My pops was a police helicopter pilot for decades. He flew an MD500 and did annual training out here. Knew a lot of the pilots/employees you showed. He got a great kick out of this. Thank you!!!
Nice, I flew in one in Vietnam as a Scout. Went down down a few times. Ran into trees a few times hehehe shot the blades a few times with my M60. Flew back with over 10 bullet holes in the control tubes and rotor blades. We flew over a hour with NO OIL in the transmission, it had a big hole in it from an aircraft gun. LOVE IT
@@ricksmith4736 No, thats The thing ive learned about today...Amazing!A plane is a plane, works without engines when going down, but never heard about how helicopters works
I would've thought it'd be similar to a plane, pick a spot and pray that spot isn't occupied by anything heavy. Love how calm the instructors are though. Not just calm leading up, but calm throughout, to the point where in the situation when it all comes down to training you mindset is stay calm, relax and pull the manoeuvre.
Swede, you have access to youtube/google and you have always been wondering? I looked that shit up in like 2001 as soon as it first came to mind. I hope you dont put off other important life questions. Heres one for you. Why does looking at the sun help trigger a sneeze
I've been on the ground beneath a crashing helicopter. Can tell you that yes, it is just as scary as you think, or more so. On a very hot day in a desert canyon my SAR team was up there to rescue an injured hiker. We were to move the victim down canyon to where a helicopter could land, load up and fly out. Pilot was told not to fly up the canyon as there'd be a tight turn and a cliff wall as it became a box. Pilot flew up anyway. I'm just beyond the turn on the ground in the canyon bottom. Suddenly the helo comes around the turn and sees why he should have listened. No place to go and not enough power in that heat and elevation to climb out. Pilot tries to turn and main rotors clip the wall. The sound is deafening and rock is falling all around me and another rescuer. We scramble to find something to hide behind, I somehow got between two boulders I wouldn't ever have thought I could fit into, which places some rock overhead. Visions of a ball of fire are playing in my head like, "This is it!". In these seconds that felt like hours somehow the helo completes the turn and is drifting down canyon making a horrible racket, as in not the normal which I've heard countless times. Helo goes out of sight and all sound stops. We learn later the pilot managed to come down hard, fracturing some parts I don't know what but is on a ridge lower in the canyon. Pilot hurt his back some and was assisted out by more rescuers. We completed the original victim's evac from the canyon via ground team. Some time later mechanics went in to disassemble the helo into pieces small enough to be hoisted out by a bigger helo, but I wasn't there to see that. This was decades ago and is still as crystal clear in my memory as the moments it was happening. Yeah, crashing is scary, try to avoid doing that.
A friend of mine in Olympia WA was a copter mechanic. He went up on a test flight and the tail rotor quit when they were up about 40' he said. Way too low to autorotate in, He was med flighted to Seattle. He had an awesome surgeon from U of W med school. He was VERY badly injured. He made a miracle recovery & is back at work.
My grandfather was a helicopter pilot, he was a little over 200 feet off the ground when the tail rotor shaft broke. He auto rotated to the ground and broke his neck on impact, died instantly! The man who was with him spent 5 months in the hospital. Helicopters have all the aerodynamics of a grand piano when something goes wrong!
Man that's awful to hear. The way you worded it might be able to help answer a question. But I am probably not correct but I'm sure someone with tell me. So when we lost our tail boom we didn't call it autorotating because there was no longer any control it was just a crash. straight up suckfest of gear oil and grass after the earth was kind enough to stop the falling and the spinning. So it's it still possible to auto rotate with no counter torque from the tail rotor.
Now that is a real helicopter! Like an OH-6A scout (well, civilian version). Literally like a bird in mountain tree tops (or Arizona rock columns, etc.). Was absolutely my favorite thing to fly. Trick auto-rotating one of those (as with any helicopter) is not to stop too high in the air! Really enjoyed this video and all the memories it brings. Congratulations. Glad you got checked out in that.
I too confuse nervousness with excitement! Sometimes you can't tell which one you're feeling which is weird, as they're kind of opposites! Great video, and yes, when you hear a helicopter you stop and watch that helicopter! 😊
Shoutout to Parker the MD training pilot. I have many hrs flying with him out here in NorCal, doing powerline work. He is a great pilot and has a great positive attitude. Good to see you brother.
Thank you for sharing. Just a little glimpse into the world of Heli flying. I used to fly R/C Acrobatic Heli's and one of my favorite things was running out of gas at about 1000' and landing "autorotation" inverted. So friggin cool.
As you stated, I wish Deisel would finish off his aviation license. I cN see you boys taking the racing to the next level in the sky. That would be awesome.
I would love to see that also. Getting a rotorcraft rating is no easy feat. Most of the training options available are in Robinson helicopters... and those things are VERY squirrely. I won't fly in those things. I think they're dangerous. Maybe Diesel Dave is struggling with finding something better to train in.
