Startup & Takeoff of an Turbine MD500 Hughes 369C Helicopter

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This video show me doing the preflight checks and then starting the MD500 for a flight that my boss needed to go on. The first start, being that it was cold took longer to start than the inside shot of my boss starting up after it was nice and warm prior to starting. Enjoy!

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@MWolverine1969 5 лет назад

I loooove the sound of that turbine! But no one ever started an MD500 like my man TC!

@prorobo 4 года назад

I remember watching this years ago when I was a casual flight simmer and now I'm an airline pilot with some minuscule rotor time hoping to not get furloughed in a month and a half. How times have changed.

@kandaman304 Год назад

Nice, that's awesome!

@tanicwhisper0647 6 месяцев назад

Hows it going for you now?

@prorobo 6 месяцев назад

@@tanicwhisper0647 I’m a legacy CA.

@BluntForceTrauma666 8 лет назад

Ahhhhh yessssssssssss! That sound. The sound of a turbine spooling up from 0 RPM. I swear, I grin so big every time I hear it - it's almost emotional. The only thing missing is the smell and the wind (at least on for me, on my side of the screen)!

@Repented008 7 лет назад

BluntForceTrauma666 tick,tick,tick,tick wrrrrr!

@borntobbad 6 лет назад

BluntForceTrauma666 I would have to agree...perhaps a jar of jet A1 while watching this...and have the entire experience !

@nguyentien7822 5 лет назад

BluntForceTrauma .

@darrylsmith3102 5 лет назад

So so True...

@kerbermj 5 лет назад

who needs Viagra?

@my1987toyota 12 лет назад

man I love the sound of a turbine starting up it never gets old

@derrickmoses1507 3 года назад

If I ever hit the lottery I'm going to put one of these engines in a project truck

@muchunu100 12 лет назад

best sound ever!! on start up.

@TheGoole23 5 лет назад

Gotta love the little birds

@MrRexquando 10 лет назад

I love the original 500's ever since they showed up in Vietnam. Solid pretty ship. Design was way ahead of its time.

@pip12111 4 года назад

The Loach

@carriersignal 4 года назад

Every time I hear an MD500 start, I think of the Tasmanian Devil from Loony Tunes.

@hwoods01 4 года назад

Similar, but the devils' sound was an inertial starter. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3zXkVQnVmuo.html

@Spidious 14 лет назад

What a amazing video.. You never see just how long it takes to actually start one up in the movies and on television.. The MD500 has and probably always will be one of my most favorite helicopters..

@Steeyuv 7 месяцев назад

I do not believe this…when I first saw this video, I had no hope of ever flying a helicopter. Now, I have my licence, on turbines, and this guy is posting the most amazing helicopter handling content available anywhere. Respect Sir.

@neonhomer 11 лет назад

I have the audio of both the cold and warm starts as a ringtone. ALWAYS turns heads when my phone rings!

@python082 10 лет назад

Can you send it me? Belfast082@gmail.com

@EODHammer 6 лет назад

SAME! Nobody gets it though unless I'm around turbine pilots lol

@ictpilot 6 лет назад

neonhomer I would kill for that ringtone! It would be as good or better as the Infidel ringtone!

@darrylsmith3102 5 лет назад

That's Hilarious.

@neonhomer 4 года назад

@@ictpilot email me at gmail

@mwolverine 10 лет назад

I think the MD500 is the best sounding helicopter when being fired up! It's like...Mozart!

@redd7963 7 лет назад

mwolverine1969 the huey has a great sound

@gavinwatkins458 6 лет назад

The oh-58's sound great too

@XBDT 4 года назад

or the Gazelle ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OZBsy5kVU-M.html

@stugreen5334 3 года назад

Agreed

@kirkdavis1971 3 года назад

Or the Siskorsky S64 twin turbines, 9,000 hp total!

@HavocStylesJoe 10 лет назад

Love the sound of a turbine spooling up.

@michaelmiller85 11 лет назад

Actually, this is a Hughes 369C, before it became a MD. At least I believe so.

