Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!! for not playing a bunch of stupid music in the background like so many other aviation videos! The sound of the aircraft itself is music enough!!
I agree! Too many times a good video is ruined because a producer thinks he will be the next Cecil B. Demille by adding overly loud Thump Thump Thump music!
I was a mechanic on the H34 when I was in the Marines from 1960 to 1964. That was one really noisy helicopter. The transmission made almost as much noise as the engine. The engine was a fuel and oil hog. We had one engine fail with a piston frozen in the cylinder. It tore the cylinder loose from the mounting lugs and the connecting rod and manifold system was all that was holding it on the engine and in the cowl. It was just banging up and down and throwing oil all over. We could hear it coming back to base, in Udorn Thailand, a mile away.
@@LA-ep2nr Wright R-1820. We could only run them for 500 hours before an overhaul was required, the same engine on a fixed wing plane was good for 2,000. It was easy to change the engine due to the quick disconnects and four bolt mount. We removed a lot of things to save weight because the H-34 was under powered. The twin turbine mod was a huge improvement. The thing I hated the most was the rotor head. It had about 150 zerk fittings that had to be greased with a hand pump after every flight.
@stromsky58 I never counted them, also it's been 60 years since I worked on them. We also went around two times to make sure we didn't miss any. It just seemed like 150 when doing it in the hot sun in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, sometimes while being shot at.
I know right, it's unique looking sure but one of the best looking helis imo, same option on modern/classic cars, space age cars are cool but they look so identical
In the late 1970s, in northern Saskatchewan, a pilot landed his S-58 in La Ronge to drop off a technician of some sort. The passenger was sitting beside the pilot. The pilot kept the engine running and the passenger climbed down the side of the helicopter to the ground but didn't make it all the way. The pilot couldn't see him, but felt that he'd allowed more than enough time for the tech to get clear, so he added power and took off. They were out over Lac La Ronge at 1000' when the pilot saw the passenger's hands desperately grabbing the sill while trying to climb back into the helicopter. A great story for the pub, but terrifying to live through.
@@Nexalian_Gamer He was on the built-in ladder from the flight-deck to the ground. I don't think he was dangling, in that he had four points of contact with the ladder. I don't know why the helo wasn't fitted with a mirror so the pilot could observe anyone climbing up or down the ladder. Nor do I know why the pilot didn't wait until he could see the passenger walking away, but everybody makes mistakes and this one is the pilot's.
Except for Liberty Bell 7 which had a premature hatch ejection. Filled with water and they couldn't lift it. Sank to the ocean bottom and was finally recovered in 1999. Gus Grissom almost drowned. He later perished on the Apollo 1 pad fire. RIP Gus.
I saw one these when I was a kid back in 1964. We lived in the Wire Mountain 1 housing area on MCB Camp Pendleton in California. My dad was a Gunnery Sergeant at the time. Anyway, I was out playing by the garages when I hear and see this Marine Corps S-58 Sikorsky helo coming down. I watch it as it lands on the grassy area nearby. I believe they were having some technical issues. I thought it was cool that it dropped down in my proverbial backyard. So, my curious dumbass runs up to greet the crew! I say hello to the crew but one of the men who was outside of the aircraft warns me off and to stay back, which I did. After several minutes, the S-58 lifts off and flies away. That crewman was actually friendly but stern for my own safety. This was just prior to the Marines (my dad among them) being deployed to Vietnam a year later in 1965.
@@sidv4615 He and his men were among the very first military personnel deployed to VN after President Lyndon Johnson ordered an increase of U.S. presence there on the heels of the Gulf of Tonkin situation. They were sent to the DMZ as part of Operation Starlite in Van Tuong, South VN. They were in the 3rd B, 3rd Marines (I beleive). They made an amphibious landing to link up with other Marine elements (the 1st B, 7th, 2nd B, 4th, 3rd B, 7th and 12th Marines) in country. Dad returned in 1966. When he drove upto the house in a yellow cab, us kids saw that it was him arriving back from his last stop in Okinawa. He was dressed in an Hawaiian shirt with blue jeans and brown penny loafers. He was carrying a huge stack of gift boxes for the family. When we ran up to him yelling "Daddy, Daddy", he flipped out, threw the boxes and hit the deck yelling curse words at us and to never come running at him! I learned later that he'd seen Vietnamese kids strapped with explosives run up to military personnel and set them off killing many of them. He never spoke about Vietnam or Operation Strarlite or Korea (Inchon) or Bougainville (WWII) until he was well into his mid 60s and 70s! When he finally talked about VN, he said the amphib landing went south a bit and they got turned around fearing they were sitting ducks but they persevered and were able to link up with the other Marine elements there. He was tight lipped about anything else. He was a changed man for sure. One thing I know for certain is that he had a very strong dislike for any kind of oriental cuisine. I hope I addressed your question sufficiently. Be well.