@@travisk5589 The Blackhawk is not something you put a green pilot into as your co-pilot. That is a *very* complex aircraft and despite having a lot of time in a MD500, I wouldn't get in the left seat on one of those choppers. Heavy D did the smart thing and hired a couple of National Guard guys to be his co-pilots. Paul (one of them) has thousands of hours. That's the kind of guy you want flying with you
Forty years ago in the oilfield we practiced dead stick landing on a beach. I have had several experiences with helicopters in a jetranger. One time we landed on the Galveston Beach out of fuel.
I love Brim Aviation!! They have some of the most awesome fire fighting videos out there. Seeing them in action live is on my bucket list. Needless to say I’m experiencing a bit of jealousy right now!🤣🤣 ❤️🙏
This is so awesome to watch your aviating experiences! I worked at the WAATS and in the neighboring hangar back when they had AH-64s while I was in the National Guard. It was such an awesome experience. After my last deployment, I worked at MD Helicopters on the afghan air force birds! You are just meeting all my old friends! ahahah
Wow! Cool... very Cool MD helicopters! Cool... very Cool tour and training program at MD helicopters! Cool... very Cool Porshe sports car purchase. Thanks for inviting us along for the ride!
Another awesome video and great insight into the training. Your content is always interesting. I have always been a huge fan of the Hughes/MD 500 (incl 520 & 530) helicopters, especially their sound, and my uncle was the shooter for deer recovery in the 70's where the 500 was the machine of choice. There is some berserk footage of 500's going into tight spaces and trimming the foliage with the main rotors.
Cleatus is too locked up with LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....come on man......get original sparks has even started to get on this.......all you tubers please just stop.....even Vegas Matt......too predictable I unsubscribed to CLeatus as Lets go out of control.....respectfully
As a helicopter enthusiast, super envious! Wish I could get my license, but an incident left me deaf in one ear. Not sure if I can pass the FAA physical
It’s the best heli ever. It’s the only thing I have ever bought that has better with time. Normally a car or something gets boring but the 500 just keeps getting better the more I fly it.
When I was a kid there was a show called "Whirley Birds". I always wanted to try flying one but the primitive ones were sounding complicated. Besides not having air brakes things weren't gonna happen . You and the guys are doing things the right way with super awesome friends to train you. Great show Dave.
Auto rotation to touchdown is a very important skill every helicopter pilot must learn. I still remember my first engine off landing. The skill is even more critical for pilots operating single engine helicopters. Having a gearbox failure is one of the worst failures possible for a helicopter pilot because the aircraft is unable to make an auto rotation landing.
@@marlboroman71818Most helicopters have what is known as a freewheeling unit which is isn't much different than the sprag clutches found in automotive automatic transmissions. It is common for the freewheeling unit to receive it's lubrication from the transmission and when transmissions start to fail metal debris from the transmission is sent into the lubrication system for the freewheeling unit causing failure or starving it of lubrication. I remember there was some issue with the Bell 206 freewheeling units failing due to lubrication oil being restricted causing failure of the freewheeling unit and mast yielding and main rotor separation. Autorotation wasn't possible when those failures occurred. I also remember hearing about transmission failures that sent metal into the freewheeling unit which caused the components to essentially weld themselves together making autorotation not possible, I can't remember the exact details of those incidents.
I'm a stage 4 lung & liver germ cell teratoma cancer survivor. I want so badly to get my pilots license. I want to fly helicopters. Gonna do my best to go to flight school.
My buddy just lost his life in a 900 a month ago. 31 years young; just made it past his 1500 pic hours. Good reason you’re in my ‘24 death pool picks. Hardest part of doing autos at Mesa is watching for a stray Apache.
Crazy. I was on the ground today and the same MD was doing training, and just to the north two apaches had been doing flights out of the apache heliport. There is so much going on at Mesa KFFZ Falcon Field. It's a miracle there aren't more incidents.
@@m777howitzer4 looked pretty safe to me from opposite side of the field. They were doing autos w 500s and a 407. Apaches seem to fly intermittently. My buddy lost his life doing powerline work in Texas. Be safe 👍
DAVE...curious to find out the pros and cons of that electric car. IS THIS YOUR FIRST? Nice family car. My allegiance (sp) will always be to THE CORVETTE. Love watching you accomplish a true dream come true!
Sweet Porsche, gratz to you. Going to let the Mrs drive? Great experience you had there. Just imagine doing that in Nam with souls on board. Important training. Happy New Year guys!❤ Stay safe and smart.
This is such a valuable training course to take especially when you are flying with lots of friends and family about. did you say without saying Diesel Dave is a bit of a freeloader ?
What a great video and really interesting. I watched Mike Patey doing engine outs in a Bell helicopter which also looked pretty scary. Glad to know that you can still make it with no power. The MD does look like it can fly like a Ferrari, um Porshe. Many thanks!
This is the closest thing to a personal VTOL aircar transportation... Not cheap but fully operational units, The Rolls Roice engines, and the mechanics of the rotor blades are noisy though... The MD McDonnell Douglas 900 Notare is a real game-changer...
