Learning to Fly/Hover the R22 19 Oct 2008 @ 9 hrs

So I had this great idea...I'll have my wife, Mary, shoot a little video of me hovering at approximately 9 hours of flight time. I thought I was pretty good at hovering until I felt the pressure of Mary using the video camera. My instructor was Nico von Pronay. Those hangers in front of me and the helicopter behind me were a little too close for my measly 9 hours. I could imagine splintering rotor blades as they smashed into the building and that parked helicopter. I was too careful in the beginning and felt tense which would translate into overcompensating with the controls and those dam pedals were so sensitive. It's all a part of learning to relax with the machine.