@av8r500 8 лет назад

Every time I see one of these at the airport I start humming the Magnum, PI theme. . .

@TheDave570 5 лет назад

av8r500 Not me I hum the Valkerie !!!

@pip12111 4 года назад

@@TheDave570 Fortunate Son

@nukka200 8 лет назад

2:30 that is one badass sound. aircraft are so cool

@edwardpape5819 3 года назад

If Han Solo did a cold start in the Millennium Falcon this is what it would sound like...

@InfiniteAmbient 9 лет назад

sounds like music to my ears

@Destructides 11 лет назад

It's caused by interferences between the rotor and the camera's shutter. The camera shoots every frame of the video at precise intervals (the camera's framerate) which differ from the human eye, capturing the rotor in different spots and giving the illusion of a slower, sometimes reverse rotor movement. You can recreate this phenomenon in real life by using a similar rotating apparatus and a stroboscope to simulate the decreased framerate.

@randypurtteman1183 8 лет назад

Mike, I flew as a door gunner/crew chief on a Loach in Nam. I was wondering, how much does it cost to get a ticket in one of these?

@MrRwstunts 12 лет назад

Some helicopters the PIC is in the left. Most on the right. Most 500's are left seat PIC some are right. EC-130's are all left seat PIC. Some Astars are left seat for certain reasons. Some are decided based on the job they perform. Hughes 500's and MD-500's do a lot of utility work.

@robertzeis8873 Год назад

If you aren't watching this while humming the Magnum PI theme song in your head, you're doing it wrong.

@michaelmiller85 11 лет назад

The ticking noise is the igniter, which ignites the fuel as it is introduced into the combustion section of the turbine engine. The igniter is energized until the turbine is up and self sustainable.

@bryanseitz6235 4 года назад

So at what point is the turbine self sustaining?

@parkersmithson6667 4 года назад

Bryan Seitz in his other video I think he said the turbine is self sustaining when the N1 (gas producer) gauge reads 58% and higher

@codmott286 4 года назад

@@parkersmithson6667 it takes A LOT of electricity to spool up a turbine

@parkersmithson6667 4 года назад

@@codmott286 I bet! Guess you better check your battery power before you ever think about trying to spool one up

@BlueSky-qv7cd 9 лет назад

The 500c is a awesome machine, and Vietnam and the boys in New Zealand have proved that, but I prefer the 5 blade head of a D model a little different sound not sure about performance difference, but I can't afford either one so what I think doesn't matter.

@neonhomer 9 лет назад

I clipped both starting sequences as ringtones. When my phone rings, everyone looks around... and then wants a copy of the ringtone!

@ictpilot 6 лет назад

neonhomer How did you do that? Thx.

@neonhomer 3 года назад

@@ictpilot used RU-vid to WAV. Loaded it in Audacity (or Soundbooth) and clipped it. Then converted to MP3

@GeorgeSemel 9 лет назад

Most of my helicopter time is in Bell 206's, got a little time in a 500C about 300 hours worth- Good machine, but like all helicopters they need to be taken care of. You did a fine job in explaining the turbine start and what you need to pay attention to! Only thing missing was cool down and what happens when you don't do them over time, I use to fly a split shift with a guy than ever did the cool downs per the POH, Coking lead to some other things and it was not a good day! Throw in a weak battery and an even weaker batter cart and a Mich telling you try it again only to get that red light ( bell 206), lucky we were on the ground and at the base, some broken parts were found in the can- would have been a mess 200nm off shore!

@Mew178 9 лет назад

Press 4 for instant eargasm.

@javacup912 10 лет назад

I flew the OH-6 LOH in the military, but we few it from the right. I prefer to use the left hand to tune radios, etc. This being a C model, completely civilian version with the optional high skids. That Allison spooling up sure brings a lot of memories. If I had the funds, I'd get me one, but it'd be an E or F model. Thanks for sharing.

