Abstract: A helicopter simulator for simulating actual cockpit procedure and hover technique in a helicopter. The simulator having a helicopter airframe mounted on a platform which rotates on a stationary base. Inside the airframe are hydraulic controls used by the operator for raising and lowering the airframe to simulate taking off and landing, controls for tilting the airframe fore and aft and side to side along with controls for rotating the airframe in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner.