Thinking about flying lessons again. Have an airport 10 minutes away, flight time is $75 an hour with instructor... Lately have seen lots of YouTube videos on minichoppers... mosquitos seem awfully cheap, 50k gets you a non turbine version... not sure how much copter lessons are, and the mosquito is a single seater... Any thoughts on minicopters? Downsides: No passengers Limited range Nonpressurized No climate control Etc Upsides Damn cool.... Experimental aircraft... How much less safe would something like this be, vs a Cessna? Daydreaming...
Sure, or Cherokee, or what have you... Our local airport, 10 minutes away... https://www.racinesportflyers.com/batten-international-airport.html Living in Wisconsin, I’m always surprised how cheap stuff is...
Well...they both autorotate . One all the time, one on demand... I used to love flying rc planes. Flying a plane, especially a trainer, was easy... Flying a heli, took time. It was definitely a learned skill. Who was it that said, planes glide on the wind...helicopters beat it into submission...
I'm imagining the moment when you have transitioned from say a trainer R22 and now your sitting in a Mosquito all by yourself. Its "soloing" with a new perspective!
Bit off tangent, but do any trainer or experimental aircraft have autopilot capability? Also, most full size Helis have gyros I would think, no? Flying an rc heli without a gyro was impossible...
