I flew over 200 missions as a machine gunner in the UH 34 version while in Vietnam. These were reliable workhorses, but rolling off an aircraft carrier and dropping down toward the water before she got enough lift to climb up was always a butt puckering moment.
the crew chief who trained me on the 53D in early '74 also crewed these in Nam. He said getting all the grease fittings was fun as well as all the racket they made.
Presumably into the wind? So if the engine failed, you could either get killed on impact with the sea, or drown before you could get out, or get out OK and then get run over by an aircraft carrier. I hope you got paid well.
What a frickin' beast - I never grow tired of listening to these obsolete radial engined choppers! Any intel on when these 'ugly angels' were phased out of service from the Bundeswehr?
A great helicopter of it's time. Many soldiers were transported and saved by this classic workhorse. The same can be said of the earlier S55. Great video.
Hover checks would be the real term for it . If it had skids, it be 3 feet in the air.. but with wheels, it can check the controls on the ground before take off..
SOP for any Helicopter is taxi/hover checks before each and every flight, and take off from a hover , preferably from a designated area (IE runway). The Take offs you probably are referring to is a MPT, or Maximum Power Takeoff. That's when they take off directly from the ground after startup (IE every helicopter in every TV show or Movie) the only instance a helicopter does that in real life and not Hollywood, is when its in a tight space, Wooded area in combat zone, or a rooftop heliport (during an emergency). But heliports usually provide enough space to do in place hover checks.. ask any pilot about an MPT, and he'll tell you where to stick your question.. if he don't smack you first...
Give that relic some God damn gas!!! "Full rich" on startup... that radial has enough air in it from just sitting.. pull that choke all the way out.. dump some fuel in it..
That's what happens if you try and start a Wright 1820 Cyclone as though it was a small car. Who could have guessed you'd need a different approach, eh?
Hey Grüße ich hatte den Start auch von weitem mit meinem Smartphone aufgenommen und wollte es hochladen, aber die Gualität war zu schlecht deine Aufnahme ist um Welten besser. :D TOP!
@Ervin Thompson - nope; the clot in the pilot's seat doesn't understand that an 1,823 in³ (29.88 litre) engine does NOT respond well when you try to start it as though it was a Honda Civic. Instructions to pilot: "When the handbook says 'rich mixture to start', it means LOADS of gas, not a teaspoonful, dimwit!"
Der hier eingesetzte Sternmotor ist schwerer und hat weniger Leistung als eine Turbine, dafür ist er durch seinen Luftfilter weniger empfindlich gegen Erosion
aber son alter soviet motor...... ne danke. da kriegen mich keine 10 Pferde rein. Auch wenn ich weiß dass sie robust sind und dass es auto rotation gibt. Mir wäre trotzdem zu mulmig
@@dom3827 😰 Sowjetmotor ? Das Ding war saurobust und Zuverlässig . UND WAR EINE NATOMASCHINE , ua retteten Bundeswehrflieger mit dem Sikorsky S58 die Sturmflutopfer 1962 in Hamburg .
@@dom3827 Ähm... wo hast du nicht aufgepasst🙄😂. Das ist ein amerikanischer luftgekühlter Sternmotor. Und was die Zuverlässigkeit angeht mein lieber Junge... Viele Hamburger haben diesem Hubschrauber ihr Leben zu verdanken. In der Geschichte innerhalb der BRD wurden mit diesem Hubschraubertyp die meisten Leute gerettet. Soweit ich weiß waren/sind das Motoren von Pratt&Whittney, bin mir aber nicht ganz sicher. Und diese Motoren haben den Status unverwüstlich zu sein.
@@dom3827 wenn du zu der Zeit gelebt hättest, und der wäre als Rettungsheli unterwegs gewesen, hättest du auch nicht nein gesagt wenn du gerettet hättest werden müssen.