FINALLY, a pilot that looks for traffic effectively. I don’t know how many of these aviation videos I’ve watched where a good scan isn’t employed. Hat’s off to Stuntman. (BTW, I’m an ATP in helo’s with 30+ years flying in the NE corridor.)
It is not the stators that have asymmetrical spacing. The blades have asymmetrical spacing for noise abatement. Positioning them with such spacing broadens the frequency spectrum of the noise signature and decreases the apparent noise from the fan. The stators do little to nothing in terms of noise abatement.
Very sweet! People think they're cool for driving a supercar, but to pilot something that's 1.8 million and keep it from falling out of the sky puts you on a whole 'nother level Nick! Haha keep it up!
10:02 the seat pins will brake at 10 g absorbing some inertia of the impact. Landing gear absorb some more but collapse around 20 g. You cannot add those the values to obtain 30 g worthy. The breaking pins of the seat give you just some more absorption to not brake jour spine in case of very hard landing. When you already messed up..
At 33:00 I'm surprised he did a full auto onto the taxiway and not onto the grass, must have scraped the skids a bit! Its a beautiful machine, I do miss flying.
This is a beauty!!!! And the sound is just no equal. The design and technology! I came to the US in the intention of learning English and get a Helicopter license. I did pretty well on the first goal but never got close to even start the second. I guess that's going to be for the next life. I got to fly alongside a great Pilot in Brazil back in the late 80's in an Ecureuil AS350 B2 HB. He did great maneuvers that would probably not be allowed here in the states and I was delighted!! Great video, Nick
I just found these videos. As a junkie of anything that flies, I find these great. Awesome job. By watching a couple of these vids, I increased my knowledge on helicopters 200%!
So I usually don't comment on things, UA-cam or otherwise, because there are so many ignorant comments to follow and it gets annoying. Also, I can't stand it when someone such as yourself does their best to put together a good video and then all people do is comment with criticisms and try to tout their own knowledge. Which is usually ignorant like I said before. So, first, I want to thank you for these videos. It's obvious you put much time, effort, and money into them. As a helo pilot myself, I enjoy watching them. Since I obviously haven't flown every helo in the world, I like to learn the handling and limitations of different types of rotocraft. So again, thank you for the effort. If you don't mind me offering a bit of FRIENDLY advice just to make the videos all the better, a couple little things...First is the audio. And I'm sure you're already aware! For some out there that have no idea what's being talked about in the first place, perhaps they don't care what is being said. It's Greek anyway! The video alone is friggin cool. But that is the most important part for me. Procedures and limitations is why I'm watching, and I couldn't hear half of what the pilot was explaining. Second, and again I don't say this being mean, you say "Yup" and "right" too much. When you ask a question, or the pilot is explaining something, and you say "yup" over and over, it's as if you already knew and you were quizzing him. And perhaps you did know some of it, but even when the info is a/c specific you say it. It takes away from the 'something learned' aspect. There were times when he started to explain something, and instead of responding with something to have him elaborate a bit, you say "yup" and it's over. "Ok", in my opinion, would be a bit better for a short response. But countering with a confirming statement, or better yet, a question, would help the video to be even more informative. But again, I don't say any of this negatively! I appreciate what you are doing! Keep it up!
I think he is saying yup, as in "Yup, I hear and understand" versus "Yup, you are right(I already knew)" Same as others may say ok, got it, alright, or make a positive sound of some sort. I don't do it all the time myself but sometimes I do and have come across others that do the same. It is like hearing someone talking on the phone and hearing them saying something so the other person knows they are listening. Some people even ask if you can hear them or are still there, if you don't acknowledge them now and again.
Turn down the interphone volume on the station they are recording. They are over driving its amp or the amp in the recording gear. Guessing he just didn't notice it clipping as he recorded it. Plus it is hard to get around mics, right by lips, picking up the "pttth" wind sound, as people sound out the letter "P" in words. Sounds like a shot gun without a spit blocker.
Great content, but the most important thing is the audio which I can't hear properly. attach the lapel microphone inside the headphones or buy a Tascam to record the audio in an auxiliary channel.
Why isn't the fenestron spinning @26:50 & 34:30? Is there a reason the instrument panel is wobbling like a grass in the wind? why is it that when you close the throttles the engine noise increases? Is that a wind up clock? By colibri? I thought they made cigarette lighters.
