Since l was a kid, always wanted to pilot a helicopter. 67 now & thinking it won't happen but really enjoy watching the technical aspects!! a new subscriber.
Hey Paul, if you get an introductory flight lesson, you might be handed the controls. I certainly was when I had one back in 1991. While the pilot held a hover a few feet above the ground, he allowed me to use the rudder pedals and then once we were at altitude he allowed me to take the collective and cyclic, with instruction of course.
Silly question maybe... Why did the Rotor RPM gauge R needle suddenly jump up to match the other needle at 20 on the gauge. I thought they were suppose to be the same throughout there ranges ( Married ) . Was a great video, nothing sounds better than a Helicopter starting up . Thanks
Got a question, you said you were going to run the engine up to 100%, the eng rpm was only at 80%? Do you run the engine % up to where the main rotor is at its running rpm?
hard to listen to; " This is the Ammm This is the ah em, Mmm this is the ah em the friction is aeee em. Ready to ahhh am to eeeh! Listen to how you deliver this so called start up!
I am not an expert but because of a very good Documentary on Discovery-Channel a few months ago about this topic: Test-pilots and 🚁-Engineers, etc., ... they compared the NOTAR-Technology to some other Helicopters and this invention was definitely the one with the best conditions and less than 1h of maintenance per flight. 👍🏼‼️ PS: it was the MD EXPLORER / 900 N. So I think that it’s probably not more with the 520N or 600N.
Hi, from a maintenance perspective, the main difference is that whilst you have no tail rotor/driveshaft/gearbox to think about, it is replaced with the variable pitch 'fan' under what we call the 'dog cage' It is has TT straps which have a 5 year life so less to go wrong and less to maintain (and we love the safety aspect), but the TT straps are not cheap so my guess is that it is probably the same cost wise overall but the NOTAR looks cooler! The effectiveness of the NOTAR anti torque is fantatsic once you figure it out, the key is that 60% of the yaw is countered by coanda effect and not the thrust from the fan at the tail, in fact 'pedals neutral' has the duct almost closed and the work is happening with the vertical stabilizers and the YSAS which does a great job. I trained in a cabri with a fenestron so there are some similarities in that you need to be a bit ahead of the game with the pedal inputs but now that I have 100 hours on type I find myself preferring it to the 500E, likely just habit and it a lot quieter!
Flies different than any other helicopter without the rotor you know how to have to operate the rotor pedals your tail rotor is different cuz you don't have a tail rotor flies differently than flies fast they use it for a better back ship rescue cargo all the way up to the cops so you use the aircraft lumber and farming they use aircraft for cuz it has no rotor and they get close to the trees can I even use it for rescue it's one of the number one helicopters people ask for better back all the way for lumber and calling all the way to cargo ship hauling coast guards use it it has many uses without the tail rotor it's one of the most popular helicopters floated once the United States army
From an instrumentation perspective, looks as if it's biased towards the left seat for single pilot operations. Is that typical for this aircraft? I'm used to seeing most helicopters single pilot from the right seat.
That is correct. Hughes, now MD Helicopters are one of few helicopters where PIC flies from the left seat. Most other helicopters including Airbus, Bell, Sikorsky are flown from the right seat by the PIC although, if dual control equipped, they can be flown from either seats.
What is that horrible high pitched sound that makes the first part of this unwatchable with the sound on! The dogs across the street started barking! This is way before engine start.
