# Rotorcraft additional helicopter class rating course — recreational pilot certificate — FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating For Rotorcraft additional helicopter class rating course, certificate or rating is Rotorcraft additional helicopter class rating course — recreational pilot certificate; part 141 minimum is 3 hours of flight training; part 141 appendix is Part 141 Appendix I, para. 4(l)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18. - **Certificate or rating:** Rotorcraft additional helicopter class rating course — recreational pilot certificate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Part 141 minimum:** 3 hours of flight training _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Part 141 appendix:** Part 141 Appendix I, para. 4(l)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ ## What the source says > ( 1 ) For the recreational pilot certificate, the course requires 3 hours of flight training on the areas of operations under appendix A of part 141, paragraph 4.(c)(2) that includes ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-141 Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18. Part of [FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating](https://referencesource.org/flight-training-hour-minimums-61-vs-141/).