I have watched several of your helicopter videos and I think they are a great experience to share with the rest of us. I'm a fixed wing pilot who always wished I had pursued a career in helicopters. That will be for the next life. In your earlier videos, you let the pilot explain because you were learning about helicopters. In subsequent videos, you interrupted the pilot to display the little bit of knowledge you had gained and you stopped him from sharing his expert knowledge as an experienced pilot. That extinguishes the learning experience for the rest of us. Watch some good interviewers and notice how they don't get in the way of their subject; they let their subject describe what the interviewer is trying to reveal. You are able to still be the star; just shine the spotlight on the pilot.
13 mins into video Nick and I have to say I love these helicopter reviews and I hope you will be doing a lot more of them in the future! It would also be pretty neat if we were able to see some video footage of when you start training for your fixed wing license!
finally a complet presentation of this helicopter. i've looked at so many videos with Ec 120b but i couldn't find one with the presentation at ground and on air. Thanks !
As a heli nerd I would be interested to hear about the rotor heads in your reviews. A little about why a 2 blade is so deadly in negative G where the newer models are not. How they use titanium and composites in the newer models. I realize you can't get to detailed. But it's pretty interesting how much safer the newer birds are, and why.
This is super late, but sometimes on the ground there are some harmonic frequencies that synchronize when the system is running at certain RPM. The vibrations amplify each other and so shit gets wobbly but nothing to worry about. For example, if you look at some external video of an R22 starting up, you can see the tail boom will start wobbling and vibrating a whole lot while they're on the ground.
Good video,but the pilot didn't seem to have knowledge of basic procedures during startup etc. TOT temp, how many seconds in the red etc...or he wasn't real interested in the video...I thought you explained the functions of the helicopter better....Have you done a MD500 series video yet?
absoulutly loved it, but i'm hard of hearing and was disapointed I couldn't keep up with the audio. thanks very much for the visual alone hope your able to do something with sound or subtitles?
Wrong on throttle. You do not modulate in this EC-120. Once you roll in 100% on ground before flight. It is governed. You never touch the throttle again until the cool down before shut down. Flown them many years.
The sound quality has to do with more of it being put out on UA-cam and recorded by the camera then would be noticed by the radio communication to the Tower. seems like most UA-cam videos they don't invest in a secondary recorder and wireless mics and then in editing sync the two together which would give much better overall audio but at a higher price tag
There have been a few comments regarding the shaking/vibration of the instrument panel in this video. This is *not* normal, at least, I have an EC-120B, fly it regularly, and my panel does not vibrate at all like here. Steady as a rock. (I would have definitely gotten my mechanic to tighten it down.)
If you were to design a high performance racing helicopter the way they designed the Americas Cup 72 foot racing catamarans sailboats, trying to keep them as light as possible without them breaking apart while racing, and avoiding building a helicopter with built in crash survivability, approximately what percent lighter could you make it?
Nick Murray I live next to a popular park in Hamilton (don't laugh) for radio controlled aircraft enthusiasts - some of them fly their radio controlled helicopters upside down for extended periods - perhaps it's a power to weight thing?
PHOTOTRISTANMatthew Sharpe, yes radio controlled helicopters can fly upside down no problem, the blade pitch on a small remote controlled air craft can swivel past a neutral point to a to provide the reverse trust required. The collective on a full sized helicopter when fully down is normally just neutral or slightly down providing no trust in either direction. I think even if that was over come the blades would need to be fully ridged, the mast head reinforced, the engine able to lube its self upside down before would be posible. I think second or two in a roll that more advanced helicopter can do would be terrifying enough : ).
Nick Murray That makes sense - I guess the model copters are running two stroke engines and being so small are naturally ridged. Thanks for the explanation.
Great video and fun to watch except I have no idea what you are talking about. The sound is horrible once you connect to the headsets. With that said, beautiful aircraft.
+Tuur Martens I think it's better to have lower quality voice than not hearing it at all, ain't it? I think you are getting used to it. And with newer headsets (therefore improved noise cancelling) the voice quality got better I guess.
I think the microphone is saturated, therefor the audio is distorted. If it happens, you could try to move the mic half inch away from the mouth but many people wrongly think it has to be attached ...
A component that has 10G capability along with a component that has a 20G capability does not equal to 30G of crash-worthy protection. It's still just 20G's lol
ThreeTwo Victor in a crash, the ten g seat will crumple zone and the base will continue to crumple for the additional 20g's...this gives max crumple of 20g's, not thirty, but the seat breaks first then base gives at 20g for more give...all trying to destroy seat/cockpit/fuselage/landing skids and provide crumple zone for occupants. but it isn't added to get to 30g.