@jackt6112 6 лет назад

AKA Loach. "Mark the spot with a burning loach." They did crash well and saved a lot of pilots. Then the guard unit I went to got OH-58s.(Bell 206 for everyone else) They used to have a little joke that the people when they designed it they said it would be almost 10x better than the OH-6. Then when they tested it, the pilots called it the 5.8, and that it wasn't quite as good as the 6. Then when they used them in combat they called the the .58 because they weren't even a 10th as good as the 6. The OH-6 set amazing world records for helicopters for speed, endurance and time to climb. They actually both had the same engine. The difference was weight and the fully articulating rotor system, which is far superior. The angled tail was good for speed but even in a light crosswind the tail would bob up and down. The much later 500D with its T tail fixed that. I watched your TOT in terror just like you did. You don't have to put yourself or the engine through that much stress. LOL! One of the things I did to help it start a lot cooler was to run it up until the rpm stabilized and fell just a titch before I rolled the grip. It's very unnatural, but the engine starts WAY cooler which is especially important after you shut down for a short time and have to leave again. I learned that reading the GM engineering manual for that engine, so I tried it. It can save you up to 200 degrees. (BTW, the newer 250s have a computerized start system that start as gradually as large turbines now.) The early Allison 250s had plenty of teething problems. We had lots of failures between 70 and 90 hours total time since new, and I remember one only made 36 hours. Some were fuel control related causing the engine to surge back and forth and destroy itself. They fixed that with a check valve and they had a procedure to clean the valve routinely. Twice an air tube split, once causing the surging and engine destruction in flight, and the pilot landed it in a very small brush area in the middle of a forest. The other one was caught during preflight when the pilot snagged his fingers on a crack on feeling around the backside of the tube. Washing out the compressor, spinning them with epoxy inside, etc., anything to keep the power up and heat down. After a couple of years the 250 got better, and things got real solid with the C20 (420 hp). If you recall, they put in a big torque gauge then because the engine had so much power that the TOT and gas producer couldn't be a limiting factor unless it was awfully high and hot. What you needed to watch with the C20 was so you didn't over torque the transmission. The C30 had done away with all of the axial flow stages and a different centrifugal, and it has 650 hp. One would think they would have thought of that a lot earlier. The axial flows are the most expensive to build and the most prone to failure. The C40 is 715 hp. The engine, with axial flow, minus the accessories only weighed 140 lbs. all up, and it will run for thousands of hours at high horsepower. Rolls Royce bought them when GM needed the money. After that I went into Attack Helicopter. Those engines start so gradually that you can't tell when they start other than watch the temperature slowly go up. When I was transitioning I remember the IP saying to me, "Are you sure you want to do this? Flying these things is like flying the box it came it." The rockets, 20s, and TOWs was all a pride thing. He was sooo right. I regret it. Plus, you pick up another pilot with an ego you have to deal with, you are far more regulated and thus much less freedom. The smaller it is, the less regulated you are, the more fun you have. I also flew fixed wing, and it is the same story there. Mooneys, Yankees, and Skyhawks beat C7s because you can take people and go where you want and there doesn't have to be a reason.

@CharlieGroh 6 лет назад

...B Troop 7/1 Cav loach pilot here...experienced a *real* Hughes tail spin (along for the ride on that one...but what a ride it was) into the ground. We walked out right through the bubble, went to the club and had a few beers and laughed because we had an automatic three days off because we "went in!" LOL, what a great airplane, even though our job was to draw fire, I'd do it again in a second.

@ictpilot 6 лет назад

It's still a Hughes 500 to me. The D model is the best.

@StonyRC 12 лет назад

Even starting that engine must be one hell of a rush! AMAZING!!!!

@MrRwstunts 12 лет назад

The button on the collective is the starter engage button. It also energizes the ignitors (Very Expensive spark plugs). Once he rolls the throttle to the idle stop to introduce fuel, it just sits there and you continue to hold the starter button to a certain N1 Percentage (Not Saying) Then you let go of the starter and the engine is self sustaining and the ignitors de-energize. Once the engine is warmed up is a silly saying. They start at 700 to 800+ degrees CELSIUS.

