I've heard helo used before around the Coast Guard guys. I was mostly just tossing out some useless trivia that doesn't mean much in the real world. I wasn't trying to preach to anyone and slang is okay with me. I gather that heloman was around full scale ones too. I sometimes make mistakes using helicopter terminology at the club. Fer instance, I keep calling adjustments on the digital trim "beeping", as in beeping it up a notch, etc. I got that from beeping the inc/dec engine switch that makes fine adjustments on turbine N2 settings. I sometimes say that I'm "ground taxing" out to takeoff. All planes "ground" taxi as opposed to a hovering taxi in a helicopter. I get looks from the guys. My instructor flew Phantoms in the Navy during Viet Nam and when I talk about turning downwind or base in the pattern he keeps calling it turn 2, turn 3, etc. I know what he means and never say anything.

By the way, all Coast Guard aircraft that I've seen look highly maintained and probably loved by their crew chiefs/mechanics. I was always impressed by that.