True to some point but its more complicated then that. With multiple crumple components you will get a higher G reduction but it’s all relative. So 10 + 10 + 20 + 10 (4 components) you will get higher than the highest rated component. If you hit the seat at 50gs (you butt does) the seat absorbs 10gs before it bottoms out with no more protection, with in that time your body has decelerated a certain percentage so you may not be a 50gs anymore (your deceleration factor) but possibly somewhere between 40 and 50gs. So for argument sake your now hit the next component at 42gs, so that component may be 20g rated till it offers no more, so if you use all 20g capacity on that component theoretically you deceleration (your speed) could be reduced to say 31gs so If you have 2 more components you will continue to be absorbed till they are all flattened. So you do gain more G’s But also a G rating is also relative. You can have a 10 g rated device for a human and a 10 g rated device for the airframe. A human with 10 gs of impact inertia using solely the 10g landing skids for G reduction may only get 1 g reduction vs up to 10 for a seat. It’s a super complex formula that is extremely relative.
Clearing turns, clear right, clear left, clear above and radio calls, but you initially did a max performance take-off without making any of those calls (time 24.30)
mokgboy Aircraft that need to get off quickly are often in a more ready state and have been preflighted to the point that the engine can be started however there will always be check lists that need to be performed.
Nick Murray When our local PD took me up in their EC it was interesting to see how abbreviated the checklist was. Presumably because they do it in stages. So the majority happens before the shift starts (possibly by ground crew). I presume the military can be similar.
Is this designed off the chassis of the Gazelle? i see so many similarities to it in this things design! it's certainly cool though! but the triple- rotor blades, the tail rotor, and countless little details i saw, (although quieter i'm sure)
Your comparison of the 120 to the 130 reminded me of the old Eurocopter naming system. The first digit indicated civilian (1) or military (6), the second one is max takeoff weight in tons and the third digit is the number of engines (0 for single, 5 for twin). So the EC 130 is the single-engine brother of the popular 135. The naming system fell out of use though.
Thanks for the video. I'm hooked on watching these. Question though, why do you get the wobble on start up then it disappears? Is that to do with the gyro's? Thanks
I was wondering can u tell me where u got the ec130 helicopter toy at ?? Because I really want to get one like that to have !!? Where did u get that toy at ??
Ho yeah! Now that's a helicopter. Love the shrouded tail fans big time! So smooooooth and light on it's feet. This thing can power through almost anything.
I thank you for your videos. They are great and very informative. This pilot isn’t nearly as helpful explaining things as some of the other ones you have done, but either way, I certainly enjoyed it and thank you.
+2391jessie Pretty much no chopper can. There is a video of one helicopter making it to the summit, but that was under very rare perfect conditions and it was completely striped out for weight.
Gotta like the tail fenestron and the spacious cargo arrangement. Gotta hate the clockwise main rotor travel and the instrument cluster shaking back and forth significantly during startup sequence and initially on landing.
Awesome bird and good review. My only suggestion is let the pilot speak. You ask a question then you tend to cut him off as he is answering and you finish his sentence for him. IMO, while I’m sure you don’t intend to, it seems rude.
Love it, except, audio makes it unlistenable after engine start, and I just can't hear enough. I would listen to more but had to drop off at 22:00. Thanks.
Congratulation.... this was an awesome video.... I really love all of your videos you pay a lot of attention to detailes and show off the helicopters with more gusto than the others.... and also always with a good hand from expert pilots.... best wishes!!!
Wow! Hey Nick, Mike the Chief Pilot doesn't seem to know much about the EC120. Also, who is the genius that attached the GoPro to the rear skid? It could come loose and hit the tail rotor blade. Was that you Nick?😱😱😱😱
No the noice does not come from the tail although the tail rotor is quieter but 90% of the noise comes from the main rotor and the engine which can be many different engines for different helicopters that are built. Now the main reason for larger more private helicopters your going to have a quieter cockpit to reduce sound but you will still hear the main rotors and engine of the machine's.
I've become a huge aviation enthusiast thanks to Nick Murray introducing me via these helicopter reviews! Nick I'd like to see you fly those mini 2 stroke piston engine powered helicopters, I am curious to see how different powertrains influence the flight characteristics. That and of course as I'm starting out: smaller=cheaper=more easy to wrap my head around flying/owning one someday, Thanks Nick!
Flying a helicopter is always about the laws of physics, and understanding those of rotorwing physics instinctively. The more power available, the less likelihood, of overstepping a critical limit and ending up a catastrophe. Just because this pilot John, doesn't explain it all as a ground school imstructor might, he still understands it intuitively. He's a great pilot, like a great skier or Ski Patrol person, who can ski backwards as well as forward. And helicopters ARE sking in 3 dimensions instead of two. Superfast sense/response mind processing capability required. The power to weight and rotor disk response ratios are critical. No wonder the BO-105 is actually an aerobatic ship in the right hands.
