Trainer Helicopters To Learn How To Fly. Enstrom 280FX And 480B 

Sure..dont see why not...Just plan your fuel stops a little closer....

Here you go....Nuff said....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zggCDPcPZM0.html

@@ToyManFlyer1100 gotta pee somewhere

@@daviddavis5312 ..well if your chopper has "auto-pilot" you can make like us old truckers and whip it out, go in a soda can, Pringles, chips can, or have a tube to the outside and let it rip, Tater chip!!!!!...Cant be stopping ev'ry 5 mins to take a leak....

Pilot Yellow flew around the world in a R-66.. so, yes.

Ur Welcome !!!! 480B Direct Operating Cost FUEL AND LUBRICANTS Cost/Hour Fuel cost (25 gph cruise) @ $4.80/gal.$120.00 Lubricants @ 3% 4.15 $ 124.15 SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE LABOR Includes scheduled inspections, component removal for overhaul/exchange, retirement items and unscheduled maintenance. (Calculations based on a $100/hr. labor rate @ .58 hr per flight hour.) $ 58.00 RESERVE FOR COMPONENT OVERHAUL Main Rotor Gearbox (based on a fixed overhaul price of $21,320 @ 1200 hrs) $ 17.76 Tail Rotor Gearbox (based on a fixed overhaul price of $6,760 @ 1000 hrs) 6.76 Overrunning Clutch (based on a fixed overhaul price of $8,627 @ 2400 hrs) 3.59 Starter Generator (150SG117Q-4-1) (based on a fixed overhaul/exch price of $5,148 @ 1000 hrs) 5.15 Lower Pulley O/H (based on a fixed overhaul price of $8351 @1200 hrs) 6.95 $ 38.68 RESERVE FOR SPARE PARTS Scheduled and unscheduled parts consumption using available actual experience and projections. $ 23.56 RESERVE FOR TURBINE ENGINE Includes scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, replacement of life-limited parts and line maintenance. ($5.00 per hour) $ 65.87 RESERVE FOR RETIREMENT ITEMS Retirement Item Cost Qty Life Engine Int. Drive Shaft (4131003) $9441.80 @ 3,500 2.68 Tail Rotor Spindle (28-150074) $1990.00 @ 1,200 1.66 Tension Torsion Straps (2 year limit) (ECD084) $2724.15 (3) @ 1,200 6.81 Drive Belt (ECD4000) $1436.55 @ 5,500 0.26 Tail Cone Vibration Beam (4112034) $1894.15 @ 3,835 0.49 Cyclic Vibration Beams (4166024) $1328.10 (2) @ 1,200 2.21 Main Rotor Hub Plates (28-14280/28-14281) $4344.39 (2) @ 4592 1.89 Estimated total hourly retirement cost: $ 15.50 TOTAL DIRECT OPERATING COST PER HOUR: $325.76 Note: All hours and labor rates are based on field averages performed by experienced mechanics. Maintenance hours and costs to perform above noted tasks will vary due to operating conditions and the general care given the helicopter as well as the shop rate charged by the individual repair station. "Preventive maintenance is the cheapest maintenance." Aircraft that are infrequently used will probably experience higher hourly operating costs. January. 2018

@@ToyManFlyer1100 thank you so much!!

SUB TO SUB BRO

I know Pfsif. Thanks for taking the ride with me 👍🏾

I get your reasoning and they are very valid. I think he was meaning to say first helicopter ownership. Those helis aren't your typical helicopter trainers like a Robinson R-22 (and Beta II), Schweizer 300, or a Bell47.