Who remembers a TV series in the 80's called 'Riptide' and 'Mimi' the S-58T I believe? I tell that was such a memorable part of my childhood and possibly the reason this design has had a special place in my heart all these years.
Darren-Edward Oneill first thing i thought of when i saw the thumbnail was Riptide. second thing was John Plaster's book on MACV-SOG as the south vietnamese pilots would fly these when inserting the special forces lead recon teams into Cambodia and Laos for operations. i guess the pilots liked the durability of the engine as well as the fact it was mounted below them it gave them an added measure of protection from ground fire.
I got to ride in the copilot seat in one of these at the Kissimmee airport in the winter of 2004. The pilot brought it down there from Washington state to have the propeller blades overhauled. He was required to put flight time on the blades before a full return to service. I was a current fixed wing CFI at the time and got to know him while working on the flight line at an FBO next door to the prop shop he was frequently at for a couple weeks. He offered me a ride after the blades were reinstalled and I jumped at the chance. He did some autorotations and some other funky maneuvers and I will remember it the rest of my life. Nice guy. Great pilot.
Last round motor S-58 I worked on was N408A some 40 years ago, converted most to S-58T P&WC PT6 Twin Pac. To paraphase the Apocalypse movie "I love the smell of round motor oil in the morning"
Even though it's a radial (piston) engine, those old buckets have still to this day the quietest tail rotors in history.. in smaller piston helos the tail rotor noise is very prevelant that they almost drown out the engine noise .. Most notable example the Hughes/Schweizer 300B, has always had a similar sound as its big sister, the Hughes/MD 500 series.. . Only difference is the 300 you can hear that piston engine once its right above you..
I was privileged to fly an Army version of this in '65 doing crash rescue at the Army Aviation Center. Flies beautifully and auto rotates like a dream. It was originally owned by the navy and used with a sonar ball. Engine was supercharged and could pull 52" on manifold pressure producing 1300 HP if I remember correctly
WITHOUT 130 OCTANE FUEL ANYMORE, PULLING 52 INCHES WITHOUT SEVERE DETONATION IS IMPROBABLE. It can still be flown with 100 octane lowlead , but Write 1320 manifold pressure is greatly reduced. I loved that old bird!
Old workhorse, radial, asked a rescue pilot about this at an air show about the turbine airframe upgrade powered. He pointed to the one I rode in ,being mothballs, He said, that radials, lose a jug. it'll get you home, lose a turbine, you go down , really fast. I was medevac by old radial powered back in 84' - stretcher ride🚁🏥 My first flight , and have never flown fixed wing ....yet
Thanks for this video . As a former Marine and UH34D crew member in Vietnam it brought back some good memories and a few not so good too . Would love to take one more flight in one before they go to the bone yard .
@@chris22capt You mean the Sikorsky built variant of the Wessex? The partnership between Westlands and Sikorski was VERY productive in the way Westlands license built what were already superb aircraft, but then tweeked them to make them that little bit better and passed the tweeks back to Sikorsky.
@@djsavada7033 that cyclic thumping sound is courtesy of the Camring going around and around as it smacks the appropriate valves for a correct firing order. 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 repeat. The sound of power. :)
We had the military version of this Chopper when I was in Germany with the U.S Army back in the 60's... I still remember how rough sounding that engine was after start up on a cold early morning over there...
I was a helicopter mechanic and crew chief on this type of chopper when I was in the Marine Corp. I was in from 1/10/61 to 11/20/64, the last 2 yrs. I was stationed in Hawaii, and flew quite a bit in the belly.