Great heli review videos,a nice insight to these lovely machines which a lot of us would to fly and own but sadly never will. RC Helis are more my budget
Nice to see this model has the fuel shut off moved to the ceiling. Previous models had it on the center floor and it's been the cause of problems. Just recently it's believed to have been pulled by accident by a passenger camera bag or similar and caused a crash into the water during a NYC photo tour.
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FINALLY, a pilot that looks for traffic effectively. I don’t know how many of these aviation videos I’ve watched where a good scan isn’t employed. Hat’s off to Stuntman. (BTW, I’m an ATP in helo’s with 30+ years flying in the NE corridor.)
It is not the stators that have asymmetrical spacing. The blades have asymmetrical spacing for noise abatement. Positioning them with such spacing broadens the frequency spectrum of the noise signature and decreases the apparent noise from the fan. The stators do little to nothing in terms of noise abatement.
Very sweet! People think they're cool for driving a supercar, but to pilot something that's 1.8 million and keep it from falling out of the sky puts you on a whole 'nother level Nick! Haha keep it up!
subaruwrxfan Thanks buddy, I crash better than anyone I know.
Matt: Fancy meeting you here. So, you're not just a car guy!
Nick Murray My CFI told me “a landing is a controlled crash! If you walk away from it - it’s a good landing!” Enjoying Your Videos! Keep them coming!!
Common stop fanning the pilots ego. They cost 1.8m for a reason. To keep it falling out of the sky.
10:02 the seat pins will brake at 10 g absorbing some inertia of the impact. Landing gear absorb some more but collapse around 20 g. You cannot add those the values to obtain 30 g worthy. The breaking pins of the seat give you just some more absorption to not brake jour spine in case of very hard landing. When you already messed up..
Yes I picked up on that as well. Cumulative g force? I don't think so.
That simulated engine failure and the smooth(ish) landing were super cool. Love this!
At 33:00 I'm surprised he did a full auto onto the taxiway and not onto the grass, must have scraped the skids a bit! Its a beautiful machine, I do miss flying.
hi
That intro with the helicopter crabbing in to the wind coming at the camera was reminiscent of the opening sequence to Blue Thunder. Very cool video!
What a great film that was. Lost count of the number of times I've watched it. Never grow tired of seeing the Apaches in action!
Follow muh leadaaaaaar lol 😆
Follow my leader, " finger guns " lol
@@hugebartlett1884 you're thinking of Firebirds I think.
This is a beauty!!!! And the sound is just no equal. The design and technology! I came to the US in the intention of learning English and get a Helicopter license. I did pretty well on the first goal but never got close to even start the second. I guess that's going to be for the next life.
I got to fly alongside a great Pilot in Brazil back in the late 80's in an Ecureuil AS350 B2 HB. He did great maneuvers that would probably not be allowed here in the states and I was delighted!!
Great video, Nick
By far the best review and explanation of helicopters on UA-cam, brilliant mate, keep then coming
I just found these videos. As a junkie of anything that flies, I find these great. Awesome job. By watching a couple of these vids, I increased my knowledge on helicopters 200%!
So I usually don't comment on things, UA-cam or otherwise, because there are so many ignorant comments to follow and it gets annoying. Also, I can't stand it when someone such as yourself does their best to put together a good video and then all people do is comment with criticisms and try to tout their own knowledge. Which is usually ignorant like I said before. So, first, I want to thank you for these videos. It's obvious you put much time, effort, and money into them. As a helo pilot myself, I enjoy watching them. Since I obviously haven't flown every helo in the world, I like to learn the handling and limitations of different types of rotocraft. So again, thank you for the effort. If you don't mind me offering a bit of FRIENDLY advice just to make the videos all the better, a couple little things...First is the audio. And I'm sure you're already aware! For some out there that have no idea what's being talked about in the first place, perhaps they don't care what is being said. It's Greek anyway! The video alone is friggin cool. But that is the most important part for me. Procedures and limitations is why I'm watching, and I couldn't hear half of what the pilot was explaining. Second, and again I don't say this being mean, you say "Yup" and "right" too much. When you ask a question, or the pilot is explaining something, and you say "yup" over and over, it's as if you already knew and you were quizzing him. And perhaps you did know some of it, but even when the info is a/c specific you say it. It takes away from the 'something learned' aspect. There were times when he started to explain something, and instead of responding with something to have him elaborate a bit, you say "yup" and it's over. "Ok", in my opinion, would be a bit better for a short response. But countering with a confirming statement, or better yet, a question, would help the video to be even more informative. But again, I don't say any of this negatively! I appreciate what you are doing! Keep it up!
why you just bitching too much? make you own videos instead
proved your own point.
