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Flight Computer Course
Stop guessing your way through flight computer questions.
The flight computer is the hardest tool you'll meet in ground school. This course makes it the easiest. Built by commercial helicopter pilots, exam-aligned, learn at your own pace.
For every pilot in training
You're not alone
If any of this sounds familiar
You learn it once and forget it
Your instructor walks you through the flight computer in one ground school session, you nod along, and a fortnight later you can't remember which scale to read. Every pilot has lived this.
Worked examples skip the bit you got stuck on
Textbook examples jump from the question to the answer in two lines and never show you which way to spin the dial. This course shows every step on every problem, the way an instructor would in person.
The answer is right but you can't get there
You can see the answer in the back of the book. You just cannot make the flight computer give it to you. This course closes that gap with one repeatable method per problem type — no shortcuts, no alternatives, no guessing.
What you get for £60
Everything you need, nothing you don't
Included
- 25 interactive lessons covering the full syllabus
- Built-in flight computer simulator
- 120-question practice exam
- Worked examples on every page
- Weak-module detection
- Course completion certificate
- Lifetime access · all future updates included
No subscription · Instant access · 14-day refund if you have not accessed the course
Questions? hello@heliroutes.co.uk · WhatsApp
Side One — The Wind Side
The triangle of velocities
Heading and groundspeed. Drift, track, true heading. Wind correction angles. Every cross-country leg you ever fly will start here. We teach it from first principles, with one repeatable method that works for every problem type the syllabus throws at you.
This is a preview — flip between the two sides to see them up close. Inside the course, the full flight computer is by your side through every lesson: sliding scales, wind plotting, snap-to-degree, every readout unlocked and yours to use.
Course curriculum
Seven modules. Every calculation.
25 lessons · ~5.5 hours of focused study · self-paced · lifetime access
Introduction to the Flight Computer
- What the Flight Computer Actually Does
- Why Pilots Still Use It
- Anatomy of the Flight Computer
- The Pilot Thinking Model
The Circular Slide Rule
- Understanding the Scale and Index
- Setting Up a Ratio
- Reading Answers and Avoiding Errors
Speed, Distance & Time
- The 60 Triangle — Your Key Reference
- ETA and Leg Timing
- Rate and Gradient Problems
Fuel & Conversions
- Fuel Flow and Fuel Required
- Endurance
- Unit Conversions and Fuel Weight
Airspeed, Altitude & Mach
- CAS to TAS
- Density Altitude
- Mach Number, TAS and Compressibility
- Altitude Corrections
The Wind Side — Core Skill
- The Triangle of Velocities
- Plotting the Wind
- Heading Unknown — The Standard Problem
- Track Unknown and Wind Unknown
- Crosswind Components and the Low-Speed Grid
Decision-Making Calculations
- Point of Equal Time
- Point of No Return and Radius of Action
- The 1:60 Rule and In-Flight Track Correction
The Practice Exam
- 120 hand-written questions
- Practice mode and exam mode
- Module-balanced random tests
- Best score saved to your account
- Weak module detection
- Green and amber badges
Questions
Frequently Asked
Two commercially qualified helicopter pilots — Seb (currently flying SAR) and Henrietta (currently flying HEMS). Both are co-founders of Heliroutes and fly for a living. The course was built from the ground up with the techniques we wish we had been taught when we sat our own exams.
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