Airbus BO-105 Aerobatic Helicopter Upside Down with Scott Urschel 

Fun Day for sure!

Great to see someone passionate about helicopters teaching a pro pilot something new. Great to see a good time had by all. This is what it's about fellas!!

Totally relaxed. Hat off.

Awesome video Scott. I really enjoyed it.

Very cool flight. Scott did aerobatics with glasses hanging from his T-shirt. That's a no-no. Scott can't get 'airplane' off the brain while flying in a rotorcraft. And he seemed nervous at the end toward the hover...'your airplane'...land it Scott. I have rotorcraft time although no aerobatic rotorcraft time. I would love that experience.

That was a hoot. Thanks, Scott.

Scott true professional and good person. Gentleman all around, class act 👍👍👍😎

In a fully articulated rotor system, you always want to have positive G on the rotor, to avoid having rotor contact with the tail boom! Very cool👨‍✈️

Truly a unique experience. Audio a bit off but worthy.

Great piece Scott, took me back to my youth when seeing the German Bo105 demo piloted by Charlie Zimmerman during the annual open day of the Dutch Air Force many moons ago.

Very interesting factual explanation with no fluff, most enjoyable and informative.

Fascinating video

We really don't deserve you Scott. Thanks for the privilege of seeing so much knowledge and experience being flexed in real time.

It’s amazing how Scott gets more serious when he pilots 😅

Very interesting. Thank you

Fantastic vid, thank you!

Incredible video, as usual.

Scott's walkaround must be something very meticulous to trust his machine to accomplish those maneuvers. For me, I'll stick to fixed wing for inverted flying, in a chopper I'd be paranoid about losing tail rotor control due to high torque and low speed.

This was really cool

I thought the 105s were still Eurocopter or MBB, they stopped making them before Airbus bought the group? The grandfather to the BK117 which in turn is the predecessor of the EC145 now H145 - I could have it all wrong.

The BO 105 is one of the best helicopters in Xplane11 and 12

Scott Perdue rotorcraft expert! Great post! I only grasped a small %, but could see the horizon chang(ing) as you performed the maneuvers! I was leaning this way and that, for you!! Nice job!

And no helmet?? Death wish II, the movie!

Scott, is this the guy who was/is sponsored by Red Bull? If so, I had the opportunity to meet him and inspect his machine about 10 years ago at OPF prior to a performance. A very impressive, highly modified aircraft. This may be a newer machine. I recall that almost all structure was double riveted. His comments on control movements during the maneuvers were very interesting.

I am always afraid of helicopters

G'day Scott, Yikes ! UmmmGollyGOSH..., GeeDarn ! This Twirligig-Driver type of Scott you're showing us kind of reminds me of Wayne Fisher, who used to build and sell Kits - and help assemble them, for his personally-altered version of the Drifter, which was the first lawful 2-seat Ultralight in Oz... When I first saw him, in 1993 he was performing a "Cattle-Mustering Demonstration"..., conducted at less than twice Treetop-height, staying inside the Fenceline and weaving in and out of Trees in Vertical Banks at about 45 Knots. He was also partial to Dead-stick Circuits to land on one Wheel, rolling it on, Tail-up for 50 yards, before lifting up to change Wheels and wheel-barrowing along for another 50 yds or so before turning 90°onto the Taxiway - away from the grounded Mainwheel..., and the Tailwheel which would also have grounded... And as a Final Flourish his inside Wheel would Plop (!) down after that Turnoff, Leaving him just enough "Way" on to be able to roll back onto the spot ehere he began the Flight..., sometimes even retaining sufficient momentum that he was able to pivot through the final 180° to stop exactly on the spot, pointing in the right direction. It was his party trick, at Fly-ins, after ascertaining that no CASA Spooks were in attendance (!). He gave my son his first Flying Lesson, in the Drifter, when he was 5 and could barely touch the Stick (the Ground to Air Photo of which is shown in "Aerotowing Rogallo Hang Gliders....", which is findable within my "Personal Aeroplanology " playlist..., to be fact-checked at will !). When I first saw Wayne fkying, I thought, "He's mad !". A year later in seeing him again at the next annual Fly-in I thought, "Look at that, he's STILL at it !" And a year later again, "Well, considering that he's here for the third year running, he must know exactly what he's doing - and he must enjoy doing it without ever mucking it up...; so relax and enjoy the Airshow, kinda thing. About 5 years later as he touched on one Wheel, the Axle broke, from internal Corrosion of the Sterl Tube about where the Fibreglass Wheel-Spat was attatched ; and he flew through that SurPRISE !!!, to land safely. But naybe 5 years after that he was climbing out in a RANS which he'd put together for a Kit-Buyer, on the Maiden Test Fright, and at 500 ft it dived into the Ground - and if anyone knows why then I never heard of it. Control or Structural Failure would do it, as might a Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Arrest ; but there were no Feathers, so it wasn't a Seagull.... It apparently doesn't matter how good a pilot one is, if the Hairygoplane delaminates while levitating and one is sitting therewithin. If you feel like an interesting giggle, guess which 63 yr-old is posting Chest-Camera footage of riding a road-registered 3,000 Watt Motocross Bike, on a Learner's Permit, alongside the Highway where the B-Doubles are doing 100 Km/hr and the Electric Chook-chaser only does 45 Km/hr. 24 minutes to town at full throttle, 30 minutes at best-range speed...; so it's a bit like being constantly on final approach , flying at 30 mph below Fence-height, being ovdrtaken by 60 ton Juggernauts at more than twice the poeed of the 2.3 Kw/Hr Lithium Incendiary Bomb on Wheels one is riding atop, tucked between one's knees. Kinda scary, feels really fast, and definitely not a boring way to save Petrol while collecting small groceries. But Motorcycle L-Plates at 63 is a bit of a shock..., one must admit. Such us life, Have a good one. Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

Pretty cool. Would have liked to have understood some of the definitions of terms a little better. Looked like fun. Thanks for sharing.

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Who was the Chief at Boeing ? Was he Mikey H?

For the days of H-500's.

You were in the Phoenix area? I could have met you in person! Thanks for the video, and the lesson on helicopter acrobatics. 👍🏼👍🏼

What kind of adjustments & differences are there in a Helicopter like this one, and say, an aerobatic plane like Scotts, when flying solo, and flying with another person? Is it only weight adjustments? You may have mentioned something about this? But a few things cut-out on me- plus YT doesn't really like me much... so some of it might have been them.

Scott you are losing it, even these can lose their rotor system! It had happened. I’m a retired Army pilot and AAL pilot, will you leave me your Bonanza?

Maybe THAT helicopter has the capability but if you want to do aerobatics maybe a fixed-wing and a parachute are a better option. You hear a 'pop' in a helicopter and....ech!

Question/clarification - I think the FAR's require a parachute for every person on board during aerobatics (at least for fixed wings) I think what I'm seeing is shoulder harnesses fixed to the airframe? Is there a difference for rotary Wing aerobatics? Or is there something hidden from view that I'm not able to see in the video?

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