I think he is saying yup, as in "Yup, I hear and understand" versus "Yup, you are right(I already knew)" Same as others may say ok, got it, alright, or make a positive sound of some sort. I don't do it all the time myself but sometimes I do and have come across others that do the same. It is like hearing someone talking on the phone and hearing them saying something so the other person knows they are listening. Some people even ask if you can hear them or are still there, if you don't acknowledge them now and again.
what can be done about the audio to clean it up to make it more understandable?
Turn down the interphone volume on the station they are recording. They are over driving its amp or the amp in the recording gear. Guessing he just didn't notice it clipping as he recorded it.
Plus it is hard to get around mics, right by lips, picking up the "pttth" wind sound, as people sound out the letter "P" in words. Sounds like a shot gun without a spit blocker.
Its amazing. I wish to start to learn to fly helicopters 20 years ago when I was in my twenties.
Nick, I really appreciate you for these reviews. I love helicopters and want to learn how to fly them so badly. Anyway, thank you, mate.
Great content, but the most important thing is the audio which I can't hear properly. attach the lapel microphone inside the headphones or buy a Tascam to record the audio in an auxiliary channel.
I've always really liked the landing gear on this heli from the first time I saw it.
Why isn't the fenestron spinning @26:50 & 34:30? Is there a reason the instrument panel is wobbling like a grass in the wind? why is it that when you close the throttles the engine noise increases? Is that a wind up clock? By colibri? I thought they made cigarette lighters.
My dream helicopter right here. Or any similar models. The airbus helicopters are beautiful
I have watched several of your helicopter videos and I think they are a great experience to share with the rest of us. I'm a fixed wing pilot who always wished I had pursued a career in helicopters. That will be for the next life.
In your earlier videos, you let the pilot explain because you were learning about helicopters. In subsequent videos, you interrupted the pilot to display the little bit of knowledge you had gained and you stopped him from sharing his expert knowledge as an experienced pilot. That extinguishes the learning experience for the rest of us. Watch some good interviewers and notice how they don't get in the way of their subject; they let their subject describe what the interviewer is trying to reveal. You are able to still be the star; just shine the spotlight on the pilot.
Maybe you are watch back to front as I try more to let the pilot talk in newer videos I thought.
J'adore c'est bien réaliser le colibri est super
Thanks for sharing a slick production Nick. Please do a flight and review on my favourite helicopter the MD 500E or a 500 NOTAR.
the sound of turboshaft engines spinning up is the coolest machine sound ever!!
13 mins into video Nick and I have to say I love these helicopter reviews and I hope you will be doing a lot more of them in the future! It would also be pretty neat if we were able to see some video footage of when you start training for your fixed wing license!
finally a complet presentation of this helicopter. i've looked at so many videos with Ec 120b but i couldn't find one with the presentation at ground and on air. Thanks !
Super flying display. Beautiful helicopter. The fight control console was jerking when engine started. Good Luck Sir.
As a heli nerd I would be interested to hear about the rotor heads in your reviews. A little about why a 2 blade is so deadly in negative G where the newer models are not. How they use titanium and composites in the newer models. I realize you can't get to detailed. But it's pretty interesting how much safer the newer birds are, and why.
hey why does the panel wobble so much? Is it some kind of vibration attenuation system ?
This is super late, but sometimes on the ground there are some harmonic frequencies that synchronize when the system is running at certain RPM. The vibrations amplify each other and so shit gets wobbly but nothing to worry about. For example, if you look at some external video of an R22 starting up, you can see the tail boom will start wobbling and vibrating a whole lot while they're on the ground.
This channel is awesome for heli enthusiasts! Thanks for the uploads!
Good video,but the pilot didn't seem to have knowledge of basic procedures during startup etc. TOT temp, how many seconds in the red etc...or he wasn't real interested in the video...I thought you explained the functions of the helicopter better....Have you done a MD500 series video yet?
I have a friend that owns a R44 that is looking to buy a MD500 this year if he can find the right aircraft. I will review as soon as he gets it.
absoulutly loved it, but i'm hard of hearing and was disapointed I couldn't keep up with the audio. thanks very much for the visual alone hope your able to do something with sound or subtitles?
