It's better to learn throttle managment too. I don't agree with people who say the R22 isn't a real helicopter, but given the choice I would train on the 47. And of course the view! Nothing beats it, and you fly slow enough to have lots of time to look around!
Just do a super thurough pre-flight, there's more moving parts in the mast system, but at least you can see everything. Got to practise extending the glide with low RRPM and you feel pretty safe with those big wood blades. It also has lots of leeway with rotor RPM. It is similar to the feel of flying at max gross in the B206 (except for airspeed). You load up the disc much sooner and kind of chug it in. I think the best part of learning on the 47 is it is heavy and not very powerful.
You get to practise hydraulic failures with the 47 which the R22 doesn't provide. It has a great feel, and the transition to the B206 is quite natural, though the B206 doesn't have the stabilizer bar and feels a little funny laterally at first. It is great to auto, and we did a few hundred full downs as part of the training which I gather isn't the standard in the R22. I really enjoyed the 47 for a few reasons. I did most of my training in the 47, but also have some time in the R22, H269, and B206. Thanks for any replys or please PM if you would like. Don't want to start any flames here amoung the Robinson guys, I just don't like the R22 and want to go onto bigger fish. I have been told by numorous operators that expierence in larger helicopters is worth more to them than equal time in the Robinson, unless you want to teach exsclusivly in Robinsons (which is not the direction I want to go). Yes I know teaching in R22's is the general way to build hours but is it better to have 150 hrs in R22, where you still need 50 more just to teach, or 150 total (117 hrs R22 & 30+hrs in Bell 47) and given the op to push the 47 and build time with it. My plans are to eventually get employment in the utility field and not really do any Robinson training. Should I spend money for the 47 or continue in the R22? or is a Bell 47 even a good choice? I have the option of doing the remaining time to get my comercial in a Bell 47 and at the time I get my cfi, have been offered the opportunity to use the 47 from my instructor towards my own students wanting to train. I'm pvt rated rotocraft in R22 and am going to continue my training towards com/cfi.
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