As a Brit I find it funny that the German air ambulances are operated by the German equivalent of the Automobile Association. It makes complete sense considering how it was all set up, but the thought of seeing AA-liveried Air Ambulances is amusing to me.
@@MrPsychomonkey Yeah I know. That's not quite the same as it would be seeing one decked out in yellow with "AA" on the sides or orange with "RAC" on it though!
really cool video as usual :) its nice to see you back! i love the neat little stairs that pop out the fuselage so he can look at the rotor and engine compartment!
Fascinating. Good to see new content again. I had the opportunity to look at a Bundeswehr H145 last summer, and they don't have any cover for the fenestron transmission/actuator, it all sits out in the open. It's apparently an optional part if you order an H145 from Airbus. They said it was to speed up maintenance, and to see any problems more easily and quickly. It's also interesting that the fenestron has unequal distances between the blades. The reason is noise reduction, just like normal road tires have unequal distances between treads and grooves, to spread out the spectium of the noise. Otherwise tires and fenestrons would create a very objectionable high-pitched whine.
You uploaded on my birthday!! I used to work in the emergency department at a level 1 trauma unit and I always had so much respect for the HEMS team! Great video Joe!
Always great to see the attention to detail of our emergency services and a prayer that I don’t need to be a patient. Blue skies! I’m still waiting to see Capt Joe piloting a supersonic helicopter 🚀🚁
There's a lot to check with a helicopter! It's moments like this I'm glad I fly fixed wing aircraft - the prestart takes only a fraction of the time, and that's being just as thorough!
When I was younger and my dad was with the Flying Doctor Service in Kenya, I used to help him check the planes (mainly Cessnas) for fruit. Fruit?😲 Yep. There was a fig tree close to the airfield, and when they were ripe an unknown animal (or possibly a bird) used to collect them and store them EVERYWHERE. The Land Rovers had them stuffed behind their wheels and up their exhaust pipes, but the aircraft were the real target. Once, when one of the 172s was undergoing a major service and was out of action for nearly a month, we found over 30 lbs of figs hidden under the engine cover. I wonder: what's the oddest thing that Jens has found when performing an outside check? 🤔
I remembered seeing a German show called Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt when I was a kid (they did a Vietnamese dub on it). The BK 117 that they use belong to DRF and is the predecessor to the EC145
Welcome back captain J,thank S to you and Jen’s for a great informative tour of the emergency services helicopter,safe flights,take care,all the best from ballarat in Oz,👋👋🙏👏👏👍🇦🇺
When the world needed him most, he returned! :) Thanks for the video, helicopters are such amazing machines! Additional question: What is inside the massive compartment in the left clam shell door, next to the first aid kit?
Enjoyable! I usually delegate this task to my Microsoft ground crew. Question for you -- I have flown this exact model (including with the ADAC livery) many times and had noticed that the tail "feathers", i.e., fenestron blades are not evenly spaced. I thought that was a carelessness on the part of the simulator model developers but no, this seems to be in fact accurate. Can you explain the aerodynamic thinking behind why the tail blades are not evenly spaced? Thank you in advance, and thank you for this marvelous in depth walk around. EDIT: Oh man, right after posting the question I think I have the answer -- in a fashion similar to how turbine jet engines are designed with differing numbers of blades between compressors and stators to reduce inadvertent "howl", would I be guessing correctly to say it is to minimize the potential for a "beat" frequency every time the blades line up with the fenestron stators?
Okay, so I'm not the only one that noticed that. My assumption is noise reduction and I started googling it in the background, but then I was missing the video so I backed it up and put my phone down. :)
The Wikipedia article on the fenestron says: "While conventional tail rotors typically have two or four blades, Fenestrons have between seven and eighteen blades; these may have variable angular spacing so that the noise is distributed over different frequencies."
@@KevinT3141 as I had guessed. If the blades line up regularly you've essentially created a siren. That's how those things work. Nobody wants a siren flying past lol. Thanks for the reply. 👍🤠
Captain Joe!!!Hello!welcome back!!! Where have you been????!!! I've really really missed you***** All this time of your"splendid"absenc e,i'd been reviewing all your previous videos of your channel!!Please,keep on posting!!It's also interesting to know a few things about a rescue helicopter!!Thank you for sharing!!! Again,welcome back,Best wishes!!!! Looking forward to seeing your next new video about flying, hopefully soon!!!👮✈️✈️✈️👍
That was interesting. I have seen many videos of walkarounds around fixed wing aircrafts, but not yet around a helicopter! One question. This heli has a FDR, as we saw, but does it also have a CVR?