Wrong on throttle. You do not modulate in this EC-120. Once you roll in 100% on ground before flight. It is governed. You never touch the throttle again until the cool down before shut down. Flown them many years.
hate when the interviewer try to finalize the interviewee sentences.
Beautiful video but in autorotation i have seen wrong or throttle isn't in idle?
One of these flew into the Wings and Wheels car/aircraft show at Minuteman Airfield, 6B6, Stow Massachusetts
Holy over-modulation! I pity the ATC that has to try to understand this guy...
The sound quality has to do with more of it being put out on UA-cam and recorded by the camera then would be noticed by the radio communication to the Tower. seems like most UA-cam videos they don't invest in a secondary recorder and wireless mics and then in editing sync the two together which would give much better overall audio but at a higher price tag
Tom William This wouldn’t have been hard to fix if the dude in the back seat was monitoring the audio...
Apa artinya itu saya tidak tahu apa
Buy a 32 bit float recorder, you won’t have to ever worry about knowing jack about setting levels. Just turn it on and start recording
Big fan of your videos Nick, you live a good life... Keep it up buddy :-) (fellow Aussie living in London)
Joe Achilles He isn't Australian
I have since found out, how embarrssing for me Kim Dowling haha
There have been a few comments regarding the shaking/vibration of the instrument panel in this video. This is *not* normal, at least, I have an EC-120B, fly it regularly, and my panel does not vibrate at all like here. Steady as a rock. (I would have definitely gotten my mechanic to tighten it down.)
If you were to design a high performance racing helicopter the way they designed the Americas Cup 72 foot racing catamarans sailboats, trying to keep them as light as possible without them breaking apart while racing, and avoiding building a helicopter with built in crash survivability, approximately what percent lighter could you make it?
are you using a c-100 canon vid camera
Hey Nick. Is there a way you could possibly do videos on military aircraft?
I love helicopters, and these are beautiful.
The R22 and R44 doesn't come close to this ! :) Thanks for the video Nick and also to John, your pilot.
The Iroquois UH-1 (Huey) is another favourite.
NIce. I've always liked the modern and futuristic look of these ECs..
Phenominal video is all that I can say.
*Can helicopters go upside down?*
PHOTOTRISTAN Yes some helicopters can roll through a loop but not fly continuously upside down.
Nick Murray I live next to a popular park in Hamilton (don't laugh) for radio controlled aircraft enthusiasts - some of them fly their radio controlled helicopters upside down for extended periods - perhaps it's a power to weight thing?
PHOTOTRISTANMatthew Sharpe, yes radio controlled helicopters can fly upside down no problem, the blade pitch on a small remote controlled air craft can swivel past a neutral point to a to provide the reverse trust required. The collective on a full sized helicopter when fully down is normally just neutral or slightly down providing no trust in either direction. I think even if that was over come the blades would need to be fully ridged, the mast head reinforced, the engine able to lube its self upside down before would be posible. I think second or two in a roll that more advanced helicopter can do would be terrifying enough : ).
Matthew Sharpe .
Nick Murray That makes sense - I guess the model copters are running two stroke engines and being so small are naturally ridged. Thanks for the explanation.
Best and modern turbine money can buy. .....sadly I haven't enough money lol. Great video. 500e next?
Stick with the R/C Heli. Cheap safe and very realistic looking.
Always liked the Hughes 500s.
Great video and fun to watch except I have no idea what you are talking about. The sound is horrible once you connect to the headsets. With that said, beautiful aircraft.
It is just an air car. Very short tale. Very light. How much does it cost now in 2020 .
This Helicopter is on my Wish List to Buy someday,,,, Thumbs Up Nick!
Nick: tell us something about the copter
Pilot: uummm yea...
Wouldn't the sound be a result of the propagation direction the tail rotor creating a horizontal wave and the main rotor vertical wave
The dash model sure is shaking a lot for a 1.8 million dollar aircraft.
MontiR Aruba *Its a piece of shit*
I can see the smirk on the backseat passenger and I think hes thinking the same thing lmao!!
Yeah, the EC120 has a sort of rubber mounting system for the instrument panel. It's sort of annoying. ha-ha!
because its now an airbus so it decided to be a box of shit.
there is less accident in Airbus than in Boeing !! meditate on your igorance, moron !!
When a helicopter is hovering or moving along the ground slowly to get into position, is there an ideal hover height and why?
There is a air cushion effect that the helicopter naturally sits in, it is different for every type but normally about 2 feet from the ground
Does a student helicopter pilot taxi and hover about the same 2 feet off the ground height, or because of their inexperience, do they hover higher?
