The title reads 500RPMs. The bird is not stupid, the blades are spinning so fast it can't clearly see them, What you see on youtube is an artifact of the video being unable to catch the blades at 30 Frames Per Second. So the propeller blades appear to be moving slower and they look clearly visible (like a strobe light). The helicopters blades appear different in real life versus in recordings. As do many fast objects
Don’t fly towards the loud and very scary large metal fan that has 4 meter long knives spinning at a few hundred rpm It’s natural selection Also I hate seagulls. Piece of shit deserved it, I don’t know what for, but it did. Probably stole some kids ice cream or shat on someone
I think if natural selection was such a strong thing then you would already be dead. That seagull was just minding it's business and got sucked down by the downwash. The helicpoter generates a huge, powerful vortex. You can see the seagull battling against it before it got chopped into pieces.
kimmer6 , LoL ,I still mite be on the list I actually hav another helicopter video(another channel) where I was writing Eng sub titles. I added this in. But removed as deaf people watch these stuff :p. But mite put it in the end of the documentary :D
Yeah, they do seem to have a bit of a bad rep for that. I've had the opportunity to go up in one and turned it down. I often go flying in a mates Bell 47 and he hates them, but then when you think about what a LOT of them are used for I don't think it's all that surprising, and maybe nothing to do with the helis. Just watch them cattle mustering with them like they do a lot in the drier areas of Australia and see the crazy insane way they throw them around, often within feet of trees and the ground and it doesn't seem quite so mysterious.
IT'S PROBING TIME ! 666 Yes I always had a dream of owning one in future. But yes i guess these guys treat them like dirt bikes & thats where the problem starts.
@@jamesholt7340 The Robbie isn't unsafe. If it was, it would have lost its certification. It's one of the most popular GA helos, and hence, often flown by low-hour pilots. what usually happens is they are overloading the main rotor, so that the RPM drops, and a rotor stall is the consequence. Recovery must be completed within one second, otherwise the Robbie drops out of the air. For comparison, in a Bell 212 you have a generous 2 seconds to react 😉 And, yes, we all want to fly Bonanza and Cayuse, sadly, most for most people in the real world, the order of the day is Skyhawks & Robbie's. If they are VERY lucky. And as for you undertaking your transition in a H-500.....well....I don't think that's a good idea.
@@jimbopaw "Sucked in" and "downwash" are totally different things LOL. And no, helicopter rotor blades don't "suck in" air so they can't suck in the bird, but they do provide downwash, however I don't see how that has to do with anything.
It's called a "sudden stoppage inspection" (even though the rotors didn't actually stop) and it can get pretty in depth. You have to check not only the rotors but most of the powertrain as well. Depending on the aircraft type it can get quite pricey. Had this happen with a seagull on a UH-60 in my army days and it took 2 of us roughly 4 hours of work to inspect everything only to find no damage other than a cosmetic dent on the offending blade.
Yeah, seagulls like to play chicken and don't tend to take aircraft as threats. Speaking as a heli pilot, they're one of the birds you kind of learn to avoid like the plague. I mean, you avoid all of them, but at least most of them will try at some point to avoid you back.
We had a crow that was like family, he'd stay AWAY from all that.. he did go up in a heli once, was hilarious, he was ok riding in cars, catching a ride on bike handlebars,etc.. I think he preferred his own flying, he kept looking up at the rotors, rather nervously...never got him in an aircraft since. He stays clear of drones & model airplanes too. . He's 31 years old this year, go figure! Smart bird.
Looks like a duck in slow mo (set playback speed to .25 in settings). First strike took the right wing off, then it dips and the second blade decapitated it. Quick, hopefully painless death.
You'll never be able to control Birds because they're animals and you can't control where they fly. And as for humans it's common fucking sense. Don't fucking walk near tail rotors. When the helicopter is running don't walk near it until you're advised to do so