Hey Joe, great video. I'm wondering how often pilots really find defects or damages during the walk around check. Your 747 ist also well maintained and technicians do checks frequently. How often did you find something? Thank you!
All helicopters must be checked first by mechanics and then pilots also check them before flight, in case of emergency call during pilot check..they can stop the check and fly at the moment if mechanic checked it before, if call is during mechanic check..first finish the preflight check and then fly, pilots check is shorter than mechanic check, hope the answer can help, i am helicopter mechanic 20 years ago and work with EC120, EC135 and H135, regards
First preflight check and then fly. If call is during pilot preflight..they can leave at the moment because a mechanic inspected it before but if the call is during mechanic preflight..they need to finish the preflight first and then fly, i am EC135 and H135 mechanic 20 years ago and our inspection takes 1 hour and pilot preflight can take 10 minutes.
Uneven blade spacing in a fenestron is for noise dampening. The pattern creates two separate acoustic frequencies that can cancel each other out (similar to how noise canceling headphones work) to make the tail rotor quieter than most other helicopters.
It's a Pilots job. What else is he gonna do while still on the ground, might as well make sure your machine that your life depends is in OK condition everyday.
Has there been any instagram story that you've went there again? My Uni is next to the rescue helicopter station, would've loved to take a photo and have a chat with you! :)
They had mentioned in the beginning they do this check once a day, and then for emergencies just a quick walk around, probably to check for any major damage/leaks and any red showing for open panels
As a Brit I find it funny that the German air ambulances are operated by the German equivalent of the Automobile Association. It makes complete sense considering how it was all set up, but the thought of seeing AA-liveried Air Ambulances is amusing to me.
In the UK air ambulances are charities and I think London one is sponsored by Virgin and has their logo on their helicopter.
@@MrPsychomonkey Yeah I know. That's not quite the same as it would be seeing one decked out in yellow with "AA" on the sides or orange with "RAC" on it though!
In the Netherlands it is also organised from the ANWB, the Automobile Association, quite interesting
we also got the "DRF Luftrettung" operating in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein.
In Austria 🇦🇹, air rescue was previously provided by the police and military - in 2001 the ÖAMTC (also yellow helis with AA livery) took over 😊
Wow he’s back!🙌🏾✈️
Finally after 5 months I have been waiting
You’ve been missed Captain Joe ☹️ Its great that you are back again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 xx
The maintenance crew must be amazing. That vehicle is completely spotless. I stared at the fuel port. Spotless!
really cool video as usual :) its nice to see you back! i love the neat little stairs that pop out the fuselage so he can look at the rotor and engine compartment!
Fascinating. Good to see new content again. I had the opportunity to look at a Bundeswehr H145 last summer, and they don't have any cover for the fenestron transmission/actuator, it all sits out in the open. It's apparently an optional part if you order an H145 from Airbus. They said it was to speed up maintenance, and to see any problems more easily and quickly. It's also interesting that the fenestron has unequal distances between the blades. The reason is noise reduction, just like normal road tires have unequal distances between treads and grooves, to spread out the spectium of the noise. Otherwise tires and fenestrons would create a very objectionable high-pitched whine.
You uploaded on my birthday!! I used to work in the emergency department at a level 1 trauma unit and I always had so much respect for the HEMS team! Great video Joe!
Hi Joe, I live in Norway and this exact helicopter is used by the hospital in my town and i have always wanted to see it up close so thanks
this machine is just a masterpiece. I can watch this set of rivetted metal pieces all day long :D
Welcome back Captain Joe ! We missed you
Always Great to see you!
Always great to see the attention to detail of our emergency services and a prayer that I don’t need to be a patient. Blue skies! I’m still waiting to see Capt Joe piloting a supersonic helicopter 🚀🚁
He is back. yay!!!!
Another great video Captain.
The vibration absorber device looks funny 😁
Yay!!!🎉 Where have you been?!!
At Pilot Expo 2024 ;)
There's a lot to check with a helicopter! It's moments like this I'm glad I fly fixed wing aircraft - the prestart takes only a fraction of the time, and that's being just as thorough!
I actually flew the H145 simulator! Enjoyed immensely. Have a video of that myself. Curious to see how fixed wing Captain Joe does 👍🤠
When I was younger and my dad was with the Flying Doctor Service in Kenya, I used to help him check the planes (mainly Cessnas) for fruit.
