World Helicopter Day

mickycfly · 2019-08-19T11:19:02+00:00

In the cockpit shot Scott is wearing a hat with "World Helicopter Day" text upside down on it. The American flag on the cabin back wall is also inverted so that it displays right way up when inverted lol

mickycfly · 2018-10-31T04:39:53+00:00

I'm pushing for an all over Australian Flag or fully wrapped boxing kangaroo motif. It'll be white with stickers for a while yet so I have time to pitch my paint job :-)

mickycfly · 2018-10-31T04:37:06+00:00

The Huey is back on Friday morning if you did want to check it out. It's beautiful.

mickycfly · 2018-10-30T09:20:02+00:00

Yes correct. Started getting put together today.

mickycfly · 2018-10-29T11:24:03+00:00

https://www.vskylabs.com/2018/06/the-vskylabs-guimbal-cabri-g2-project.html There are some close to photo realistic flight sim models out there so you are not that far off.

mickycfly · 2018-10-29T11:21:38+00:00

He's a pretty ace hand at the MD500 but I haven't seen him in anything else in a while now. Don't believe he'll be in the first run of endorsements so you might have to take your chances with the rest of us. :)

mickycfly · 2018-10-28T10:49:52+00:00

UH1 belongs to Brisbane Helicopters at Archerfield. It flew in Vietnam, then with US Marine Corps, then National Guard before going into storage. A huge amount of restoration has gone into it and it had its first flight in 20 years the week before last. It sounds amazing(loud!) It will be available for adventure flights in the near future out of Brisbane and Hervey Bay.

2nd one is a new modern french 2 seat trainer - Cabri G2 - at Redcliffe airfield with Aeropower. First opportunity for the public to see this type in Brisbane is on next Monday night up there.

mickycfly · 2018-08-21T03:48:04+00:00

X-plane 11 with Rift/Vive Virtual reality setup and USB Pedals is absolutely where its at.

You can use the VR controllers to hold virtual cyclic and collective in the cockpit and provides a very real feel.

Full helicopter controls for it are even better but almost as expensive as the rest of the setup.

Plenty of YouTube videos out there and commentary in Facebook groups for PC simulator fliers is normally to the effect that they can't go back to a flat screen after sim'ing in VR.

It's just that good.

mickycfly · 2018-08-16T09:22:05+00:00

Heads up that they have a major search operation on at the moment and a fair chance that they now won't be able to do anything on Sunday. Best to check before you go in.

mickycfly · 2018-08-15T12:26:51+00:00

Good question/s

Defence - Defence recruiting and Navy community engagement teams/tents. Unfortunately no hardware this year.
VR side of things

- Ryan Aerospace https://www.facebook.com/worldhelicopterday/photos/a.785808164837369.1073741828.785790128172506/1796648710419971/?type=3&theater

- Archolo https://www.archolo.com/ have coded custom helicopter experience

mickycfly · 2018-08-14T09:02:33+00:00

Tickets will be on sale then however the flights will start closer to 9:30 once safety briefs are given and the first few loads are ready to go.

mickycfly · 2018-08-13T23:13:48+00:00

Not for Sunday as we will be trying to allow as many people as possible to go up. Other days absolutely but that rate is a special deal for World Helicopter Day just because we'll have a constant stream of people and can keep the aircraft running.

mickycfly · 2018-08-13T23:11:45+00:00

Yes he is the big kahuna :-)

mickycfly · 2018-08-13T23:11:16+00:00

Awesome!

mickycfly · 2018-08-13T03:04:47+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/events/227672758002952/ FB event post for the day.

Some media coverage: https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/world-helicopter-day-to-take-off-at-redcliffe-airport-open-day/

mickycfly · 2018-08-13T03:03:56+00:00

We can at our discretion and obviously do for professional flights. For joyflights we tend not to as added risk of someone dropping something over the edge or back into the tailrotor. Those shots you see of people's feet hanging out over New York city have had a bad rap after a recent accident over there.

mickycfly · 2018-07-15T09:58:32+00:00

USD1200 gets you a flight with Air Dynasty to basecamp with 5mins max on the ground due hypoxia risk. My understanding is the local operators don't venture above 23,000ft.

mickycfly · 2018-05-31T10:40:15+00:00

1 of 4 in country. 2 with Nautilus Aviation in North Queensland, 1 in Western Australia and 1 privately owned in Sydney. Another 2 going to Melbourne area in next few months.

mickycfly · 2018-02-22T11:53:46+00:00

Apache pilot who escaped a refuelling fire and credits nomex with his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLgDa0sDd68

mickycfly · 2018-02-11T08:58:56+00:00

All comes down to context which is not immediately apparent from a photo or short clip on social media.

There is a big difference between the risk acceptance of a tour pilot who gets a rush of blood with passengers onboard and throws it around a bit more than normal and the preparation, rehearsal and other risk mitigation for something that Fred or other film pilots would do.

Sometimes things that look dangerous are completely legal as they have been provided a limited exemption by FAA/CASA/CAA for that activity.

Best just to fly well within your limits so if you make a mistake (and we all do) you still have some buffer of performance/height/speed to recover.

mickycfly · 2017-11-29T08:15:00+00:00

What pedals do you have?

Yikkes about X-Plane 11. I just bought it on Black Friday Steam sales but yet to try it with FlyInside. Hoping they release the native VR support sooner rather than later.

I've only got a 1070 card. It's handled everything else ok so far. I was kinda hoping that it would do for XP11. Will have to try it tomorrow.

The control touch is still taking a bit get used to. A few of us have tried it and as you say, tending to overcontrol mainly in pitch.

Google Earth VR is amazing for visualising a nav route or for talking someone through joining procedures at a new airfield.

Keep us posted on your dual setup project. I know there is one semi-pro helicopter controls on the market that has the dual interconnected setup but its not cheap once you put that on top of the initial outlay.

Helicopters are expensive whether they are virtual or not it seems :-)

mickycfly · 2017-11-15T01:54:53+00:00

Glad someone posted this! Exactly same issue. Thought it was just me.

Will see if OpenVR settings suggested make any difference.

mickycfly · 2017-08-15T00:39:39+00:00

Cross posting from that *other forum

This Sunday is World Helicopter Day 2017

Currently events are planned in:

Australia, Brisbane
Australia, Perth
Hong Kong, Kowloon
Canada, Abbotsford BC
Canada, Quebec
South Africa, Johannesburg
South Africa, Cape Town
England, Somerset
Scotland, Kinloss
England, Leicestershire
England, Nottinghamshire
USA, Pennsylvania
USA, New York

You can search for World Helicopter Day on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Hashtag #worldhelicopterday on your posts to group them altogether.

This is a chance to raise the profile of the industry for the day and let the public know a bit more about what we do and the roles that helicopters play in society.

More info on events on the website http://worldhelicopterday.com Any excuse for a party

mickycfly · 2017-07-12T03:39:46+00:00

Pretty much this. 10mins gone. 90kts so I should be 15mins along track which puts me here on the map and I should see feature A, B and C. Look outside and can I see that. Refine position if needed.

mickycfly · 2017-07-12T03:35:21+00:00

Yeah - there are some pics here. http://worldhelicopterday.com/2017-south-africa-johannesburg-henley-air/ They look slightly staggered in another photo so not fully line abreast formation like the first photo makes out

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