Great video Dave. I work at the Boeing facility across the street from MD. We build the Apache Attack helicopter and a different version of that little bird, the AH-6i. Great content guys. Hope Y'all enjoyed Mesa.
Absolutely loved this video. Said it once, but I’ll say it again…. Your aviation content is amazing. My dream one day is to fly/own a MD600n 😘 Thanks for taking us along
The thing is you are practicing landing with a dead motor on the blacktop but if you're doing it on the side of a mountain or on the ground you're not going to want to be sliding forward you want to go down straight down but put the calactic stick so it's catching you more as you're getting closer to the ground it just takes experience using your auto rotation it takes time and you have to do it plenty of times to learn it better
I hate to say this, but I have been a pastor for over 30 years now. I have presided over two helicopter pilot's funerals. Now, granted, both of them were working in extreme conditions, fighting forest fires. I'd love to fly in a helicopter one day, but... I have my reservations.
As a former air assault Infantryman I spent hundreds of hours on various rotary wing aircraft without any major incidents. They are incredibly fun to ride in and can do things no fixed wing could ever do I encourage you to find a reputable flight service and try it for yourself you won't regret the experience.
Stay out of cars! Every day thousands of accidents happen while people commute to work, go buy groceries and what have you! It's crazy dangerous on these roads!
@@Ganiscol Thanks for reminding me I had a stroke and can no longer drive. I was just stating a fact: I have buried two helicopter pilots and yes, both of them were in extreme conditions.
Now thats living the goid life! Especially when you get to drive home in a beautiful new Porche sports car!!!! Im living the good life thru these videos!!! This is as cl9se as Ill ever get in my lifetime.
10:14 Love this comment! *_SO_* True!!! I've flown in the MD500 as a passenger in a tourist flight around Oahu, Hawaii... Exciting is the most correct adjective for flying in one!
No, it’s not as scary as you think because when you realize it’s gonna happen, you gotta kiss you a goodbye and pray to the good Lord, you go to heaven
I thought they had stopped building the Huey 500. Thanks I've ridden in one back when I was a teenager in the Civil Air Patrol. Love the helicopter, cool story thanks Dave...
Former uh-60 crew chief here Excellent excellent training if the MD wasn't such a bad ass hi performance helo then delta force wouldn't use them same theory for auto rotation of any helo and i hope you never have to put those skills to use remember a uh-60 has like 4 times the mass and doesn't like to auto rotation
How's it going! I love this heli from the bottom of my heart. I grab this video to learn some English terms and how to control the heli as well. But the music is awesome it is Russian song "Korobeyninki". So you know that you have a big fan in Kazakhstan! Best wishes for everybody. Many thanks! Bye for now
My profession currently and for the last 18 years is Critical Documentation Ring Binders. It sadness me to see companies that have such devotion to quality use cheap oversees ring binders with decals put on them. You guys really should experience the SHP Binders that I and others hand craft. At least the Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy use them though that's not enough to sustain the business. It is what it is and probably will die out without any of the newer generation knowing. No one needs me until it's to late.
Great video but as a Native Arizonan, it’s not cactus’s there called cacti, when you come to AZ and you see more than one cactus there called cacti. So next time you come back now you know. Luv your channel
The only thing more fun is a 180 auto with turn. All three aircraft (TH-55, OH-58A/C, UH-1H) are generally pretty forgiving for both hovering autos and standard autos. UH-60s are not very forgiving in a standard auto. One of the problems in a UH-60 when doing an auto is you cannot see through the chin bubble to gauge rate of closure and the side view is not so much when you have a 40-45 degree nose up attitude when flaring.
In my youth I worked for a helicopter repair FBO based in colorado, the shops focus was on repairing helicopters that had landed with excess forward momentum ! Lots of sheet alum and structural repairs.
Montrose Co has a medical center here with a Aerostar AS350 flight for life everytime i see it firing up on the roof i sit and watch that puppy till take off! Badass every time!
Since you are "Sparks" Motors, you're going to want a set of the optional magnesium skid shoes for your MD500. And, hey, let's give s little credit to Howard Hughes and Hughes Tool Company for the first couple thousand 500s. In 1969 I had some truly exciting rides in them. And I have pictures of ones that came back hanging under a Huey.
My first engine failure in a hover in a 206... I pulled too much collective. I picked it back up off the ground and had to put it back down again. Instructor said... I've never see that done in a 206 before. Never do that again! Nice to know the blades have a decent amount of inertia ;)
The company that I worked for in the early 70's had a Jet ranger. It can down twice without power. The first time it came down in water, it had floats on it. so know damage. The second time they were fying in snow and had to land in a gravel pit and it chopped off the tail.. That was expensive fix.