Is the shakiness of the console normal in this aircraft?
The helmet talk is painfull for the ears. Is it always like that in a plane/ heli? If so can it be fixed?
I'd guess it's due to the noise reduction which is needed to cut out the engine noises. So I don't think this is going to be fixed anytime soon.
Ah, but doesn't that suck loads for the pilot?
+Tuur Martens I think it's better to have lower quality voice than not hearing it at all, ain't it? I think you are getting used to it. And with newer headsets (therefore improved noise cancelling) the voice quality got better I guess.
Yeah put your fingers in your ears
I think the microphone is saturated, therefor the audio is distorted. If it happens, you could try to move the mic half inch away from the mouth but many people wrongly think it has to be attached ...
A component that has 10G capability along with a component that has a 20G capability does not equal to 30G of crash-worthy protection. It's still just 20G's lol
ThreeTwo Victor in a crash, the ten g seat will crumple zone and the base will continue to crumple for the additional 20g's...this gives max crumple of 20g's, not thirty, but the seat breaks first then base gives at 20g for more give...all trying to destroy seat/cockpit/fuselage/landing skids and provide crumple zone for occupants.
but it isn't added to get to 30g.
True to some point but its more complicated then that. With multiple crumple components you will get a higher G reduction but it’s all relative.
So 10 + 10 + 20 + 10 (4 components) you will get higher than the highest rated component.
If you hit the seat at 50gs (you butt does) the seat absorbs 10gs before it bottoms out with no more protection, with in that time your body has decelerated a certain percentage so you may not be a 50gs anymore (your deceleration factor) but possibly somewhere between 40 and 50gs. So for argument sake your now hit the next component at 42gs, so that component may be 20g rated till it offers no more, so if you use all 20g capacity on that component theoretically you deceleration (your speed) could be reduced to say 31gs so If you have 2 more components you will continue to be absorbed till they are all flattened.
So you do gain more G’s But also a G rating is also relative. You can have a 10 g rated device for a human and a 10 g rated device for the airframe. A human with 10 gs of impact inertia using solely the 10g landing skids for G reduction may only get 1 g reduction vs up to 10 for a seat. It’s a super complex formula that is extremely relative.
Your helicopter reviews are fascinating to watch. Thank you for making them. Sharing these with friends.
Nice wobbly instrument panel. Does that cost extra?
Great helo, I fueled the ec-135 medical helo as they would pass through too Louisville to the hospital.
Clearing turns, clear right, clear left, clear above and radio calls, but you initially did a max performance take-off without making any of those calls (time 24.30)
There NOT for everyone so that means it’s definitely for you nicky boy.
In case of emergencies, like police helicopters and rescue helicopters, do they have to go over these procedures or they just start and fly?
mokgboy Aircraft that need to get off quickly are often in a more ready state and have been preflighted to the point that the engine can be started however there will always be check lists that need to be performed.
Nick Murray When our local PD took me up in their EC it was interesting to see how abbreviated the checklist was. Presumably because they do it in stages. So the majority happens before the shift starts (possibly by ground crew). I presume the military can be similar.
Is that a bird or something looks like hit on the tail at 34:32??
Cheers Nick that was awesome man 👍
It's too bad Airbus doesn't do an H120B now.
Is this designed off the chassis of the Gazelle? i see so many similarities to it in this things design! it's certainly cool though! but the triple- rotor blades, the tail rotor, and countless little details i saw, (although quieter i'm sure)
Yes direct descendant of the Gazelle
Awesome. The helicopter also has the gazlle sound :D
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Direct descendant but... In comparison its got no power and not nearly as fast when in comparison the the gazelle.
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Nice video good explanation eurocopter what about one video to said best private personal helicopter to buy im trying to find out
Hallo from Denmark 🇩🇰 a new subscriber too you’re Chanel..
I love the mix between chopper/car/drone
I didn't understand why it was leaning to the right?
Oh you can leave that lower hatch off so bails can get pushed out in a timely manner. Nice dude.
Your comparison of the 120 to the 130 reminded me of the old Eurocopter naming system. The first digit indicated civilian (1) or military (6), the second one is max takeoff weight in tons and the third digit is the number of engines (0 for single, 5 for twin). So the EC 130 is the single-engine brother of the popular 135.
The naming system fell out of use though.
Thanks for the video. I'm hooked on watching these. Question though, why do you get the wobble on start up then it disappears? Is that to do with the gyro's? Thanks
I was wondering can u tell me where u got the ec130 helicopter toy at ?? Because I really want to get one like that to have !!? Where did u get that toy at ??