It had a hydraulic/mechanical clutch. To start the rotor, oil was pumped into the clutch and when the engine shaft and transmission shaft speed were almost equal the mechanical clutch was engaged. The way it was engaged was to reduce the engine RPM below the transmission/rotor shaft RPM then quickly increase the engine RPM to engage the mechanical clutch. The clutch had a ball and ramp type of clutch that would only engage in one direction. The oil in the hydraulic clutch was then pumped out. The mechanical clutch balls were used to disengage the engine shaft from the rotor transmission shaft if the aircraft had to auto-rotate. I was a mechanic in the Marines from Jul 60 to Jul 64. Flew a lot of hours in them.
@@stonecutter3172 You have some great hearing. I used to worry when they did that RPM dip. If the mechanical clutch didn't engage, I had a lot of work to do. A lot. It was a low-failure item unless it took a bullet.
My dad flew a few of those. He was in the Coast Guard 1955 to 1975. He told me all the crew were aware and terrified of the avgas; if they went down hard they'd burn. He hated flying it; said it was the loudest machine he flew.
@@sidv4615 In the Philippines; landing a Grumman Albatross in waters so rough he took green water over the windscreen and killed both engines. Landing UP a Japanese WWII airstrip, having lunch, and trading with the people who came out of the jungles for blowpipes, which he still had when he retired. On Annette Island having an engine on an Albatross almost depart the aircraft on takeoff. In Miami having to chase the planet Mars because the duty officer thought it was a flare?
John Rambo thats the way they were made at the time this s-58 has the Wright Cyclone 9 r-1820-84 9 cylinder radial engine sounds like a WWll fighter when it runs. in the 1970s the s-58 military H-34 they some were converted to turbine power one using a twin-pack turbine engine using two P&W Canada pt6 turbine engines. as at the time the s-58 Choctaw was made its a more powerful high performance version of the Sikorsky s-55 h-19 chickasaw as the radial engine in the s-55 the p&w r-1340 wasp 9 cylinder makes 650 hp the later versions with a wright r-1300 7 cylinder radial of 800 hp. the s-58 the supercharged wright r-1820 makes 1,525 hp the turbine conversions even more and lighter in weight than the radial piston engines. the S-58 H-34 is Sikorsky's last piston engine helicopter though retired from military service its still in civilian service. mostly in turbine form.
That 34 had USMC in RVN. It has a recip engine. Some were converted to a twin jet engine platform. I heard these were good ? I was a 53CC in RVN & RNVN, 1972/73. Semper Fi. Twist & turn, Crash & Burn.
Steve Eaton The conversion had a Pratt & Whitney PT6 twin powerpack, which was a well proven piece of kit, and is still in use, but the S58T was not a great success. I was with Bristow Helicopters at Aberdeen in the 70’s, when we couldn’t gate enough S61s to meet the need for aircraft in the rapidly expanding North Sea oil ecxploration. The company purchased some S58Ts, but they were unpopular with pilots, engineers and passengers alike. We had two cases where the cabin door detached over the North Sea! Not very nice for the passengers.
Totally awesome sounds great once it warmed up.looks great and powerful too you done an excellent job great take off too the clouds look amazing .great landing too Beautiful helicopter too.Thank you so much for your videos and everything you do..
the radial engine is a Wright R-1820 cyclone 9 as its mounted slanted in the nose with a cooling fan to cool the engine and the clutch and gearbox for the rotors. as the engine is originally ment to mount to an aircraft as the douglas dc-3 the boeing b-17 flying fortress, lockheed lodestar, and the twin rotor piaseki /boeing/vertol flying banana helicopter used this r-1820 engine. displaces over 1823 cubic inches and puts out over 1,000 hp. as the helicopter applications uses a big fan to cool the engine as the airplane the cooling air is from the central part of the propeller and ram air in flight as the cooling air is regulated by cowl flaps .
Was watching the Kermit S-55 Acquisition video yesterday and he pointed out that the radial powered S-55/H-19 had the P&W WASP 1340, same as the T-6 Texan. At only 600hp, I imagine that the upgrade to the 1Khp Cyclone in the S-58/H-34 was welcome and made them seem a relative 'hotrod' to the pilots who flew both variants. :)
almighty_luigi → All those in FMJ were turboshaft conversions. You can tell by looking at the 'nose' {no pun intended} of the helicopter. It looks like it has two "nostrils". Those are the air intakes for the two turboshaft engines.
As a kid in the Boy Scouts, we went on a trip to a boneyard, these things were amazing to crawl through. The size and smell of these things were a little boys dream.
