Update: This is sure taking a lot longer than I'd anticipated. I have over 60 hours now split between my helicopter and Enstrom but the Enstrom time is not real "instruction" time. I go along on a pipeline inspection a couple of times a month and get to fly the helicopter along the route (but no landing or takeoff). These are about 1.8 hours each so that time adds up quickly.
My helicopter was in Florida and I'm near Memphis so I was driving 7.5 hours down there for instruction and then back the next day (got to be a real pain). So a little over a month ago I got my trailer and took the helicopter home and then on to Nashville where there's an instructor who will teach in these homebuilts. I only got to get in one lesson with him before having to get my (other) shoulder operated on for torn rotator cuff. I'm almost back to normal so I'll start up again in a couple of weeks and hopefully get signed off for solo flight at which time I can take it home and fly it every day if I want... Then I'll get a lot of time and hopefully get prepared enough for my check ride. I dread the check ride because they will be quizzing me about all kind of regulations and such which I'm not so great on.
Anyway, I'm having great fun!
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