Anyone trained with Helicentre Leicester?
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Anyone trained with Helicentre Leicester?
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I am sort of new to the forum, I have been observing member for some years but recently decided to post topics, so apologize in advance if this is the wrong area.
I am currently looking for a school to do my PPL H, I wanted to do it in CABRI G2, purely because of the modern cockpit and single cyclic. One of the schools which I have found is Helicentre Aviation based on Leicester, they do their training on the Cabri G2 and have 6 of them, has anyone trained with them? Are they a good school? What the instructors like? Any assistance with PPL exams etc?
Currently looking at the modular course which is in the region of £20k, but exams are self-study and have to be sat in 6 sittings. Are the exams easy to do as self-study? They offer one to one tuition on subjects if needs be but their exams are not held on-site but done at a CAA center elsewhere. I find this a bit different because I previously started training but quit midway 10 years ago and I did exams on site, I gave up at the time due to marrige and kids etc, I feel I would be fine with most exams apart from Navigation as it involved working with the flight computer etc.
Any one that can share advise on this shcool or any other Cabri G2 school? Just worried I may need re the exams etc.
Funding currently is not an issue and have enough up until CPL H.
Thansk in advance
I am sort of new to the forum, I have been observing member for some years but recently decided to post topics, so apologize in advance if this is the wrong area.
I am currently looking for a school to do my PPL H, I wanted to do it in CABRI G2, purely because of the modern cockpit and single cyclic. One of the schools which I have found is Helicentre Aviation based on Leicester, they do their training on the Cabri G2 and have 6 of them, has anyone trained with them? Are they a good school? What the instructors like? Any assistance with PPL exams etc?
Currently looking at the modular course which is in the region of £20k, but exams are self-study and have to be sat in 6 sittings. Are the exams easy to do as self-study? They offer one to one tuition on subjects if needs be but their exams are not held on-site but done at a CAA center elsewhere. I find this a bit different because I previously started training but quit midway 10 years ago and I did exams on site, I gave up at the time due to marrige and kids etc, I feel I would be fine with most exams apart from Navigation as it involved working with the flight computer etc.
Any one that can share advise on this shcool or any other Cabri G2 school? Just worried I may need re the exams etc.
Funding currently is not an issue and have enough up until CPL H.
Thansk in advance
The G2 is a good machine, however you're first job if you want to go to CPL H, is more likely to be an R44...
I would train on the R22 , far easier transition to the R44.
I would highly recommend https://www.arcus-heli.com they have a G2 , R22 and R44. (based at Nottingham) about 1 hour drive from peterborough
The Exams are all achievable , but you do need guidance through them, and you be under an ATO for the exams with consolidation classes before sitting the exams ?
I would train on the R22 , far easier transition to the R44.
I would highly recommend https://www.arcus-heli.com they have a G2 , R22 and R44. (based at Nottingham) about 1 hour drive from peterborough
The Exams are all achievable , but you do need guidance through them, and you be under an ATO for the exams with consolidation classes before sitting the exams ?
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Hello ersa,
The G2/R44 combination works quite well and a lot of flight schools rely on it.
Hello blessing 786, you'll see that some members here have a clear-cut opinion about the school, I don't know this organisation.
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Hello ersa,
The G2/R44 combination works quite well and a lot of flight schools rely on it.
Hello blessing 786, you'll see that some members here have a clear-cut opinion about the school, I don't know this organisation.
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The G2 is a good machine, however you're first job if you want to go to CPL H, is more likely to be an R44...
I would train on the R22 , far easier transition to the R44.
I would highly recommend they have a G2 , R22 and R44. (based at Nottingham) about 1 hour drive from peterborough
The Exams are all achievable , but you do need guidance through them, and you be under an ATO for the exams with consolidation classes before sitting the exams ?
I would train on the R22 , far easier transition to the R44.
I would highly recommend they have a G2 , R22 and R44. (based at Nottingham) about 1 hour drive from peterborough
The Exams are all achievable , but you do need guidance through them, and you be under an ATO for the exams with consolidation classes before sitting the exams ?
I have sent Arcus Heli's an email, did you train with them?
I am thinking, in the long run, I could get type conversion if I needed to move to the R44. I have done 1 hour in the R22 and the Cabri feels and handles way nicer. It also has a digital cockpit.
I have had a 1hrs lessons R22 and 30 minutes in the Cabri and the Cabri just feels smoother and has a digital cockpit. I am thinking to get type conversion when and if needed in the future.
Main concern is the exams but hoping with self-study and bit of tuition may help along. Maths is not my strong point but how much of it is needed without calculators etc?