@coolcat6303 2 года назад

Very cool 😎 I’ve loved the “killer egg”🚁 ever since I first saw them in “Magnum PI”. And I was really happy to see them also appear in big films like “Blue Thunder”, “Speed”, “Outbreak” and “Black Hawk Down”. They’re basic look hasn’t changed all that much, in 50 years, but they still look fast & stylish.

@VIPDEZ 8 лет назад

N369AV is a Hughes 500c and not anything else during its majestic rein!

@InfluencersDeElite 7 лет назад

Awesome!!! First time I see my fav chopper being started up. Thanks for the video!

@FMA678 2 года назад

BEAUTIFUL sound❤❤❤❤❤❤ ALLISON 250-C-18???

@erikruus5173 10 лет назад

it is a beautiful ship.....

@MrBigduke613 9 лет назад

A turbine...not an turbine

@OneHoof 13 лет назад

This helicopter was designed by Howard Hughes as the OH-6A Cayuse (Model 369), as a light observation helicopter for the Vietnam Conflict. It was used in conjunction with the AH-1 Cobra on hunter killer (Pink Teams) teams in Vietnam. Very fast and maneuverable helicopters. Later marketed in the civilian sector as the Hughes 500. Awesome little helicopters. Army Special Forces still use them with the nickname "Little Bird". I would love to fly one of these helicopters! Thanks for posting.

@tylerdurden6335 2 года назад

I had a good friend that was a “ Little Bird” pilot in Vietnam. He described the experience as being “bait” for the Cobra’s! He was shot down twice but survived to come back home.

@v35james78 2 месяца назад

@boosted14 14 лет назад

god I love hearing this bird start...so so so good..

@topgunmaverick379 2 года назад

Non T tail. Don't think I've ever seen one in person. Always see thr classic T tail 500's

@quentinbush 6 лет назад

Beautiful sound, love it and thanks for a really informative talkthrough of the starting procedure. The closest I get is manually starting my model gas turbine of which the starting procedure has its similarities despite it only having about 14lb thrust.

@careylowell 6 лет назад

Great sound. but the cameraman ran his mouth too much.

@supersalesman 14 лет назад

Shoudln´t you say "CLEAR" just before you press the start button?

@kenmtb 9 лет назад

Wow those blades are moving fast! Throw up a tomato......ketchup

@kz4506 12 лет назад

didnot think it was normal for someone else to start up your machine ,, ,oh well maby i am behind the times

@AXNPictures 11 лет назад

Oh, you're right! I didn't have my glasses on.

@LegoWormNoah101 2 года назад

3:41 fuel was introduced at 19% turbine RPM. Is every turbine built with different parameters like fuel introduction RPM?

@JohnC-kc5uh 6 лет назад

Haha the morning conversation of 2 gay men

@tonywinmag5738 5 лет назад

Nice chopper But not as nice as the ones they make in Africa

@taboice2178 5 лет назад

You can always tell a former military helicopter pilot on how he takes off.

@thelightbrigadef4172 2 года назад

3:35 or 3:36 love that clicking sound as turbine whining

@kevinvt4174 9 лет назад

That is a Hughes 500c manufactured before MD took over.

@JESSEDART187 5 лет назад

...pilots are the coolest..especially HELOS!!! ..yes I SAID IT...!

@alexzingo6952 Год назад

Awesome sound!

@42jailbar 12 лет назад

Awesome

@goldenmanuever1176 9 лет назад

Get some vertical orange and yellow stripes on this bad boy and I'm gonna call you T.C.!

@billmarden3886 6 лет назад

Golden Manuever Magnum PI!!!

@deimos2k6 8 лет назад

very interesting video and just a right pilot attitude... subscribed! Cheers

@beekeeper1615 5 лет назад

My neighbor must think I have an MD,-500 engine in my living room.Good times.

@Aprilmarcloud 13 лет назад

Hmm...55.000+ US dollars for private pilot license? In a private flying school? I guess this is too much for 40+hours of flight time. By comparison, here in Russia (private school) you'll pay a little over 20.000 USD for Private Pilot Certificate (theory, exams,42 hours incl.10 h solo)...maybe, because the training is done on piston Robinsons R22 or 44.

