HELICOPTER: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "helicopter"

 

This variation uses a "classifier three handshape." (CL:3)
Stick the palm of your right "five hand" on top of the tip of the thumb of your left CL:3 hand.
Flutter the dominant hand from the wrist, (the fingers do not individually move up and down but rather the whole hand flutters) representing the whirling blades of the helicopter.

 

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Sample sentence: SOMEDAY I WANT A HELICOPTER or ROCKET.

 

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HELICOPTER (Version 2)
Another popular way to sign "helicopter" is to flutter a "5 hand" on top of an index finger:

 

 

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Sample sentence: WISH YOURSELF HAVE HELICOPTER YOU?

 

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One way to show a HELICOPTER flying away is:

 

 

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Notes: 

See: AIRPLANE
FLY

ROCKET






 
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Where this sign is taught:

Taught in Lesson 18.

Practice sentences using this sign:

WISH HAVE your-SELF HELICOPTER YOU? (Do you wish you had your own helicopter?)

Related signs:

"Classifier 3" (CL:3) | AIRPLANE | BICYCLE | BOAT | BUILD | CRASH | ELEVATOR | FLY