# High Density Altitude Helicopter Operations | Ep. 006 of the Helicopter Training Podcast

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Podcast: [Helicopter Training Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/helicopter-training-podcast-7109063)
Published: 2026-06-12T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heli-training-podcast/episodes/High-Density-Altitude-Helicopter-Operations--Ep--006-of-the-Helicopter-Training-Podcast-e3knp24
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Duration seconds: 6680

## Resource

The focus of this episode is my FAA Safety Team webinar on High Density Altitude Helicopter Operations, originally presented live for the Helicopter Pilot Study Group ( https://discord.gg/ZQqZmp3gfB ). For this video version, I've included additional graphics and video clips to help illustrate some of the concepts. Topics include preflight planning and performance, dust devils, autorotations, off-airport operations, exhaust fire risks, brownout awareness, cooldown procedures and more! Prefer watching ? See if your podcast player has video or watch on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠tinyurl.com/HTP-Video-Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Send us feedback and questions: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠HelicopterTrainingPodcast.com/Contact⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 00:00 START 03:24 Rotorcraft Collective 03:58 Members-only videos 06:27 Introduction to Study Group 10:43 Preflight planning 28:31 R44 starting tips 36:04 Dust devils NTSB safety alert 39:50 R44 overspeed scenario 43:36 R44 flight considerations 45:00 Autorotations 57:27 Off airports 1:04:35 Exhaust fire risk 1:06:30 Brownouts 1:09:36 Governor off & low RPM 1:11:20 Low -G recovery training 1:13:13 Cooldown & postflight 1:15:00 Questions and discussion 1:42:25 Rebekah's listener feedback Show Links: Dangerous Student Errors Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8xtPILNIljCuCGUKfDQyf2kaQuKFOoC Low-G Recovery Flight Training - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ8SAnwxD6I&t=546s Follow Student Pilot from Day 1 to Checkride - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8xtPILNIlijS0y2OG100r5D1nZcYbNM SFAR 73 Changes Video - https://youtu.be/i2CT4P76Cqo?si=G_SJ89eCrNpLNqgp Helicopter Training Flight #31 Pinnacles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5wubZTE7sg Helicopter Pilot Study Group - https://discord.gg/ZQqZmp3gfB Rotorcraft Collective Videos - https://bit.ly/ushs…

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