I worked for Hughes Helicopters, Culver City,Ca. 70s .My office/hanger on the flight line . Absolutely a awesome helicopter and what M D has done with it is nothing less than perfection. 👍
We also have beautiful scenery were I live in Ridgecrest, CA. We have99 beautiful deserts, the gorgeous Sierra Nevada Mountains, a major research and development navy base for several fighter planes and let's not forget the area where Top Gun Maverick filmed some of its scenes. Our small airport sees a lot of different filming opportunities. It is a unique area and i love living here for its outdoor activities.
Awesome video guys! Used to live in Hurst TX and would watch the Bell guys practice autoratations in a big field near their plant. Some (probably newbies) were kind bouncy lol!
I gotta tell ya we have PDST from your channel. We live on the Wasatch front on the east mountainside in northern Utah county. We will be in the office or in our living room and hear a different type of helicopter and that's when my wife looks over at me. We're both thinking the same thing. Is that Super Dave Sparks? And sometimes it is...
Unlike all the other helicopters that you’ve owned Sparks, this one, you could land in your back pocket and wouldn’t have to have move a bunch of things to store it because they fit anywhere specially in the garage your own garage not a big hanger. Happy new year.
Love yours and Cleets Aviation content.. Im a 52 yr old recently certificated Sport Pilot that since childhood has wanted to be a helicopter pilot ... I still have that plan.
My pops was a police helicopter pilot for decades. He flew an MD500 and did annual training out here. Knew a lot of the pilots/employees you showed. He got a great kick out of this. Thank you!!!
I absolutely love the quote they have hanging up on the wall " quality isn't expensive it is priceless"
Someone needs to give that sign to Boeing :(
For Aero engineering that SHOULD be the standard. Unfortunately capitalism has fucked that up too (see boeing).
"Don't hold on." Killed me.
Holy cow, that description of nervousness versus excitement is DEEP. That's going to take me some time to fully understand.
I really like the voice over narration. It was nice for DD to have some too.
"Don't hold on!" Love it! Well done guys. Thanks for a fun video!
Nice, I flew in one in Vietnam as a Scout. Went down down a few times. Ran into trees a few times hehehe shot the blades a few times with my M60. Flew back with over 10 bullet holes in the control tubes and rotor blades. We flew over a hour with NO OIL in the transmission, it had a big hole in it from an aircraft gun. LOVE IT
The cinematography in this is so beautiful. I keep pausing it on shots and just marveling at the shots and the subjects. I love this stuff.
Ive always been thinking about what actually happens with a heli when engine dies-This was amazing!
You have never read about or heard of Auto-rotate???
@@ricksmith4736 No, thats The thing ive learned about today...Amazing!A plane is a plane, works without engines when going down, but never heard about how helicopters works
There was some mfg about 5-10 years ago that was demoing a new Heli and had to crash land it in some water. Lots of camera angles on it.
I would've thought it'd be similar to a plane, pick a spot and pray that spot isn't occupied by anything heavy.
Love how calm the instructors are though. Not just calm leading up, but calm throughout, to the point where in the situation when it all comes down to training you mindset is stay calm, relax and pull the manoeuvre.
Swede, you have access to youtube/google and you have always been wondering? I looked that shit up in like 2001 as soon as it first came to mind. I hope you dont put off other important life questions. Heres one for you. Why does looking at the sun help trigger a sneeze
I've been on the ground beneath a crashing helicopter. Can tell you that yes, it is just as scary as you think, or more so. On a very hot day in a desert canyon my SAR team was up there to rescue an injured hiker. We were to move the victim down canyon to where a helicopter could land, load up and fly out. Pilot was told not to fly up the canyon as there'd be a tight turn and a cliff wall as it became a box. Pilot flew up anyway. I'm just beyond the turn on the ground in the canyon bottom. Suddenly the helo comes around the turn and sees why he should have listened. No place to go and not enough power in that heat and elevation to climb out. Pilot tries to turn and main rotors clip the wall. The sound is deafening and rock is falling all around me and another rescuer. We scramble to find something to hide behind, I somehow got between two boulders I wouldn't ever have thought I could fit into, which places some rock overhead. Visions of a ball of fire are playing in my head like, "This is it!". In these seconds that felt like hours somehow the helo completes the turn and is drifting down canyon making a horrible racket, as in not the normal which I've heard countless times. Helo goes out of sight and all sound stops. We learn later the pilot managed to come down hard, fracturing some parts I don't know what but is on a ridge lower in the canyon. Pilot hurt his back some and was assisted out by more rescuers. We completed the original victim's evac from the canyon via ground team. Some time later mechanics went in to disassemble the helo into pieces small enough to be hoisted out by a bigger helo, but I wasn't there to see that. This was decades ago and is still as crystal clear in my memory as the moments it was happening. Yeah, crashing is scary, try to avoid doing that.
That sounds horrific, congrats on not dying haha
Jesus. Thats. That's man. Jesus Christ. I'm getting PTSD just reading that.
That pilot doesn't belong flying, wrong attitude.
Blah Blah Blah.
Daaaang!
