School Info

The one-on-one school is located in Moorpark, CA

45 minute drive north from LAX

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Pricing

• Instruction is $65.00 per hour.
• Traveling School Prices will vary depending on the needs of the group.
• We offer many different programs both in and out of the country. Please Contact us for more info.

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Airport Information:

Traveling school preparation for students:

The cost is $350.00 per student, plus our expenses. The expenses are: airfare, hotel and car rental if needed. If we can stay at people’s houses and they have a car we can use or someone is willing to drive us around during our stay, this will save all the students on the expenses. We will take up to 4 students per instructor; a full class is either 4 students for one instructor or 8 students for both instructors.

There will need to be one person in charge of putting the school together as a contact for us. That person will be in charge of travel arrangements and scheduling the school dates. They will also need: a list of the radios and helicopters you are flying so that we can bring the proper Futaba radios and buddy cords to the class. We do fly the student’s helicopters during the traveling schools and we will supply the Futaba radio and buddy cords in addition to the instruction. This is designed to not only assist in proper set-up and theory for your own machines, but lends to familiarity and best flying practices once the school is complete.

Note JR guys: You will need to find another JR radio that you can use for the class. You will need to purchase a JR buddy cord. We do have some JR buddy cords if this is a problem. Please make sure you have your helicopter set-up with the JR radios, you have plenty of notice to make sure it’s done.

Weather check:
We should keep an eye on the weather to make sure flying conditions are going to be good. Look at the weather about 5 days prior to the school. Please keep us posted and give us a weather confirmation. There is no reason for us to fly out to your area and watch it rain or have the wind blowing 30 knots for 2 days.

Flying high and safety:
We will be flying up higher than normal; this is for several reasons. If we are up high we have time to let you fight the helicopter and learn to get out of those orientations you may be having trouble with. Another reason is SAFETY, helicopters can be deadly and we want to keep our students safe. The instructors will also land and take off for safety reasons. If a student needs to learn how to land and take off, we will put the helicopter out far away from the student and work with them on that.

Please make sure you are rested and you have your helicopter as close to airworthy as possible. This means look for loose bolts, chaffing wires etc. Try and prepare and inspect your helicopter before we do the school, this will save lots of time. If the students do not do this before the class that means we will have to do it and that will take more time away from the training. We will not train a student on a helicopter that is not airworthy.

Repeat schools:
Many times we do repeat schools with the same students. If this is the case and you have been through the set-up class before please make sure your helicopters are sound and ready to go. If we arrive and all the students have their act together with set-up and their helicopters are ready to go we can do two full days of flying.

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Day 1
We will cover set-up complete, this means going through the entire set-up on both mccpm and eccpm helicopters. We will also cover Gyro, and governor set-ups, as well in their entirety until all students fully understand. We will then break off and the students will set their helicopters up as they were taught in the morning set-up class. Jason and I will walk around and assist the students in areas they do not understand or may get stuck on. We, at this time will explain the area where the student is stuck again and again till they understand it fully.

After all the helicopters are set-up correctly and check out to be airworthy we will have a short lunch, after lunch, we will fly each student’s helicopter to make sure it is performing well for the next day of flight training.

After all the student’s helicopters have been flown and they are flying well, we will then meet back as a group and discuss: the mental aspects of flying, how to practice effectively and how to set realistic goals. We need to plan about 2 hours for this and sometimes it will run into the evening hours depending how much work we have to do setting up the student’s helicopters. Also this is a time for Q & A with the students.

Day 2
We will fly all day long; we will start around 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and go till sundown or until all the students get their 5 flights in. It is a great idea to give us feedback and also keep us aware of your mental state, meaning if you’re nervous while flying please tell us so we can work on your mental flying as well as physical flying. It is important that you get a good night sleep before day 2 of the training. We will be asking a lot from you and want to try and keep the mental fatigue to a minimum. We have found in the past that most if not all students are mentally fatigued after their 5 flights.

Recap:
Be as ready to go as possible, that means have your helicopter as close to perfect as well as your mind. A huge part of good flying is preparing mentally as well as having your helicopter set-up correct. Do the weather check and keep us posted 5 days before we travel out for the school. Our goal for our students is for them to have a fun, safe school and to come away from this training a much better pilot with respect to flying, set-up, engine tuning, choosing the right products that suite your flying style and needs, also learning how to prepare your mind when you practice. Students remember to ask
As many questions as you wish …it’s important. Best regards, Todd.

Pictures from some of our traveling schools