Gloves
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I've heard that gloves are worn by military helicopter pilots because "its an order" and it then becomes a habit - like a monk's?
Outside - well it is an affectation. Why don't the passengers get them if they are so important? If your hands are that sweaty on the collective and cyclic you are probably nervous and that is not too good for passenger confidence (you could be excused if you are having an Instrument Rating test!).
I hear that surgeons and dustmen wear gloves and outside the military only rotary pilots wear them. What does that mean? Rubbish or what?
P.S. I have also heard that a kneeboard is the size of a Robinson (gosh I hate them)cockpit so that explains why Fishboy had a problem. Where do you put yours Whirly?
"Keeping an ear to the ground"
Outside - well it is an affectation. Why don't the passengers get them if they are so important? If your hands are that sweaty on the collective and cyclic you are probably nervous and that is not too good for passenger confidence (you could be excused if you are having an Instrument Rating test!).
I hear that surgeons and dustmen wear gloves and outside the military only rotary pilots wear them. What does that mean? Rubbish or what?
P.S. I have also heard that a kneeboard is the size of a Robinson (gosh I hate them)cockpit so that explains why Fishboy had a problem. Where do you put yours Whirly?
"Keeping an ear to the ground"
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I strap my kneeboard to my knee and it doesn't get in the way at all. But I'm only 5ft 3ins, so that probably makes it easier - I've just got more room generally 
Now all I need to do is learn to write with my left hand.
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Whirly
To fly is human, to hover, divine.
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Now all I need to do is learn to write with my left hand.
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Whirly
To fly is human, to hover, divine.
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I don't have any Helo experience, but I like to follow this forum.
With regards to Gloves, I do like them, I'm on the prowl for some Military flying gloves as you can see if you read that forum. I find they help keep me clean and the thinness does not hinder performance or feel, although I wouldn't know about a Cyclic or collective and its fiddle factor. I'm worried about getting my fingers ripped off though, how that happen!?!
Glasses, I find I don't usually have a problem with glare as long as I haven't got any into-sun oncoming aircraft bearings! And I find that once you put your headset on they dig in the side of your head and pop off their sitting position a bit. So i leave the ones I got given at home usually.
Kneeboards. The one I use is excellent in that I made a strap that goes on my knee and is tightly secured, but I can see the issue with helos. Because I'm a tad inexperienced I do like them to help me with Over head Joins, En Route and initial contact calls and such, also for wind and S.A purposes.
As far as head wear, I only have a headset.
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Rusty
With regards to Gloves, I do like them, I'm on the prowl for some Military flying gloves as you can see if you read that forum. I find they help keep me clean and the thinness does not hinder performance or feel, although I wouldn't know about a Cyclic or collective and its fiddle factor. I'm worried about getting my fingers ripped off though, how that happen!?!
Glasses, I find I don't usually have a problem with glare as long as I haven't got any into-sun oncoming aircraft bearings! And I find that once you put your headset on they dig in the side of your head and pop off their sitting position a bit. So i leave the ones I got given at home usually.
Kneeboards. The one I use is excellent in that I made a strap that goes on my knee and is tightly secured, but I can see the issue with helos. Because I'm a tad inexperienced I do like them to help me with Over head Joins, En Route and initial contact calls and such, also for wind and S.A purposes.
As far as head wear, I only have a headset.
Thanks,
Rusty
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Glare from the sun! Well I now pull down the multi-position, graduated sun visor.
Gloves! well if I'm cold I turn the air conditioning up and vica versa.
Kneeboard! I pull out the table in front of me to do my crossword on!
Touching dirty engines and things! I now leave to engineers.
As for looking cool! I have nothing to prove to anyone who is impressed by that sort of thing!
Be what you are for the right reasons!
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Gloves! well if I'm cold I turn the air conditioning up and vica versa.
Kneeboard! I pull out the table in front of me to do my crossword on!
Touching dirty engines and things! I now leave to engineers.
As for looking cool! I have nothing to prove to anyone who is impressed by that sort of thing!
Be what you are for the right reasons!
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Joepilot and Flyany,
Yes you can and I very nearly did. I caught my wedding ring on a piece of ac panelling as I was completing a preflight, I slipped and grabbed for something and my wedding ring jammed on the offending protrusion. Luckily the Standard Crabtastic kid leather gloves over the ring provided some extra friction and stopped the ring 'degloving' my pinky. After that I stopped wearing the ring! The wife wasn't convinced on the reason though!
Earpiece,
You're right, the military do 'have' to wear gloves, but I know I'd rather have them on should anything bad happen! Besides we are so cut back on manpower these days we end up having to do some more of the servicing than we once did, so they help keep your pinkies clean!
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Yes you can and I very nearly did. I caught my wedding ring on a piece of ac panelling as I was completing a preflight, I slipped and grabbed for something and my wedding ring jammed on the offending protrusion. Luckily the Standard Crabtastic kid leather gloves over the ring provided some extra friction and stopped the ring 'degloving' my pinky. After that I stopped wearing the ring! The wife wasn't convinced on the reason though!
Earpiece,
You're right, the military do 'have' to wear gloves, but I know I'd rather have them on should anything bad happen! Besides we are so cut back on manpower these days we end up having to do some more of the servicing than we once did, so they help keep your pinkies clean!
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Like some others on this thread, I only wear gloves for the preflight or other maintenance (grubby!) tasks. But I notice the only regular glove wearers I see are ex-military. When it's cold (half the year in Northern Canada!) I'll wear some light weight gloves until the controls warm up, but they always come off once everything heats up to normal temperature.
Kneeboards? Gotta have it... the silly little flipout chart holders on the S-76 have had an incredible ability to flip back uncommanded and outta sight at the most inopportune time. I have no problem with control interference, perhaps if you tilt the board at a very slight angle the cyclic won't jam it against the panel next to your leg?
Sunglasses? I thought I wore them to reduce the U.V. damage so that I can still see the sights on that beach I'm going to retire to!
Just my opinion... any medical people out there to confirm or deny this?
As far as obscuring peripheral vision, I happen to like the sports glasses with wrap around lenses... I just wish my kids would quit making fun of me when I wear them. There may be a slight distortion factor from the lenses, but if the sun is really bright, what is the distortion factor from squinting? If you don't need them, take them off? As far as the cool factor goes, I just saw Top Gun again, haven't seen it in a while, in the bar scene where Maverick sings to Charlie, Iceman and several others are wearing their Raybans... in a bar... at night?! That's cooooool! That's keeping the U.V.'s at bay!
Kneeboards? Gotta have it... the silly little flipout chart holders on the S-76 have had an incredible ability to flip back uncommanded and outta sight at the most inopportune time. I have no problem with control interference, perhaps if you tilt the board at a very slight angle the cyclic won't jam it against the panel next to your leg?
Sunglasses? I thought I wore them to reduce the U.V. damage so that I can still see the sights on that beach I'm going to retire to!
Just my opinion... any medical people out there to confirm or deny this?
As far as obscuring peripheral vision, I happen to like the sports glasses with wrap around lenses... I just wish my kids would quit making fun of me when I wear them. There may be a slight distortion factor from the lenses, but if the sun is really bright, what is the distortion factor from squinting? If you don't need them, take them off? As far as the cool factor goes, I just saw Top Gun again, haven't seen it in a while, in the bar scene where Maverick sings to Charlie, Iceman and several others are wearing their Raybans... in a bar... at night?! That's cooooool! That's keeping the U.V.'s at bay!