Yall are some of my favorite youtubers, man. Cleetus included. I am a very proud fan. Thank you all for the awesome content.
A friend of mine in Olympia WA was a copter mechanic. He went up on a test flight and the tail rotor quit when they were up about 40' he said. Way too low to autorotate in,
He was med flighted to Seattle. He had an awesome surgeon from U of W med school. He was VERY badly injured. He made a miracle recovery & is back at work.
My grandfather was a helicopter pilot, he was a little over 200 feet off the ground when the tail rotor shaft broke. He auto rotated to the ground and broke his neck on impact, died instantly! The man who was with him spent 5 months in the hospital. Helicopters have all the aerodynamics of a grand piano when something goes wrong!
Man that's awful to hear. The way you worded it might be able to help answer a question. But I am probably not correct but I'm sure someone with tell me. So when we lost our tail boom we didn't call it autorotating because there was no longer any control it was just a crash. straight up suckfest of gear oil and grass after the earth was kind enough to stop the falling and the spinning.
So it's it still possible to auto rotate with no counter torque from the tail rotor.
I knew both of them, it was an Apache at Ft Rucker. Rest in peace
@@Xsiondubecause the air is driving the blades equally, and the rotational torque from the engine is gone.
I'm working on implementing a flight suit with air bag deployed neck and chest support specifically for helicopter accidents.
exactly they fall like a rock~ its not like the movies
Now that is a real helicopter! Like an OH-6A scout (well, civilian version). Literally like a bird in mountain tree tops (or Arizona rock columns, etc.). Was absolutely my favorite thing to fly. Trick auto-rotating one of those (as with any helicopter) is not to stop too high in the air!
Really enjoyed this video and all the memories it brings. Congratulations. Glad you got checked out in that.
That was outstanding thank you for taking us along.
I too confuse nervousness with excitement! Sometimes you can't tell which one you're feeling which is weird, as they're kind of opposites! Great video, and yes, when you hear a helicopter you stop and watch that helicopter! 😊
Thank you Cleetus...you made Dave and team happy campers !!
Shoutout to Parker the MD training pilot. I have many hrs flying with him out here in NorCal, doing powerline work. He is a great pilot and has a great positive attitude. Good to see you brother.
Definitely one of my all time favourite helicopters.
It really is awesome!
@@HeavyDSparks shouldn't Roman Atwood be doing a prank somewhere...
Thank you for another full , calm, and enjoyable show.
Thank you for sharing. Just a little glimpse into the world of Heli flying. I used to fly R/C Acrobatic Heli's and one of my favorite things was running out of gas at about 1000' and landing "autorotation" inverted. So friggin cool.
Awesome, those auto rotations are better than my normal landings in video games, LOL. Love the Porsche as well.
As you stated, I wish Deisel would finish off his aviation license. I cN see you boys taking the racing to the next level in the sky. That would be awesome.
Diesel
I would love to see that also. Getting a rotorcraft rating is no easy feat. Most of the training options available are in Robinson helicopters... and those things are VERY squirrely. I won't fly in those things. I think they're dangerous. Maybe Diesel Dave is struggling with finding something better to train in.
Dave needs dave to get his license so that they can fly the blackhawk together
I’m really surprised he doesn’t
@@travisk5589 The Blackhawk is not something you put a green pilot into as your co-pilot. That is a *very* complex aircraft and despite having a lot of time in a MD500, I wouldn't get in the left seat on one of those choppers. Heavy D did the smart thing and hired a couple of National Guard guys to be his co-pilots. Paul (one of them) has thousands of hours. That's the kind of guy you want flying with you
Forty years ago in the oilfield we practiced dead stick landing on a beach. I have had several experiences with helicopters in a jetranger. One time we landed on the Galveston Beach out of fuel.
Love all the aviation content. You guys Rock!
I love Brim Aviation!! They have some of the most awesome fire fighting videos out there. Seeing them in action live is on my bucket list. Needless to say I’m experiencing a bit of jealousy right now!🤣🤣 ❤️🙏
Those helicopters were popular even when Magnum PI was showing them off and I believe there was 3 different models used for the original TV show.
That was one of my favorite shows partially because of Helicopter but it was a great show anyway
This is so awesome to watch your aviating experiences! I worked at the WAATS and in the neighboring hangar back when they had AH-64s while I was in the National Guard. It was such an awesome experience. After my last deployment, I worked at MD Helicopters on the afghan air force birds! You are just meeting all my old friends! ahahah
You boys looked like y'all had a blast doing this!!!
It was awesome!
@@HeavyDSparks the video was boring af, i guess it's a "you had to be there kinda thing..."
@armondhammer9 you don't have to watch Bubba 😂
@@Bullshit1011 That's precisely what I did, bub. 🤡
@@armondhammer9 yet you not only stuck around to read the comments but also replied to them…. 😂 🤡
Wow! Cool... very Cool MD helicopters! Cool... very Cool tour and training program at MD helicopters! Cool... very Cool Porshe sports car purchase. Thanks for inviting us along for the ride!