Fruit?😲
Yep. There was a fig tree close to the airfield, and when they were ripe an unknown animal (or possibly a bird) used to collect them and store them EVERYWHERE.
The Land Rovers had them stuffed behind their wheels and up their exhaust pipes, but the aircraft were the real target. Once, when one of the 172s was undergoing a major service and was out of action for nearly a month, we found over 30 lbs of figs hidden under the engine cover.
I wonder: what's the oddest thing that Jens has found when performing an outside check? 🤔
That's how I checked the VW Polo during my practical driving exam.
Awesome! thank you captain for sharing this amazing vídeo.👌
I remembered seeing a German show called Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt when I was a kid (they did a Vietnamese dub on it).
The BK 117 that they use belong to DRF and is the predecessor to the EC145
Wow that's quite an extensive checklist.
Welcome back captain J,thank S to you and Jen’s for a great informative tour of the emergency services helicopter,safe flights,take care,all the best from ballarat in Oz,👋👋🙏👏👏👍🇦🇺
Nice to see you are uploading still!
When the world needed him most, he returned! :)
Thanks for the video, helicopters are such amazing machines!
Additional question: What is inside the massive compartment in the left clam shell door, next to the first aid kit?
he's back!
Ahh! Captain finally good to see you.
superb! thankyou!
Nice to see you make a posting, It's been a long time since the last one.
HE'S BACK WHOOOO
Enjoyable! I usually delegate this task to my Microsoft ground crew. Question for you -- I have flown this exact model (including with the ADAC livery) many times and had noticed that the tail "feathers", i.e., fenestron blades are not evenly spaced. I thought that was a carelessness on the part of the simulator model developers but no, this seems to be in fact accurate. Can you explain the aerodynamic thinking behind why the tail blades are not evenly spaced? Thank you in advance, and thank you for this marvelous in depth walk around.
EDIT: Oh man, right after posting the question I think I have the answer -- in a fashion similar to how turbine jet engines are designed with differing numbers of blades between compressors and stators to reduce inadvertent "howl", would I be guessing correctly to say it is to minimize the potential for a "beat" frequency every time the blades line up with the fenestron stators?
Okay, so I'm not the only one that noticed that. My assumption is noise reduction and I started googling it in the background, but then I was missing the video so I backed it up and put my phone down. :)
The Wikipedia article on the fenestron says: "While conventional tail rotors typically have two or four blades, Fenestrons have between seven and eighteen blades; these may have variable angular spacing so that the noise is distributed over different frequencies."
@@KevinT3141 as I had guessed. If the blades line up regularly you've essentially created a siren. That's how those things work. Nobody wants a siren flying past lol. Thanks for the reply. 👍🤠
The man is back!
I just commented on the precious video about missy ya captain 😂😂
Captain Joe!!!Hello!welcome back!!!
Where have you been????!!!
I've really really missed you*****
All this time of your"splendid"absenc e,i'd been reviewing all your previous videos of your channel!!Please,keep on posting!!It's also interesting to know a few things about a rescue helicopter!!Thank you for sharing!!!
Again,welcome back,Best wishes!!!!
Looking forward to seeing your next new video about flying,
hopefully soon!!!👮✈️✈️✈️👍
That was interesting. I have seen many videos of walkarounds around fixed wing aircrafts, but not yet around a helicopter! One question. This heli has a FDR, as we saw, but does it also have a CVR?
The tail assembly is bigger than I imagined.
Good to see you joe, great video bud
Hey Joe, great video. I'm wondering how often pilots really find defects or damages during the walk around check. Your 747 ist also well maintained and technicians do checks frequently. How often did you find something? Thank you!
Awesome really enjoyed this video… 😊
Beautiful copter. Shouldn't he check whether the lights actually work? Like the bulbs are not blown out? Also, what are pilot tubes?
I think you mean Pitot Tubes. They are used to measure airspeed. More detailed info is easily searchable.
Common mate we need more videos from you. You are the best. Mentor pilot overtook you 🤦
Awesome video.
Я очень рада тебя видеть здесь. Прекрасное видео . Удачи красавчик Джо. Береги себя!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
When will the cockpit explanation version come?
Can't wait to see Captain Joe hover 🚁
Hey Joe I’m Aarav. Nice to meet you. This is great content so I was thinking that you should have a discord community. It will be great. 😊
Thank you so much for this outstanding content about RW Captain Joe 👏
Sehr schönes Video, vielen Dank. Sehr spannend, um auch das Fachenglisch zu überprüfen 🙂 wäre noch cool gewesen, die Cockpit Checks zu sehen ❤
Where you been Joe!!!