SCREW car reviews (they're cool too) find more birds to review. MD 500E, Bell 222, Bell 430, MBB BO 105 etc etc... KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
Ho yeah! Now that's a helicopter. Love the shrouded tail fans big time! So smooooooth and light on it's feet.
This thing can power through almost anything.
I thank you for your videos. They are great and very informative. This pilot isn’t nearly as helpful explaining things as some of the other ones you have done, but either way, I certainly enjoyed it and thank you.
Thank you for the helicopter reviews. I enjoy watching how to start them up and fly them.
Love the aircraft reviews keep them comin
Which choppers can go to Everest and why? Can you do a video?
+2391jessie Pretty much no chopper can. There is a video of one helicopter making it to the summit, but that was under very rare perfect conditions and it was completely striped out for weight.
Gotta like the tail fenestron and the spacious cargo arrangement. Gotta hate the clockwise main rotor travel and the instrument cluster shaking back and forth significantly during startup sequence and initially on landing.
Hey Nick in general how would that helicopter handle in rough weather? I heard helicopters in general are better in rough weather.
Nick, THANK YOU for another great video!!!
Awesome bird and good review. My only suggestion is let the pilot speak. You ask a question then you tend to cut him off as he is answering and you finish his sentence for him. IMO, while I’m sure you don’t intend to, it seems rude.
Love it, except, audio makes it unlistenable after engine start, and I just can't hear enough. I would listen to more but had to drop off at 22:00. Thanks.
I do like the white panel on the nose of the ship. Reminiscent of the the Lama and the Allouette. Infamous helicopters of the not so distant past.
Congratulation.... this was an awesome video.... I really love all of your videos you pay a lot of attention to detailes and show off the helicopters with more gusto than the others.... and also always with a good hand from expert pilots.... best wishes!!!
Wow! Hey Nick, Mike the Chief Pilot doesn't seem to know much about the EC120. Also, who is the genius that attached the GoPro to the rear skid? It could come loose and hit the tail rotor blade. Was that you Nick?😱😱😱😱
Yes that was me. The cameras I put on the outside of aircraft have two backup lock ties and are checked and signed off on
Look guys n gals , it's none other than John again
No the noice does not come from the tail although the tail rotor is quieter but 90% of the noise comes from the main rotor and the engine which can be many different engines for different helicopters that are built. Now the main reason for larger more private helicopters your going to have a quieter cockpit to reduce sound but you will still hear the main rotors and engine of the machine's.
I've become a huge aviation enthusiast thanks to Nick Murray introducing me via these helicopter reviews! Nick I'd like to see you fly those mini 2 stroke piston engine powered helicopters, I am curious to see how different powertrains influence the flight characteristics. That and of course as I'm starting out: smaller=cheaper=more easy to wrap my head around flying/owning one someday, Thanks Nick!
Flying a helicopter is always about the laws of physics, and understanding those of rotorwing physics instinctively. The more power available, the less likelihood, of overstepping a critical limit and ending up a catastrophe. Just because this pilot John, doesn't explain it all as a ground school imstructor might, he still understands it intuitively. He's a great pilot, like a great skier or Ski Patrol person, who can ski backwards as well as forward. And helicopters ARE sking in 3 dimensions instead of two. Superfast sense/response mind processing capability required. The power to weight and rotor disk response ratios are critical. No wonder the BO-105 is actually an aerobatic ship in the right hands.
Looks like it needs a bit of track and balance ..?
G'day Nick, any idea what brand that model helicopter is you were holding up? Or where I can get my hands on one?
Cheers
Yoohoo stupid question. Why is the yoke/stick so low...? Seems for me that hard to handle down in your lap
Nick, can you review on EC130 T2.?
Man this thing is so slick!
Love the heli reviews. How intensive/expensive has your training been so far?
plz inform us about how much distance can cross a helicopter in one time's fiul oil and how long time a helicopter fly in one time fiul
Nick Thanks a very nice Video. Also your Photography is Excellent. I have Inside Photos with the Agusta A 109 and the Agusta Grand. Thanks again
I love the pitch and the yaw.
Great heli review videos,a nice insight to these lovely machines which a lot of us would to fly and own but sadly never will. RC Helis are more my budget
Wow, is that like the geo metro of helicopters?
Nice to see this model has the fuel shut off moved to the ceiling. Previous models had it on the center floor and it's been the cause of problems. Just recently it's believed to have been pulled by accident by a passenger camera bag or similar and caused a crash into the water during a NYC photo tour.