Student's Advanced Training

Rotorworks Students often get an opportunity to work on skills used in operational helicopter work. We encourage students to do some training in the Robinson R44 so they are able to work with slinging, vertical reference (long line slinging), hover exits, pad landings and other techniques that become available as seasons change.

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Sling load training in the Bell 206	Low visibility, Blowing Snow Training. Winter 2010	Towering Take-Off out of the rotorwash. Winter 2010	Rotorwash blowing up snow on approach. Winter 2011
Ending the day with some sling load training in the R22. Fall 2015		Toe in landings in the R44. Spring 2016	No hover landings at the Rotorworks cabin Fall 2016
R44 vertically up to move a load. May 2011	R44 helilogging in a small way. May 2011	R44 bringing the load in.	Watching the load. May 2011
	Tom watching looking down the line.	Kal rigging up the load	Ryan demonstrating his vertical reference technique.
Load coming up.	Tom handling the load	Coming up to tighten the line before lifting.	Ryan demonstrating Centre of Gravity Change. May 2011
R44 Hover Deplaning Kal. May 2011	Joining the Circuit at Whitecourt. Spring 2011		Kal fuelling up. Lots of supervision. May 2011
R22 hooking up for slinging. Spring 2011	R22 Taking-off with the sling load. Spring 2011	R22 Coming in for another Hover Hook-up. Spring 2011	R22 Departing with the sling load. Spring 2011
View from the air	Tom hanging out the door.	R44 Hover Deplaning Ground Crew. Spring 2011	A few students getting their hands on the Astar
Waiting to hook up the sling load Spring 2016