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I believe they are currently training fully sponsored cadets for Bristow helicopters so that would suggest they have quite high standards and perhaps training with them could provide an opportunity to work for Bristow in the future.
https://www.pilotcareernews.com/bris...det-programme/
https://www.pilotcareernews.com/bris...det-programme/
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Hi Heli 87,
I am located in Cambridgeshire but willing to travel up to about 60 miles for training. Used have Aeroamega out of Cambridge airport but they have since closed down due to being turfed out by the landlord at the airport as the hangar was needed for development. Shame really, the instructor they're seemed very well qualified.
I am located in Cambridgeshire but willing to travel up to about 60 miles for training. Used have Aeroamega out of Cambridge airport but they have since closed down due to being turfed out by the landlord at the airport as the hangar was needed for development. Shame really, the instructor they're seemed very well qualified.
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Yes, they seem to have full courses running but all the students are non-modular and most have had their training paid for, They, therefore, don't have financial difficulties should something go wrong. I mean I have to consider failing the exams or the flight tests itself. I know they may have high standards but then their is more chance of them continuing with dual instruction meaning eating into hour building fund. Maybe I have wrong impression but that what I think, unless someone else has been an trained with them and has different advise?
Only 4 are fully sponsored.
I believe they are currently training fully sponsored cadets for Bristow helicopters so that would suggest they have quite high standards and perhaps training with them could provide an opportunity to work for Bristow in the future.
https://www.pilotcareernews.com/bris...det-programme/
https://www.pilotcareernews.com/bris...det-programme/
Ah the Golden Carrot , train with us and you may get a position at bristow
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Hi Heli 87,
I am located in Cambridgeshire but willing to travel up to about 60 miles for training. Used have Aeroamega out of Cambridge airport but they have since closed down due to being turfed out by the landlord at the airport as the hangar was needed for development. Shame really, the instructor they're seemed very well qualified.
I am located in Cambridgeshire but willing to travel up to about 60 miles for training. Used have Aeroamega out of Cambridge airport but they have since closed down due to being turfed out by the landlord at the airport as the hangar was needed for development. Shame really, the instructor they're seemed very well qualified.
the guys at Helicentre haven’t all had their training paid for, like Olster said, Only 4 of them won the sponsorship.
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Ersa,
I was told they are picked on merit and not out of a hat. If you complete a PPL H with them before Sep 2020 you could get a paid CPL scholarship, but that is a big gamble as it may never happen, and you may not be the the right candidate for them etc.
I was told they are picked on merit and not out of a hat. If you complete a PPL H with them before Sep 2020 you could get a paid CPL scholarship, but that is a big gamble as it may never happen, and you may not be the the right candidate for them etc.
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and I have made contact with Sloane, Sloane only train on the R22, this cheaper for the PPL and hour building but the Cabri feels and looks better, slightly confused which to go with really.
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Do you know if conversion courses are difficult? Is it case of you can fly one helicopter and you can fly them all? (subject to getting the type rating ofcourse)
I have seen schools around london but currently trying to keep it as close as to me as possible as I am looking to two days a week. The further the school the travelling will eat into my hour building fund.
My plan is to get a PPL and then hour build, when I have enough hours, looking to a CPL followed by FI rating. Best thing would be getting a job after CPL but being realstic thats not going to happen due to low hours so FI would be the way forward. Currently, have enough funds up to CPL.
Do you know if conversion courses are difficult? Is it case of you can fly one helicopter and you can fly them all? (subject to getting the type rating ofcourse)
I have seen schools around london but currently trying to keep it as close as to me as possible as I am looking to two days a week. The further the school the travelling will eat into my hour building fund.
Do you know if conversion courses are difficult? Is it case of you can fly one helicopter and you can fly them all? (subject to getting the type rating ofcourse)
I have seen schools around london but currently trying to keep it as close as to me as possible as I am looking to two days a week. The further the school the travelling will eat into my hour building fund.
But by FAR the biggest advantage is that you can add a fixed wing IR for about £8k - and as we all know because we've all read cap804, a FW to Heli IR conversion is only 10 hours. (In other words an IR(H) with a free PPL(A)/IR is cheaper than an IR(H) on its own.
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The chaps at Arcus are quite good, and one of them does quite a trade in London Helilanes training for those who have finished the PPL (some of which is in a glass cockpit R44 if you were looking for the type rating afterwards).
As with all such choices, visit the schools and get a view on who you would train with because a 22/or g2 cockpit is a small place ....
As with all such choices, visit the schools and get a view on who you would train with because a 22/or g2 cockpit is a small place ....