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Originally Posted by Crispus222
Ya, definitely good luck with your wallet. For planes it's about $200 CAN for 1 hour of flight (with instructor) and helicopters start at about $300 CAN (with instructor) for 1 hour. I would like to try helicopters but one thing that I don't like is that if you have an engine failure YOU ARE DONE... In a plane you still have lift at least. Either way though, I make it a priority to know who the AME was that did the work on the aircraft. Also, if renting infrequently or at a school where people are lazy and not trustworthy, do a THOROUGH INSPECTION EACH TIME BEFORE YOU FLY.
Also, sorry everyone for the multiple posts...
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Actually, it's perfectly possible to land with a helicopter with an engine failure, at least if you're high enough. You dive with feathered prop (or whatever you call it) and just before smacking into the ground you pull up with full prop setting up (you know how they adjust the prop pitch to go up and down, you put it to full up) and you can land. Just one shot though, and it's gotta be scary as hell.