Helicopter Startup And Takeoff - Enstrom 280C 

I used to have one.Great fun and one could be yours for £60-70k.

dtiydr Ditto that 😊

Roger that

@@jetranger61 But how much is the maintenance and how much is a gallon on fuel these days?

and an ipad

Very kind of you to say. Cheers!

coolme 😄

David Imhoff stop wishing, start doing fam 👊💯

David Imhoff NO U COULDENT I WORKED WITH YOU DO NOT EVER GO PAST IMPORT CAR U DUMBASS

Dream on....don't bother. Some people shouldn't ride motorcycles either.

Ha ha ha ? The rotor tack better be on outside right ? 😎

use flight simulator

Bart Simpson Thanks, man! I totally agree. Versus the R22 my Enstrom flies like a Cadillac.

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Me Too,,and I would learn from this guy, he'll be a Great Teacher.

@@baclieustud why

Agreed, Love the shoes, by the way, favorite colors! :D

How to land would be a good idea

@@ThatGuy-he8yx good idea😂

How to finance one is in my not so future future..

I also thought that but when I flew a helicopter in xplane 11 the whole thing was different

Believe me,, People on youtube have an answer---->for Every Single one of them.

King Snowman helicopters are a lot of fun , but I still prefer fixed wing lol. Airplane wants to fly and is stable. Helicopters are the complete opposite .

Damn. Long Beach. I took my first pilot flight there. Miss lb.

Huey 091 price of freedom

colin mark why don't you look into flying paramotors? You don't need a pilots license and you get a better of an experience with the wind blowing on you and you can look everywhere without panels and dirty windows restricting you to get the full experience👍😉

Distance and speed might be an issue, but yea went up in a microlight couple of times, that was fun.

Blue hi, can you remember the school he went to? I’d be interested to know the details.

I agree. That was a lot of fun!

Ya he has to wait 10mins and so do the bad guys

Well he has a way of safely escaping every crash so it's not as big a deal for him

Bond didn't ave time fi dat. Ppl a try kill u, u ave time fi all that?

Honestly, as long as Enstrom keeps producing spare parts I don't really mind that it's Chinese owned. FYI, I toured the factory last year in Michigan. Great people working there and the company seemed to be doing ok.

"a little hazy" he said

Thats just LA air.

Pintuxo -

Kyle Johnston It’s super cool seeing automotive folks stumbling on this video. Cheers!

Just at the beginning. After doing it many times, I am sure it will be easy for you. I know because, after working on the Air Force F-16 for 20 years, all the controls and indicators make things look so complicated the first time. I used to start the jet for engine runs after we installed the engine and shut it down after the maintenance checks were done. Sometimes secured the jet and do an afterburner run. No checklist for the emergency procedures and power settings. Bad things happen quick and you don't have time to flip pages. Technical book procedures, power settings and indicators are all memorized and you will be tested on a simulator after few months to stay certified. You better pass or you will be in uniform in front of an officer explaining why you didn't pass in some cases....no pressure. Let the control tower and maintenance operations know where you at and your intentions before starting that jet, otherwise you will be surrounded by the military police aiming their weapons at you.

David Mohr David, unless you had half of your brain removed and only one eye, you could do this too...trust me...

Hahaha...

Did you do your pretrip inspection?

Sounds like chitty chitty bang by hahaha in the movie chitty chitty crashed...🏃‍♂️💨🚁

800 now

Don't expect to be perfect dude, there are people who don't like helicopters and i have not said I'm one of them.

I thumb down on videos anyway

You can't really learn to fly a helicopter on youtube. That's why so many dislikes in the video. Btw, the whole video was irritating too.

Brent Bender Thanks for checking my aviation stuff. Best of luck with your PPL!!

Uncle Buck Thanks for the sub! To answer your question, nope I'm a dedicated helicopter pilot.

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Sean Simpson Step 1. Go to the nearest helicopter flight school and take an introductory lesson. That’ll give you a sense of whether flying choppers is something you’d want to make your career. If the answer is yes, then you’ll need to earn your private and commercial helicopter licenses. After that, the most common path is to earn your certified flight instructor card. As a flight instructor you’ll make very little money but you’ll build experience. My understanding is that once you’ve accrued 1,000 hours of flight the job market starts to open up. Speaking of, while I am a commercial pilot I don’t fly for a living. It’s simply a passion for me. So I can’t really speak to employment opportunities. That said, there’s a lot of talk about pilot shortages. So, the market for pilots could be strong but the path to becoming an employable pilot will take commitment and investment.

Thanks Micah! I appreciate the thorough response. This was very helpful!

Fairies don't need helicopters to fly. Men do. lol

Truthfears Guilty lol

Awesome. Great video. Did you fly in the military?

Never ever forgot to close a car's door prop? All of a sudden.. pretty windy in here 😳😋😋

Well, I've spent a fair bit sorting out the kinds of maintenance issues that accumulate with a nearly 40 year old helicopter. But with most of that finally sorted the big costs are insurance and fuel. Given your flight experience insurance should be fairly cheap. As for fuel she burns about 15 gallons per hour. Figure $100/hour depending on the price of av gas in your neighborhood. The bigger question is how you'll feel stepping down from a 530F. The Enstrom likes to cruise at 90-100 mph. Assuming the comparative lack of speed doesn't bother you it's a great ship for flying solo or with one passenger. FYI, I've never actually flow one but I've always dreamed of owning a 500 of some sort. Blame Magnum P.I. Oh, and I like 500AGL because it gives me more emergency options when flying around densely populated Los Angeles. That said, I'm comfortable flying lower when I'm out in the boonies. Cheers!

Robert Kaindl a

Movie, the twilight girls

Charles Peterson III Guilty as charged. Hmm. Chopper reviews, eh? Not a bad idea.

@Digby Dooright The RU-vid algorithm moves in mysterious ways. 🤷‍♂️

@Digby Dooright I truly appreciate the early support. Double hi5!!

Definitely. For zombie escape, my startup procedures are much faster with a lot less talking.

Brandon Vessell you watch too much movies😂😂

That's cuz the protagonists in movies often make terrible choices and get away with them... If you were in a zombie apocalypse you would not want to get into a helicopter. It is possibly one of the least efficient machines on earth. You'd be better off finding a large bus or RV.

Brandon Vessell i find under those conditions I move faster. ;-)

Micah Muzio you need to make a video on it. 😂

sounds like my wife!

It might've changed in the 9 years since I got my license but $10-15k is a rough estimate. As for mastering it, I'm still working on that. And probably always will be. That said, I flew my first solo after around 20 hours of flight instruction.

Micah Muzio oh, wow! but is the $15k money just for one session or is that for the whole 20hrs training?

Jay Sanity That would be for everything including ground school and instruction in the aircraft.

That would be about £40,000 here in the UK because we get ripped off for everything including our fuel!

Canada: 100k

Because the collective lever always sits to the pilot's left helicopters with a single bench seat sometimes have the pilot sit on the left side. That's the case with my Enstrom. When I trained in Robinsons pilot in command sat on the right.

Thanks for the info Micah.

JayWhy Duplessis depends on the Helicopter, but you are some what right in assuming PIC is right hand side. That's thanks to the pioneer of helicopters Sikorsky.

the Hughes 500/MD500 series of Helicopters are also piloted from left.

Try to find out! I always have flown on the seat of my pants in the captains seat - left.

There's a giant fan....

Love that reply John, haaaaaaa @@john091077

Hopefully it is better built than a VW Beetle! LOL

@Nob the Knave I'll take my chances with the more modern Tech

A high forward velocity crash in a helicopter and the condition of seatbelts might not matter.