@Aprilmarcloud 13 лет назад

Hmm...55.000+ US dollars for private pilot license? In a private flying school? I guess this is too much for 40+hours of flight time. By comparison, here in Russia (private school) you'll pay a little over 20.000 for Private Pilot Certificate (theory, exams,42 hours incl.10 h solo)...maybe, because the training is done on piston Robinsons R22 or 44.

@c6rocks 12 лет назад

@michaelmiller85 Did you mean to say, the pilot sits on the left, unlike most helicopters? Because in most aircraft, the pilot does sit in the left seat. Sorry to nit-pic. I've heard heli pilots usually sit on the right as to not have the collective in the way of crawling in.

@Bagwsp 12 лет назад

@MegaHighflyer10 Fixed wing Captains fly in the Left seat.... Most Chopper Pilots are seated in the Right seat. (Look at the Base models for the Bell 206s and Eurocopter AS350 AStars. They only have controls on the right side (Unless specified by the customer))

@colin5577 14 лет назад

Geez. Isn't that always the way? Younger enthusiast guy hovers around the machine obsessively, making vids and so on, then has to make way for older, wealthier fatso owner. Story of the World. Lovely bird, though. Thanks for the vids. I have a little bit of 500 time and I'd marry one given the chance.

@tylerbuckley2092 2 года назад

Nothing more prettier than a Hughes 500

@davidforbes4392 4 года назад

Please cut the personal chatter and keep it professional in future videos. The cameraman doesn't need to speak -- it's just a distraction from whatever the subject is saying and sometimes obscures what's just been said. Please!

@frontagulus 2 года назад

I thought McDonnell Douglas didn't buy Hughes out until the E model, meaning these are Hughes 500s, not MD500s like a lot have written here

@moriver3857 3 года назад

Dont get the title. To my knowledge, all Hughes/MD-500 are turbine powered by an Allison/ RR 250

@jace_Henderson 3 года назад

This is basically the boeing 717 of helicopter sounds.

@Tier1Norseman 2 года назад

I'd get side seats welded and bolted to the frame to have that complete look ha ha. Maybe even mount some prop M-134's and some "pods" if not mounting the side seat platforms ha ha.

@BCAD01 14 лет назад

Another question,if you have a hot start,will that cause the turbine to fail? And,I see you're holding the black button down on the collective,is that the ignitors you hold down?

@petertarantelli 2 года назад

These guys mess around but when it’s time to start her up, they’re all business. Well done! I thought the PIC always sat in the right seat or is that only when both front seats are occupied?

@ExtremeRecluse 9 месяцев назад

I have 30 minutes in a loach. A national guard unit happened to be doing an AT near my airfield. Lots of power and very nimble.

@jonathanhall7903 5 лет назад

I want a helicopter. Oh...wait, have to learn to fly first.

@rich3203 2 года назад

I heard long ago the reason helicopter pilots fly from the right seat is because that is the side of the transmission that the winch would be run off of and the pilot had to be able to see the cable while he was flying. I love my Loach. Scouts out

@rclarke2456 2 года назад

Dam it take a long time to start up , I can't imagine getting chased by the bad guys and getting away lol. Movie's are such lier's 😑

@abelcarcamo11 4 года назад

Me encanta ver todas la aéreo naves pero hay algo que nunca termino de entender ni por mas que este acostumbrado a verlas por medio de estos videos, lo que nunca me a gustado es el timón o palanca con la cual sirve para dirigir la Nave, y mas los veo muy feo en los aviones Casas, la verdad son horribles para ser un lindo y delicado aparato..

@MegaHighflyer10 13 лет назад

@michaelmiller85 not just md500 pilots unlike fixed wing aircraft the main(captain) seat is the left seat in most helicopters

@jasimasmara6979 5 лет назад

Mari kita belajar terus jangan putus asa untuk mengejar ketertinggalan dari negara negara yg baru merdeka tapi telah maju lebih dulu.

@20truck 5 месяцев назад

I don't understand why are you starting the helicopter and getting ready to fly and then that older man jumps in and takes off, is he the owner of the aircraft?

