When I was around 8-9 years old, I got to ride shotgun in one of those old birds in 1971. As with the case of any kid that age, I loved to see aircraft up close and better yet, in the air. The operator of the bird was contracted with a orange grove grower to spray pesticide on the grove. The pilot and his buddy motioned me over to them. He asked me if I wanted to go up for a ride. Didn't hesitate and away I went. What a memory and experience for a kid to have. A pilot wouldn't dare the same scenario today. He would lose his license, or jail time.... maybe both. 51 years later, I often think about that day and how it was one of the best moments in my life....
Que maravilla, y que envidia. Este helicóptero parece un ser vivo , casi tanto como una máquina de vapor. De niño ejercían una fascinación como un monstruo.
I'll bet that was fun. Hard to have fun in this over regulated world these days. If something is fun it's probably illegal.Then again I'm an Australian.
@@johnkauppi7078I know. It was a shame when Australia went full dictator and took people's guns. You Australians are a special breed and your government is regulating and immigrating you to death
Australia here. That has got to be the best sounding helicopter engine, ever. Sounds just like my old 8 ton Dodge wheat truck with its 361 big block V8. Twin exhaust system with short straight flow mufflers.
I was an instructor while stationed in Germany. I was demonstrating a maximum p over takeoff when something came loose in the rotor head. I did a quick 180 & got back on the ground. RED XE'D IT. MAINTENANCE COULDN'T find the problem, fired it up, it went into ground resonance, flopped on its side and beat itself to death. Thank God no one got hurt. Nice old bird but every time I see one I'm reminded of one more day I cheated the grim reaper.
Used to watch them fly by when I was a kid. The Uruguayan Navy regularly flew these helicopters from Maldonado to Montevideo. A sight to behold and an engine roar to remember.
Love radial helicopters, there in Eastern Europe in agricultural operations, have seen a lot of work done by a Ka-26. That engine sound always cheers me up.
Was that at New River? Many years ago, the entrance to New River Air Station had an H-34 at the entrance. I was stationed there for 4 years and thought HMM-262 was one of the squadrons I was attached to on one of my Med cruises. I was skids - HML-167. It was so long ago, I don't remember.
@MikeBUSA yes,it was at New River Mike. We would fly home to Bryan Ohio on three occasions. In the fall of 1962, we became a transition squadron. We trained jet pilots to fly helicopters They were not happy pilots.
@colinkulasik1128 No gear box. There is a clutch that sits on the back side of the engine and goes on up to the main gear box that drives the main rotor. Sometimes the pilots during warmup will drop the engine rpm and pick it back up again to make sure of their clutch connection. This same clutch is used to disengage the engine from the main rotor transmission during auto rotation. I appreciate your questions.
I was assigned to HMM 161 in Chu Lai and Marble Mountain USMC. Spent many hours patching those crates back into flying condition. USMC, 1962to 1967. Semper Fi
Spent 8+ years wrenching flying rigging with one of these, Love the sound the rumble of the air frame and the easy feel on the stick, Check the fuel and fill the oil.😁
Sounds like an old hot rod running. Sounds like he’s having to pump the accelerator pedal to keep it running then pressing the clutch in and shifting gears. Love these old whirly-birds
Apparently that's exactly what he was doing - "The UH-34D helicopter was equipped with a transmission that allowed for shifting between different gears. This transmission system enabled the helicopter to effectively manage its engine power and rotor speed to achieve the desired level of performance during different flight phases, such as takeoff, cruising, and landing."
Wrong - It is only for rotor engagement after starting - Your left hand controls the throttle - Taxi and flight is done at top of the green - I spent 8+ years flying one before 9-11. @@thomashebert5907
@@thomashebert5907it doesn't shift gears, the pilot is engaging the clutch,my dad was a helicopter mechanic and was very familiar with these helicopters
For those wondering why it sounded like it was "shifting" while spinning up it was, sort of. It does have different rotor RPMs for different phases of flight. It is rated at 1,525 horsepower at 2,800 r.p.m. for takeoff. 1,425 horsepower at 2,700 r.p.m. for 30-minute limit and then 1,275 horsepower at 2,500 r.p.m. continuous.
Wrong - clutching for start only, A torque converter flooded then drained - switch on power up join needles roll off switch off sprag now powers the rotors
Flew an S 58 with the Wright 1820 for 8 years , The free wheel clutch was engaged with fly weights and the torque converter matched shaft speed and engine speed , The fly weights engaged the mechanical shafts (autorotation clutch) and the torque converter emptied to a tank ready for the next start. Worked quite well.@@georgekaplan6451
That monster engine is in the front, like a motorhome and there is a two piece drive line inbetween the seats that goes to a differential then another truck style drive line vertical to the main rotor on top. You should get inside one of these, it's a real hoot!
Several decades ago, when I was quite young, Popular Science had a front-page article about one to these someone was marketing as a family camper. I love the radial engine, and if I were rotary wing qualified, I might just have to have one of these.
Hi good morning thanks of share your video,,, spectacular sound,,, splendid aircraft,,, amazing helicópter SIKORSKY,,, CONGRATULATIONS and have a good time,,,
Remember the T.V. show "Riptide" in the mid 80's, with the pink helicopter they called "Screaming Mimi." Man that show was bad, I do however remember they would always recite the helicopter pilots prayer before the would startup the Mimi,"God bless this helicopter, especially the pistons." Which is funny because I'm pretty sure the helicopter used in the series had been converted to gas turbine.
Sounds like a 63 Chevy I6 with a bad muffler!! Of course, it hums like a Bee once she's fully heated up! Interesting application of a Radial Piston Engine!!!
When we got the engines from O&R, the engines we all built up and ready to install on the helicopter. The engines were benched check before we got them.
No wonder they called them, _"Mean Marines"_ ... Getting troops from point A to point B in those non-turbine engined relics - Almost like a bus that flew! Big ol' radial Pratt & Whitney (or Wright) in front below the cockpit that made it sound different during start and full power-up until you switched the rotors on line! They still use them both for military and civilian duty, although many now have been refitted with more modern computerized controls and turbine engines...
This and the previous model used a front mounted radial engine...Later a turbine powered model (S-58T) was used by many military and civilian entities.......The LA Sheriff's Dept used a S-58DT until fairly recently (IIRC).......Don't know if it's still in their fleet or not....
It's the same engine as the B-17 bomber the Pratt & Whitney double wasp 18 cylinder 2000 HP radial engine! This engine can operate with cylinders blown away by gun fire !
My friend was a Corpsman in Vietnam and he said that he had a dust off in a Sikorski UH-34 Chocktah and rounds were coming up through the bottom of the fusalodge 😧