Another awesome video and great insight into the training. Your content is always interesting. I have always been a huge fan of the Hughes/MD 500 (incl 520 & 530) helicopters, especially their sound, and my uncle was the shooter for deer recovery in the 70's where the 500 was the machine of choice. There is some berserk footage of 500's going into tight spaces and trimming the foliage with the main rotors.
Happy new years to you Dave. Awesome car and nice flying with this helicopter
You, Cleeter, and WhistlinDiesel are the UA-cam trifecta the internet never knew we needed!! When yall collaborate, it’s pure gold!!!
Cleatus is too locked up with LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....come on man......get original sparks has even started to get on this.......all you tubers please just stop.....even Vegas Matt......too predictable I unsubscribed to CLeatus as Lets go out of control.....respectfully
@@bobbyjoepecker5570The comment section isn't an airport, no need to announce your departure. Bye.....
@@bobbyjoepecker5570 bye Felisha LETS GOOOO
As a helicopter enthusiast, super envious! Wish I could get my license, but an incident left me deaf in one ear. Not sure if I can pass the FAA physical
It’s the best heli ever. It’s the only thing I have ever bought that has better with time. Normally a car or something gets boring but the 500 just keeps getting better the more I fly it.
When I was a kid there was a show called "Whirley Birds". I always wanted to try flying one but the primitive ones were sounding complicated. Besides not having air brakes things weren't gonna happen . You and the guys are doing things the right way with super awesome friends to train you. Great show Dave.
Auto rotation to touchdown is a very important skill every helicopter pilot must learn. I still remember my first engine off landing. The skill is even more critical for pilots operating single engine helicopters.
Having a gearbox failure is one of the worst failures possible for a helicopter pilot because the aircraft is unable to make an auto rotation landing.
"Engine off?" Maybe "Power off?"
Did they not show the rotor to gearbox disconnect in this video?
@@marlboroman71818Most helicopters have what is known as a freewheeling unit which is isn't much different than the sprag clutches found in automotive automatic transmissions.
It is common for the freewheeling unit to receive it's lubrication from the transmission and when transmissions start to fail metal debris from the transmission is sent into the lubrication system for the freewheeling unit causing failure or starving it of lubrication. I remember there was some issue with the Bell 206 freewheeling units failing due to lubrication oil being restricted causing failure of the freewheeling unit and mast yielding and main rotor separation. Autorotation wasn't possible when those failures occurred.
I also remember hearing about transmission failures that sent metal into the freewheeling unit which caused the components to essentially weld themselves together making autorotation not possible, I can't remember the exact details of those incidents.
@@KutWritesame thing tomato tomatoe haha
@@marlboroman71818sprag clutch!
I saw Cletus’ version of this class and I enjoyed your viewpoint just as much as. Thanks for posting it. 👍🏼
Fantastic episode! Swear man these dudes are living their best lives and it’s dang fun to watch not to mention very inspiring for others. 🤩🙌🤩
Congratulations to everyone. Nicely done guys.
I'm a stage 4 lung & liver germ cell teratoma cancer survivor. I want so badly to get my pilots license. I want to fly helicopters. Gonna do my best to go to flight school.
Good luck
You can get student loans for flight school I’m pretty sure
Don’t get Loan for that, if you’re not going professional.
Get a scholarship for flight school from AOPA.
A list exists if you google it.
Get her done don’t waste no time!
Love you guys man in love yall video's
My buddy just lost his life in a 900 a month ago. 31 years young; just made it past his 1500 pic hours. Good reason you’re in my ‘24 death pool picks.
Hardest part of doing autos at Mesa is watching for a stray Apache.
Crazy. I was on the ground today and the same MD was doing training, and just to the north two apaches had been doing flights out of the apache heliport. There is so much going on at Mesa KFFZ Falcon Field. It's a miracle there aren't more incidents.
@@m777howitzer4 looked pretty safe to me from opposite side of the field. They were doing autos w 500s and a 407. Apaches seem to fly intermittently. My buddy lost his life doing powerline work in Texas.
Be safe 👍
@@joecambodia1326 Everything looks safe from the ground. It's a busy sky out here in Mesa.
@@m777howitzer4 No doubt, private F16s, helicopters and fixed wing training. Was there for weeks seemed safe as could be.
@@joecambodia1326 I have yet to see an f-16, but I have heard and seen 3 different L-39 Albatross. Those make the roof rattle.
DAVE...curious to find out the pros and cons of that electric car. IS THIS YOUR FIRST? Nice family car.
My allegiance (sp) will always be to THE CORVETTE.
Love watching you accomplish a true dream come true!
What kind of guy buys an ELECTRIC Porsche
Sweet Porsche, gratz to you. Going to let the Mrs drive?
Great experience you had there. Just imagine doing that in Nam with souls on board.
Important training.