@vicente8874 6 лет назад

2: 30 e nesse momento que é a parte mais interessante ti ti ti ti em seguida oss turbinas é muito massa shou

@TABRO284 8 лет назад

From the video's thumbnail it looks like the pope is starting her up

@csmythe8 11 лет назад

Sure has been fun watching your journey Mike, going from dreaming in Dec 09 to 407 PIC today. You made it happen....

@Starlight764 12 лет назад

Was there a reason he didn't just take off from his starting postion, instead of taxiing around to the strip?

@nitestrike1000 13 лет назад

You are so fortunate to fly such a beautiful bird. Take care and happy flights!

@charlesshaft639 Год назад

Collective , cyclic , tail rotor management right 👍 ! Pitch and degrees of direction!

@TheDisabledGamersChannel 5 лет назад

Why do you have 60 seconds until it HAS to be running like you stated, i'm very curious about that if you don't mind elaborating please.

@stealhty1 13 лет назад

Mike can you fly this aircraft or you only know how to start it? and then turn into the pilots maid

@davebar2017 4 года назад

Do they make a briggs and straton md500 ? They all. Turbines

@louielovechild1 7 лет назад

I seen this Helicopter down at Allegheny County Airport 8 months ago. N369AV was the tail on it.

@DocRockTheDj 6 лет назад

Hey! Can someone hold my beer while I try to find that damn checklist. I forget what that little red light is for. Aw, screw it, let's go fly this bird anyway!

@rudyho3790 5 лет назад

Bullseye...memories fail...accidents happen...Use Checklist every Time!😎👌

@jasonk795 5 лет назад

Not funny.

@mrb4849 13 дней назад

How would you turn one of these into a road vehicle and use the turbine to create thrust along with electric powered wheels?

@sanfranciscobay 12 лет назад

I thought that the reason the Pilot sat on the right side, was to protect his left/throttle hand in a war scenario where the left/throttle hand would be less likely to be injured by ground fire. As compared to if the Pilot is sitting in the left seat, his throttle hand is closer to ground fire with the door off or on. Is this correct?

@SirDeanosity 11 лет назад

This is my favorite helicopter body shape. Looks nasty in movies with guns and stuff added to it.

@helidevil123 12 лет назад

3:33 GAAHHHH me gusta :I

@Toyman07 12 лет назад

Nothing personal or anything Mike but why hasn't the owner ungraded the collective and or the instrument panel? As that style collective is so old in operating procedures and so easy to mess up etc. The newer ones are a hundred times less risky to start up. I mean really this one still has the rubber holdup to shut off or turn on the fuel. Man that just scares me whenever watching videos of old helos. Again just my opinion not my bird or anything just saying. Cheers

@jefferymccloud7059 4 года назад

Hey great pilot , reminds of Vietnam crazy pilots would hit the VC with skids. I work for Bristow and hold door open for one pilots on md 500 hovering around check hot weather sabine pass tx

@kingjames8283 10 лет назад

Damn that Michael is one beautiful dude and he made that beautiful bird fire up so beautifully and it sounded just so beautiful. Now I don't know about that beautiful man behind the camera as we didn't get to see him, but that beautiful dude Michael was hotter than that turbine engine on that MD500 and that baby was pretty hot though it could use some pin-striping or graphix.

@miteco1 4 года назад

I smashed that like button cuz i like!

@MayimHastings 3 года назад

If she were mine, I’d call her Gnatalie! She really is a lovely ship! I made the decision to start pursuing my dream of flying helicopters a week ago, and now I can’t stop watching every dang video there is on RU-vid about it. Oh, and when he was complimenting the camera guy, I thought for sure they must be twins 😂.

@robertrobinson3861 Год назад

When I was a lot younger and very impressionable, and watching 'Magnum PI' every week, I could never make up my mind as to which was the cooler, more desirable piece of machinery: Robin Master's Ferrari 308, or TC's Hughes helicopter. The both looked and sounded great in their own respective ways. Great memories...