risk?
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Off topic a bit, anyone with statistics for choppers?
Deaths / 1 miljon hours of activity
Skydiving
128,71
Swimming
1,07
Car
0,47
Waterskiing
0,28
Home activitys (cleaning etc)
0,27
Bicykling
0,26
Flying FW
0,15
Living in general
1,53
Deaths / 1 miljon hours of activity
Skydiving
128,71
Swimming
1,07
Car
0,47
Waterskiing
0,28
Home activitys (cleaning etc)
0,27
Bicykling
0,26
Flying FW
0,15
Living in general
1,53
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Then we get back to that old subject of what is and isn't the 'right' things to wear, especially while training without being laughed at?
1 Helmet,
2 Nomex Flight Suit,
3 Flying Gloves,
ETC!
1 Helmet,
2 Nomex Flight Suit,
3 Flying Gloves,
ETC!
K77 who cares whether people laugh or not, its YOUR Training and YOUR neck at the end of the day. I taught a guy a few years ago who was not the best handler ever but did have a nomex suit, a few instuctors commented on it, but they got over themselves (probably me included, I cannot remember) after about 10 minutes and then got on with the job in hand.
I've never met Hughes500 but if he is who I think he is then one day he will have the last laugh on some of us, he flies in a helmet, does a lot of teaching and operates at least one 300 and a 500.
Some people ridicule him for doing this but, at the end of the day he has a greater chance of surviving an accident, which in a single engine helicopter he is 'perhaps' more likely to encounter than some of us. That does of course not preclude the twin pilots from taking a swan through the windows and in the face which may be just as bad (if not worse than) as an engine failure if it hits the pilot in the face.
I don't fly in a helmet for my day job, but maybe I should, the passengers may not like it, but I am questioned every now and again about what would happen if I met with an early demise whilst in command of an aircraft with several people in the back.
I won't change from what I do but I do respect greatly what Hughes500 does by sticking to his guns about flying in a helmet.
GS
I've never met Hughes500 but if he is who I think he is then one day he will have the last laugh on some of us, he flies in a helmet, does a lot of teaching and operates at least one 300 and a 500.
Some people ridicule him for doing this but, at the end of the day he has a greater chance of surviving an accident, which in a single engine helicopter he is 'perhaps' more likely to encounter than some of us. That does of course not preclude the twin pilots from taking a swan through the windows and in the face which may be just as bad (if not worse than) as an engine failure if it hits the pilot in the face.
I don't fly in a helmet for my day job, but maybe I should, the passengers may not like it, but I am questioned every now and again about what would happen if I met with an early demise whilst in command of an aircraft with several people in the back.
I won't change from what I do but I do respect greatly what Hughes500 does by sticking to his guns about flying in a helmet.
GS
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this is the standard observation entry test,try it, be honest and let me know how you did.
how many times does the letter ! F appear in the following
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
metalman
how many times does the letter ! F appear in the following
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
metalman
