Helicopter Resources

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Helicopter Resources

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The National Free Flight Society is continuing their sponsorship of the Flight events, including Helicopter this year. It is our goal to make your flying experience more enjoyable and successful, and also to reveal to you additional flying opportunities as a lifelong hobby!

Our resources for Heli are still under development, and will continue to be added to at https://www.freeflight.org/science-olym ... resources/

In addition, we have several videos, and maintain a set of SO-related video playlists at https://www.youtube.com/@FreeFlightDigest. We have added a Heli playlist for this year.

Several top coaches can help you online. Our primary focus is in this forum under the main topic Helicopter B/C (please don't pose questions in this resources topic). We also monitor the student-led flight Discord site (which is separate from the SO Discord site). Here is a link to the student-led Discord server: https://discord.gg/tBUYerFJ. While some coaches do comment on that server, we prefer that questions be raised here on this forum. It is far easier to find things here. On Discord things quickly shift to pages of stuff that is hard to find prior posts. There is far less chaff here on the forums.

We maintain a new series of shorts on Youtube to answer common questions. They are in a playlist, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... fTYxElOwbs

Here is a resource that is older, but still very relevant. It includes a variety of helpful heli guidance, and should be a must-read:
https://freeflight.org/wp-content/uploa ... Binder.pdf


Please bookmark these resource pages, and check in regularly for additional resources that we generate during the season.

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Coach Brian and Coach Chuck will host an SO-sponsored workshop via Zoom on Wednesday Oct 15 at 6pm EDT.

You can register for the workshop at https://soinc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... mAHye7nExQ

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coachchuckaahs wrote: Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:11 am Coach Brian and Coach Chuck will host an SO-sponsored workshop via Zoom on Wednesday Oct 15 at 6pm EDT.

You can register for the workshop at https://soinc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... mAHye7nExQ

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Thanks, Chuck. Is there any chance you'll post a recording for people who can't make it at that time?
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This is an SO-sponsored seminar. They will record it, and assuming no technical issues they are expected to post it as they have in the past. I similar seminar that Brian and I did for Wright Stuff can be seen at https://youtu.be/knuH8DdhL3w

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Coach, Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers Flying Events
Nationals Results:
2016 C WS 8th place
2018 B WS 2nd place
2018 C Heli Champion
2019 B ELG 3rd place
2019 C WS Champion
AMA Results: 3 AAHS members qualify for US Jr Team in F1D, 4 new youth senior records

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