Where have you been Captain Joseph?
ha we have the same "trouble shoot" - more than 15mill. will airbus see
how it was to stear/trimm "reverse" ?
also "turn around" on one point ?
I actually fly this one in MFS2020. Paid addon but defo worth the money.
Most obvious question: What do they do if there is an emergency call during the outside check?
All helicopters must be checked first by mechanics and then pilots also check them before flight, in case of emergency call during pilot check..they can stop the check and fly at the moment if mechanic checked it before, if call is during mechanic check..first finish the preflight check and then fly, pilots check is shorter than mechanic check, hope the answer can help, i am helicopter mechanic 20 years ago and work with EC120, EC135 and H135, regards
First preflight check and then fly.
If call is during pilot preflight..they can leave at the moment because a mechanic inspected it before but if the call is during mechanic preflight..they need to finish the preflight first and then fly, i am EC135 and H135 mechanic 20 years ago and our inspection takes 1 hour and pilot preflight can take 10 minutes.
why are the blades on the tail rotor not set up in a symmetric or repeating pattern?
I’m wondering the same thing. My guess is for harmonics, similar to tire treads but I’m not sure
Uneven blade spacing in a fenestron is for noise dampening. The pattern creates two separate acoustic frequencies that can cancel each other out (similar to how noise canceling headphones work) to make the tail rotor quieter than most other helicopters.
So it actually takes 20 mins to perform the check or is it even longer?
Its way faster. Usually its done in a flow. Only for the video its way slower.
Why does the right-hand skid step have a flat top, but the left-hand side is round?
How does the vibration absorbers work please? 5:56
Wing goes up - absorber goes down
@@tobiasfelscher9454 Thanks. It then functions as a Dynamic Vibration Absorber.
Is Jens a former Bundeswehrpilot or how did he get to fly for the ADAC?
The TC... is this a normal german BOS 2/4 Meter atenna?
Captain Joe, I have seen the private helicopters in my country, and they are wheel type helicopters
DON'T TELL ME THAT THIS IS THE "DAILY" PRE-FLIGHT WALK-AROUND ??? 👈 😲
It's a Pilots job. What else is he gonna do while still on the ground, might as well make sure your machine that your life depends is in OK condition everyday.
Why do the medical helicopters not have sirens and emergency lights?
in action for life 👍👍👍😍😍😍
❤❤❤❤I love you Joe❤❤❤
Его многие любят. А ты по мечтай.
You could see this thing in the ADAC RALLY DEUTSCHLAND.. round of the WRC.
Wie heißt das Lied ab Minute 18?
Has there been any instagram story that you've went there again? My Uni is next to the rescue helicopter station, would've loved to take a photo and have a chat with you! :)
I've seen a couple models that close if not that in depth.
Ecxelente video
wow,. wasn't it supposed to be a year ago?))
Looks like a bumblebee,!
Does the crew do all that and take that long before they take off to try to save someone's life?
No just one's a day. Usually at the shifting team change
They had mentioned in the beginning they do this check once a day, and then for emergencies just a quick walk around, probably to check for any major damage/leaks and any red showing for open panels
What? No more Kennedy Steve in the intro.
Joe where is motivational Monday?
:-D :-D :-D By the time when he finishes his shift is over.
By the time they finish doing all the checklists. The patient has died waiting
QUE LINDINHO....AMEI
🙌🙌😎
I think he checked everything but the torque on the Jesus nut!*
*pretty sure that helo doesn't have one of those.
It doesn't have jesus nut
Airbus is the best !!! :D
Didn't know Airbus makes helicopters
waw
❤👍
If it's leaking or its loose, report it.
It is you really??? Make me a sign 😉
LINDÃO
Capitan joe hello in Russian City Novosibirsk, greenting from, the commander of the boeing-737 800 airline S7 airlines.
والله ما لاقي لي شرير فكرتو منطقية (ايرين ما يعتبر شرير) .. كدي انت ورينا شرير داعموا .و بتتمنى ينجح (بعيدا عن ونبيس)
bro remembered his password
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First here?😮
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Jeepers, the background under you commentary! Have you now got a 14 year old editing for you??? Unsubscribed.
How often does this happen!? I doubt if there is a emergency they don’t spend 20 min inspecting it before flying it.
One usually does it first thing in the day. After which a way faster lookaround can be done if they have to leave for an emergency.