Happy New Year guys!❤
Stay safe and smart.
yeah so cool, just in case she has to get the kids to soccer practice in a hurry, you goober.
This is such a valuable training course to take especially when you are flying with lots of friends and family about.
did you say without saying Diesel Dave is a bit of a freeloader ?
I would spec that bright swimming pool green color for the entire exterior. It may be some kind of primer but it looks awesome.
What a great video and really interesting. I watched Mike Patey doing engine outs in a Bell helicopter which also looked pretty scary. Glad to know that you can still make it with no power. The MD does look like it can fly like a Ferrari, um Porshe. Many thanks!
This is the closest thing to a personal VTOL aircar transportation... Not cheap but fully operational units, The Rolls Roice engines, and the mechanics of the rotor blades are noisy though... The MD McDonnell Douglas 900 Notare is a real game-changer...
Porsche Taycan is literally masterpiece of German engineering!
That thing looks soofly!
Great video Dave. I work at the Boeing facility across the street from MD. We build the Apache Attack helicopter and a different version of that little bird, the AH-6i.
Great content guys. Hope Y'all enjoyed Mesa.
So basically the the AH-6i is the gunship version, ammo & guns instead of a backseat.
@@heartsky yes, plus more fuel. It's also slightly different from the gunship version MD makes. The Boeing 6i is better.
@adrnln_jnke does Boeing sell the H-6 to anyone but SOCOM?
@@ChevTecGroup yes, there are some FM sales. Currently to Thailand.
Absolutely loved this video. Said it once, but I’ll say it again…. Your aviation content is amazing.
My dream one day is to fly/own a MD600n 😘
Thanks for taking us along
The thing is you are practicing landing with a dead motor on the blacktop but if you're doing it on the side of a mountain or on the ground you're not going to want to be sliding forward you want to go down straight down but put the calactic stick so it's catching you more as you're getting closer to the ground it just takes experience using your auto rotation it takes time and you have to do it plenty of times to learn it better
I hate to say this, but I have been a pastor for over 30 years now. I have presided over two helicopter pilot's funerals. Now, granted, both of them were working in extreme conditions, fighting forest fires. I'd love to fly in a helicopter one day, but... I have my reservations.
As a former air assault Infantryman I spent hundreds of hours on various rotary wing aircraft without any major incidents.
They are incredibly fun to ride in and can do things no fixed wing could ever do
I encourage you to find a reputable flight service and try it for yourself you won't regret the experience.
As a professional matchbox collector for 120 years
The Helicopter packs still dont feel right
Stay out of cars!
Every day thousands of accidents happen while people commute to work, go buy groceries and what have you!
It's crazy dangerous on these roads!
If you hate to say it, then don't say it
@@Ganiscol Thanks for reminding me I had a stroke and can no longer drive. I was just stating a fact: I have buried two helicopter pilots and yes, both of them were in extreme conditions.
Now thats living the goid life! Especially when you get to drive home in a beautiful new Porche sports car!!!! Im living the good life thru these videos!!! This is as cl9se as Ill ever get in my lifetime.
It’s not as scary for people with a heavy d.
10:14 Love this comment! *_SO_* True!!! I've flown in the MD500 as a passenger in a tourist flight around Oahu, Hawaii... Exciting is the most correct adjective for flying in one!
No, it’s not as scary as you think because when you realize it’s gonna happen, you gotta kiss you a goodbye and pray to the good Lord, you go to heaven
I thought they had stopped building the Huey 500. Thanks I've ridden in one back when I was a teenager in the Civil Air Patrol. Love the helicopter, cool story thanks Dave...
Former uh-60 crew chief here Excellent excellent training if the MD wasn't such a bad ass hi performance helo then delta force wouldn't use them same theory for auto rotation of any helo and i hope you never have to put those skills to use remember a uh-60 has like 4 times the mass and doesn't like to auto rotation
How's it going! I love this heli from the bottom of my heart. I grab this video to learn some English terms and how to control the heli as well. But the music is awesome it is Russian song "Korobeyninki". So you know that you have a big fan in Kazakhstan! Best wishes for everybody.
Many thanks!
Bye for now
My profession currently and for the last 18 years is Critical Documentation Ring Binders. It sadness me to see companies that have such devotion to quality use cheap oversees ring binders with decals put on them. You guys really should experience the SHP Binders that I and others hand craft. At least the Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy use them though that's not enough to sustain the business. It is what it is and probably will die out without any of the newer generation knowing. No one needs me until it's to late.
Great video but as a Native Arizonan, it’s not cactus’s there called cacti, when you come to AZ and you see more than one cactus there called cacti. So next time you come back now you know. Luv your channel
Full stop auto-rotations get your full attention. Did a buttload of them in TH-55's, UH-1H's and OH-58's. Fun times!
The only thing more fun is a 180 auto with turn. All three aircraft (TH-55, OH-58A/C, UH-1H) are generally pretty forgiving for both hovering autos and standard autos. UH-60s are not very forgiving in a standard auto. One of the problems in a UH-60 when doing an auto is you cannot see through the chin bubble to gauge rate of closure and the side view is not so much when you have a 40-45 degree nose up attitude when flaring.
