The Hughes 500 has to be my favorite heli, This flying was as smooth as silk and very talented, Again it almost looks real in flight, Hats off to the pilot!
Excellent flying my friend especially the quick stop maneuver. Your bird is exactly scale. I worked for Rotorwing Hawaii as A helicopter mechanic for many years. Our contract work was exclusively to maintain the Honolulu Police and Honolulu Fire Department helicopters. HPD used to have a MD520N but now operate MD500Es. HFD operates only MD520Ns. The HPD MD520N went to HFD inventory. Have much experience working on these helicopters. Now all HPD helicopters have the two bladed tail rotors. Although noisy, the tail rotor response is much more effective because of the higher rpm about 3200 rpm. Where as the 4 bladed t/r was 1990 rpm. Less noise but wasn’t as responsive, and a lot more involved to maintain plus high cost. Your flying is so scale and not jerky. Maneuverability of your model is just how the 500E flies when it is flown with agility by a competent pilot.
Many of the models featured on this channel are (I believe) one-off birds built by the pilots. If I'm in error, I'm sure that RCHELIJET will clarify things!
As a helicopter pilot, flying upwards and backwards is the normal take off profile when operating from restricted sites in case of engine failure, it most certainly isn’t a manoeuvre that is carried out under exceptional circumstances, more likely the norm in certain situations.
It's the normal procedure at the heliport Zermatt. They lift up 5-7 m and move backwards, turn 90° towards the valley, dive a couple of meters and then up to the mountains. Looks great and is typical manoeuvre in the mountains.
