No preflight, belt or rotor inspetion or pitch link inspection, I thought he was going to prang the speed sign. He is a bold pilobut he wont get to be a old pilot.
John Ross to be fair, I don’t fly rotorcraft, but I’d guess he’d done a thorough check on a previous flight to this spot. He didn’t spend very long warming the engine which suggests it was already hot. I usually do a quick walk around and check the prop for chips and away if I’ve only been on the ground for 10 minutes. But I would have definitely landed in the field across the road away from the traffic.
While FAA may not have a whole lot to say on where you land your helicopter, it's a lot of liability landing on property open to the public (especially in an area where people aren't expecting helicopters). There's a high chance of injury/property damage.
There's so many wrongs with this video I dont know where to start.. #1 never hover around that close to the ground. You'll damage the engine by kicking up particles. #2 You kick up particles that then hit the rotors and cause damage. #3 Disenguage the rotor before starting the engine. It easier on the starter and flywheel.. #4 Stay away from traffic, power lines, trees.
Anthony Williamson I was wondering about that startup. I thought you weren’t supposed to start it with the clutch engaged. Definitely did not seem very good for the engine.
First thing, that hover is perfectly fine. As a pilot in a R22 in the past, the normal hover is 3-5 feet off the ground, this compares to the R22 in size. Damage the engine due to particles?? what do you mean by that statement?? it's not a turbine engine, ie, Turbo fan, turbo jet or any other form. I assume this engine has a air filter so no damage there. particles are blown away from the rotor not into it, guess you don't know how the lift is created in a helicopter. Look up Bernoulli's principle as it applies to lift. Yes FOD (Foreign object damage) can occur with rocks and such, but its pertaining mainly to turbine engine damage as I mentioned above, not to rotors. Yes he should have disengaged the CLUTCH assuming its not direct drive which seems unlikely. If everything you said is correct then my FAA school, examiners and my military experience in aviation in the desert surrounding in rocks and dust is wrong.... How did we ever survive??
I've had one since '94. got timed out componets on it, retired now, no medical, had a lot of fun with it; kept it at home in the garage. Should sell it, But I also hate to see it go !
Wasn't a helicopter (or a plane even thought he did crash one in March of 2013 with severe injuries) that killed him, he died in a motorcycle accident in May of 2019.
Somebody named like him died in 2019 at 35 years old in North carolina...Anybody knows if this was him? Also same pilot suffered a crash in 2013 in a BD-5 and he recovered...Are we talking about the same person here???
Less than a minute between starting (after he got it to start) and revving to operating rpm and lifting off, only to cross a road low enough to be hit by a car, fly at recklessly low altitude across a field, then come back to show off for the camera in very close proximity to the road, a road sign, and a building. This guy is a statistic waiting to happen.
@@johnross1395 OMG, all my respect for you, very impressive your background. I am just a Pilot student with few hours but if you see everybody want to be an expert in helicopters, of course you are an exception bro.
No the reason they do not fly high is because they always want to show off, exactly like here....and are really not professionnal pilots....They are involved in many,many fatal accidents due to pilot errors...
I used to want one of these until I saw how the tail rotor is made to move....it had BELTS halfway down the tail boom!!!! BELTS!!!!!!!!!!!! No shaft! Tell me they make them differently now.
Steve I spent 4 years crewing UH-1B, D and H active and 3 years in the reserve in Baton Rouge. Never had a ship I crewed worked on go down to a mechanical failure. OH-58 on other had we had in the reserve unit two engines in 300 hours. 2Nd failure resulted in auto after take off from Lafayette. 5th Army came over to investigate and scrapped it do to possible airframe issues.
@@wayneevans8177 I only flew UH 1's for 7 years. Flew 58's, A model Apache, UH 1- H/V. D model apache in that order. Had bleed band stick open on me on take off at Eglin and lost tailrotor. Still love the UH 1
you are correct, seems very hard on the rotor, as when starting up it sends irregular pulses of energy and it will probably wear the teeth out precociously, maybe other parts will wear out due to this operation as well. My understanding is that is should be a smooth transition of energy when engaging the clutch as other choppers do.
@@channell11 i own one the belt drag is substantial,even disengaged,he cranked it disengaged,then once it was running,if you look closely he tapped the spring loaded clutch lever with his elbow
Nice to watch but and not particularly unsafe IMHO, but is it legal to land and takeoff in a location such as this in the USA? And have to agree with starting with clutch engaged. The helicopter won't tolerate that for long.
The FAA doesn't have much to say about where you land a helicopter (once you're on the ground you're someone else's problem) so you can generally land anywhere as long as it isn't prohibited airspace, you can do so safely, and you have permission of the property owner. Landing/taking off where he did mostly presents a liability issue for property damage (rotors can kick up rocks and damage vehicles) and safety-since there's no barrier to prevent someone from walking right into the takeoff/landing area.
I’m not a Rotorway guy, but I know that had to be an improper start procedure, and, improper pick up, popped it straight up, I’m not trying to be an armchair pilot, but there is something to a two part pick up. I don’t think that using good risk management landing at a off airport landing without anyway of keeping onlookers from getting too close, that truck got way too close. Yes, we’re helicopters, we can do cool stuff, we can land about anywhere, but we have to use good risk management, I would’ve set it down across the street at the field and walked across the street. We have to mitigate our risks every second we fly, how can we mitigate that risk.
Wow, starts heli with clutch engaged, no warmup, no hover test, take off and landing from a driveway as cars drive by. This is how homekits get a bad rep, idiots abusing the shit out of them and then selling to the next sucker before the bolts fall off.
You don't and take off from that same spot at the store do you? Sharp chopper. I've flown a friend of mines. I thought I could fly it since I've flown planes for years. Hell, no. Bad place to land and take off though. Not if , but when.