One of my favorite aircrafts! Beautiful flight, very good video work! At shutdown, I heard the RPM'S increase a bit, which means the engines fuel/air mixture is correctly set!
Someone in my county has got two of these parked outside of their property except they have been reduced to nothing but scrap. Still, pretty neat to see.
High Hefner’s first helicopter was an s58 foxtrot foxtrot Zulu mike (ffzm) I flew firefighting in northern Saskatchewan Canada for five years and I have the original fuel cap with the playboy logo
@@pieterwasalreadytaken The funny thing is, that I saw a CH-34 land with a full tail rotor failure. The pilot did a run on landing and the tail rotor looked just like that, and it was not an illusion! I have also seen a film clip of a ch-34 that had a tail rotor failure while doing an Out of Ground Effect sling load hover operation, when you heard the snap, you could see the tail rotor stop, and the helicopter catastrophically crashed a second later. It brings up a primal fear for a helicopter pilot.
Under the military desgnation H-34, an S-58 served as the U.S. President's short-range transport "Marine One" from 1958 to 1961, during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Earmuffs or earplugs must have been standard issue for anyone flying aboard that contraption.
Beautiful!!! That remembers me to my childness in Germany; were the US Army did fly the: Sikorsky H-19; CH-34; CH-37; Bell 47 and Cessna Bird Dog. Simply fantastic sounds!!!
Back in the early seventies there were half a dozen S58’s and an S61 we used for rig moves and crew transfers up in Inuvik. Heck I thot they were old then.
Spent Summer of 75 in a tent 30 NE of Tuktoyaktuk running a SHORAN navigation beacon. Were supplied by Hueys and jet rangers. In 71, I worked on 34s in the Army in Germany when we shrink wrapped a bunch to ship to the the South Vietnamese. Engine startup sound was amazing.
Loved the sound of this old helicopter! Thanks for not screwing the sound up with some stupid music like most UA-camrs do 👍
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!! for not playing a bunch of stupid music in the background like so many other aviation videos! The sound of the aircraft itself is music enough!!
+1
I agree! Too many times a good video is ruined because a producer thinks he will be the next Cecil B. Demille by adding overly loud Thump Thump Thump music!
You heard of muscle cars? This is a muscle helicopter. It's loud, powerful and built like a buffalo. Thanks for sharing.
Piston engines.
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I honestly think one of them could lift a Abrams tank
Muscle? More like a p.o.s
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I was a mechanic on the H34 when I was in the Marines from 1960 to 1964. That was one really noisy helicopter. The transmission made almost as much noise as the engine. The engine was a fuel and oil hog.
We had one engine fail with a piston frozen in the cylinder. It tore the cylinder loose from the mounting lugs and the connecting rod and manifold system was all that was holding it on the engine and in the cowl. It was just banging up and down and throwing oil all over. We could hear it coming back to base, in Udorn Thailand, a mile away.
Steve Rogers Question, was the engine a Wright or Pratt radial?
@@LA-ep2nr Wright R-1820. We could only run them for 500 hours before an overhaul was required, the same engine on a fixed wing plane was good for 2,000. It was easy to change the engine due to the quick disconnects and four bolt mount. We removed a lot of things to save weight because the H-34 was under powered. The twin turbine mod was a huge improvement.
The thing I hated the most was the rotor head. It had about 150 zerk fittings that had to be greased with a hand pump after every flight.
Steve Rogers thank you. And, thanks for your service.
Great to hear someone who knows what they are talking about.
@stromsky58 I never counted them, also it's been 60 years since I worked on them. We also went around two times to make sure we didn't miss any. It just seemed like 150 when doing it in the hot sun in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, sometimes while being shot at.
so strange to not hear a turbine on a helicopter
The S-58 is such an iconic helicopter. That unique look with that nose and the pilots sitting in the second story. Really a design for the ages.
This helicopter lives on with the UH-60
Uses the same reliable radial piston engiine from the Douglas DC3, sounds like one too!
I looked it up, this helo uses the same motor as the B-17
Why do people call it ugly?It's not ugly.
I know right, it's unique looking sure but one of the best looking helis imo, same option on modern/classic cars, space age cars are cool but they look so identical
Sound like an old tractor firing up engines. But looks cool seeing it fly.
Hard to believe another use for that engine is in a sherman tank
The Ronson?