When i saw cleets video i couldnt wait to see yours! This was awesome, good on all of you for taking precautions🤙 absolutely love the aviation content
The Superstition Mountains are just awesome. I used to work for MD and we would perform test flights over them. Absolutely stunning place.
Some MD500s here in Vegas are referred to as Ghetto Birds. Sheriffs are always buzzing the rooftops in the sketchy neighborhoods. 🤠
I got my fixed wing at Falcon. Was nuts taxiing out watching those guys at MD come sliding down the ramp
In my youth I worked for a helicopter repair FBO based in colorado, the shops focus was on repairing helicopters that had landed with excess forward momentum ! Lots of sheet alum and structural repairs.
Montrose Co has a medical center here with a Aerostar AS350 flight for life everytime i see it firing up on the roof i sit and watch that puppy till take off! Badass every time!
My favourite helicopter… I have to add this factory course to my wish-list and put it on the top! God bless the United States and MD helicopters 🚁
Since you are "Sparks" Motors, you're going to want a set of the optional magnesium skid shoes for your MD500. And, hey, let's give s little credit to Howard Hughes and Hughes Tool Company for the first couple thousand 500s. In 1969 I had some truly exciting rides in them. And I have pictures of ones that came back hanging under a Huey.
My first engine failure in a hover in a 206... I pulled too much collective. I picked it back up off the ground and had to put it back down again. Instructor said... I've never see that done in a 206 before. Never do that again! Nice to know the blades have a decent amount of inertia ;)
The company that I worked for in the early 70's had a Jet ranger. It can down twice without power. The first time it came down in water, it had floats on it. so know damage. The second time they were fying in snow and had to land in a gravel pit and it chopped off the tail.. That was expensive fix.
Awesome, inverted lawn mower! I like my wings being still. Sorry! I do love your channel too!
This is so cool! I've always wondered what this training looked like.
I went through factory training in the 530f back in 2013, it was lots of fun. Nice job guys🚁
I worked for Hughes Helicopters, Culver City,Ca. 70s .My office/hanger on the flight line . Absolutely a awesome helicopter and what M D has done with it is nothing less than perfection. 👍
I don't know if I could get any work done if I worked on a flight line.....they would fire me! LOL
I know CJ, he was one of my helicopter instructors in Louisiana whenever I went to school there! Super cool to see him and how far he has come!!
We also have beautiful scenery were I live in Ridgecrest, CA. We have99 beautiful deserts, the gorgeous Sierra Nevada Mountains, a major research and development navy base for several fighter planes and let's not forget the area where Top Gun Maverick filmed some of its scenes. Our small airport sees a lot of different filming opportunities. It is a unique area and i love living here for its outdoor activities.
Hundreds of autorotation's to the ground in Hueys as an Army instructor pilot, day/night, fun times with a student! (1986-1992)
Porsche is spoken as Porsch-eee!. Greetings from old Germany 🇩🇪
Awesome video guys! Used to live in Hurst TX and would watch the Bell guys practice autoratations in a big field near their plant. Some (probably newbies) were kind bouncy lol!
I gotta tell ya we have PDST from your channel. We live on the Wasatch front on the east mountainside in northern Utah county. We will be in the office or in our living room and hear a different type of helicopter and that's when my wife looks over at me. We're both thinking the same thing. Is that Super Dave Sparks? And sometimes it is...
I liked the voiceover style. It’s been a minute since one of those.
I'm an aviation photographer and I have pictures of all those birds!! Love watching them fly around my house.
Unlike all the other helicopters that you’ve owned Sparks, this one, you could land in your back pocket and wouldn’t have to have move a bunch of things to store it because they fit anywhere specially in the garage your own garage not a big hanger. Happy new year.
Great collaboration between you two chopper guys.
I can never get anything done watching all these awesome videos. I literally have to force myself to go do something
Love yours and Cleets Aviation content.. Im a 52 yr old recently certificated Sport Pilot that since childhood has wanted to be a helicopter pilot ... I still have that plan.
The next phase of the natural evolution: Diesel-Electric Dave!!!
If locomotives and ships can do it, then why not Dave too? LOL
12:50 "Your sit-downs are harder than that" 😂💀
Outstanding video, great factory rundown and very professional trainers I must say, after viewing this, I'm getting itchy hands again. Thank You. :)
Nice car, congratulations. Just remember, D, from now on being an owner, Porsche is a TWO syllable word.
Not normally a fan of the 4 door porsches, but that taycan wagon is FIRE
Thier slogan 😅Its not expensive
its priceless...
something tells me its expensive 😅
Wow, that was an awesome appearance by Cleatus and an all around great video !
This was a beautiful to watch! Many thanks!
Had a ride in one of these over the Fox glaciers in new zealand, awesome little stunt choppa.