Hi everyone,

I'm 20 and I'm about to take selection tests in few months to become a helicopter pilot in my national army. The most sought after skill, and also the most eliminatory, is wether you are good at divided attention and Hand/Eye/Foot coordination. I am looking for tips that can help with all of that, preferably without any more materials than I have.

I know playing drums or some team sports can help but I'm not gonna jump into this now. I sometime train in my car by adding up the license plates, making a different gesture for each car color and remembering the last three signs on my right. I'm being good at it but I want to vary the exercices. I also bought a full hotas and try to train on some helicopters games. In general, I play a lot of video games so I think it help with hand-eye coordination but not foot-eye or foot-hand. I also do the "rub your belly, pat your head" and jump on one leg lol but I don't know if it's very useful.

What are your tips to train for these skills ?

I'm starting flight school in 2months. I would like to know if there is anything I should brush up on before hand. What did you wish you knew when you first started flying? Any help would be appreciated thank you!

So I’m currently active duty stationed in Hawaii. Does Mauna Loa accept the GI Bill and how much would that cover? Its my understanding that the VA has a cap for vocational schools. Would I just be more well off if i just waited til I got out and did a degree and flight training program? Ik the GI Bill covers all of the financing. I’m looking at either SUU or Leading Edge Oregon. Any thoughts?

Thinking about beginning a course with the end goal of being a commercial helicopter pilot. Wondering if it is worth the investment with the chance of the job becoming obsolete in the next few years due to the progression of AI technology to take over the role

I am working on a cosplay and I want to make a flying skull. so I thought about putting helicopter toy inside this skull, with its two large rotors outside the skull.

But I dont know if the dome shape of the skull will affect how it flies.

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I’ve tried searching this question, but all I can find relates to fix wing commercial air lines. If I want to be either a life flight, wild land fire fighting, or helicopter tour pilot in the future, is getting a forearm sleeve a bad idea? It wouldn’t be anything explicit.

Edit: also interested in where you’re responding about as I know the answer varies between different countries and even between states in the US

Anybody know how much redbull pilots make? Fixed wing and rotor wing.