Traditional turbine start. The throttle position determines fuelling valve so on start you get first the igniter sounds then the electric starter motor. As the engine speeds up air will flow through it. At a set point you add fuel because unless the air is moving it won’t flow through but burning fuel would pass back through the compressor. Not good. So you add fuel and the hotter burning air is blown to the turbine and speed it up. The temp is controlled by “tickling” the throttle to restrict flow to prevent over temps. As the engine accelerates more air flows through which cools the temps. As it reaches idle the throttle will sit in an idle detent position. Hot gases push in the outer turbine disc that translates the torque to the gearbox and rotors. Once stable, the throttle is moved to flight position and the engine again accelerates as fuel is added. It’s the flight running temp that is shown on the TOT gauge limits colour band. Primary gauge is RPM! My first few airliners had old mechanical fuel calving so you had to be careful starting. Now it’s all FADEC so you just click the fuel to start/idle and let it do its thing.
@@DavidAlanArnold Or "Ritt der Walküren" by Richard Wagner, also epic, I would have both buttons if I had a helicopter... Anyway, I have both on my car's usb stick ! 😁🤷♂️
Well I learnt something new today. The engine on this helicopter, which seems to be a Bell 206, is an Allison/Rolls-Royce 250. It goes off the operating band because its start limit is 927 TOT. Apparently these engines also like hotter starts, in the 850 range.
Really a beautiful sound. 24 years flying ARMY HELOS. That sound never gets old!!! I didn’t make NAM but for those who did, they are the Greatest Helicopter Pilots of all time!! None better!!!you want real flying stories? Hook up with the guys who flew ARMY Helicopters in Vietnam. Most will talk about it. Because those birds brought home their friends and they saved their lives. They are the ones who wrote the book on flying Helicopters through experience by going into hot LZ’s and going back to rescue guys who were shot up badly and who needed medical attention NOW-RIGHT NOW!!! I learned to fly from those guys who came back from those killing fields. They took on fire like you can’t believe. If you needed help, after they had flown 10-16 hours they would saddle up and go back out and bring you home so you could live another day. Wish I’d made it there but the stories and the training I received from them I shall be forever grateful! Thank you Owen, David, Bo, David, and Don!!!
No doubt Vietnam war US Army pilots are some of the most experienced helo pilots there is. The 101st Airborne Division's aviation unit was the most experienced among all the other aviation units.
I am so afraid of heights, but I have always wanted to fly a single engine Cessna, a Piper Cherokee, or a small Bell helicopter ever since I was a kid and played Flight Simulator (I am 41 now, so it wouldve been the originals that got me started on my love of flight). I have also worked on aircraft before in my teenage years.
@@thelespauldude3283I understand why you'd think that but yeah you should. When I started flying planes I thought that at first but once you get too comfortable that's it. Also, they only showed those three steps but there's a lot more than that.
@@thelespauldude3283I hear ya, but it’s that million and one time someone may have pulled some breakers or turned the fuel valve off, in which you get used to glossing over so many times, and next thing you know you’re flaming out on startup. Happened to me, and it ain’t fun trying to pressurize the fuel lines with a leather man in butt Fawk nowhere, or you’re spending the night with the bears. Checklists work!
Glad someone finally made a how to on this. I just found a helicopter at Goodwill and I’ve been farting around all day trying to get the dang thing to turn on!!
After military, everyone says I should spend all I saved from deployments, for pilot school. Which school do you recommend for helicopter pilot license? Thanks