It seems pretty old and crappy and janky and sketchy and then it lifts off and suddenly its a nice helicopter
I think the term amongst engineers is Bag Of Spanners
60,000 rivets flying in close formation.
Like a helicopter harley davidson
I never knew helicopters can be piston powered
All they need is a power source to spool up the main/tail rotor and keep it moving once the main rotor blades are pitched to create lift.
Cool!! And I heard that was the same engine used for the B17 Flying fortress
Los primeros helicópteros funcionaban con pistones y existen desde antes de la segunda guerra mundial.
@@marceloacosta1742 is there any way to translate that
@@Mister_McCanless if translation doesn't work for you, he said the first helis were developed prior ww2 and were piston powered, ofc he is right
All thats missing is a door gunner, joker, cowboy, and rafterman 😂
Stanley couldn't get a Huey !
In the late 1970s, in northern Saskatchewan, a pilot landed his S-58 in La Ronge to drop off a technician of some sort. The passenger was sitting beside the pilot. The pilot kept the engine running and the passenger climbed down the side of the helicopter to the ground but didn't make it all the way. The pilot couldn't see him, but felt that he'd allowed more than enough time for the tech to get clear, so he added power and took off. They were out over Lac La Ronge at 1000' when the pilot saw the passenger's hands desperately grabbing the sill while trying to climb back into the helicopter. A great story for the pub, but terrifying to live through.
Wait he was holding on to the helicopter while dangling and the pilot didn't see it?Jeez.
@@Nexalian_Gamer He was on the built-in ladder from the flight-deck to the ground. I don't think he was dangling, in that he had four points of contact with the ladder. I don't know why the helo wasn't fitted with a mirror so the pilot could observe anyone climbing up or down the ladder. Nor do I know why the pilot didn't wait until he could see the passenger walking away, but everybody makes mistakes and this one is the pilot's.
A truly great helicopter. Pulled our Mercury astronauts from the ocean.
Except for Liberty Bell 7 which had a premature hatch ejection. Filled with water and they couldn't lift it. Sank to the ocean bottom and was finally recovered in 1999. Gus Grissom almost drowned. He later perished on the Apollo 1 pad fire. RIP Gus.
@@markhull1366 204 was really sad man, totally avoidable
@PATH LIGHT TRIPWIRE why don't you provide concrete evidence for this, one no one can dispute
The only purpose in life a helo has, is trying to kill you constantly. ~ My instructor 😉
Proud survivor of a Bell 206 LONG RANGER III. 😊
I saw one these when I was a kid back in 1964. We lived in the Wire Mountain 1 housing area on MCB Camp Pendleton in California. My dad was a Gunnery Sergeant at the time. Anyway, I was out playing by the garages when I hear and see this Marine Corps S-58 Sikorsky helo coming down. I watch it as it lands on the grassy area nearby. I believe they were having some technical issues. I thought it was cool that it dropped down in my proverbial backyard. So, my curious dumbass runs up to greet the crew! I say hello to the crew but one of the men who was outside of the aircraft warns me off and to stay back, which I did. After several minutes, the S-58 lifts off and flies away. That crewman was actually friendly but stern for my own safety. This was just prior to the Marines (my dad among them) being deployed to Vietnam a year later in 1965.
man wish i could see one up close flyin with marines. Sir what was your dads experience of the war like?
@@sidv4615 He and his men were among the very first military personnel deployed to VN after President Lyndon Johnson ordered an increase of U.S. presence there on the heels of the Gulf of Tonkin situation. They were sent to the DMZ as part of Operation Starlite in Van Tuong, South VN. They were in the 3rd B, 3rd Marines (I beleive). They made an amphibious landing to link up with other Marine elements (the 1st B, 7th, 2nd B, 4th, 3rd B, 7th and 12th Marines) in country. Dad returned in 1966. When he drove upto the house in a yellow cab, us kids saw that it was him arriving back from his last stop in Okinawa. He was dressed in an Hawaiian shirt with blue jeans and brown penny loafers. He was carrying a huge stack of gift boxes for the family. When we ran up to him yelling "Daddy, Daddy", he flipped out, threw the boxes and hit the deck yelling curse words at us and to never come running at him! I learned later that he'd seen Vietnamese kids strapped with explosives run up to military personnel and set them off killing many of them. He never spoke about Vietnam or Operation Strarlite or Korea (Inchon) or Bougainville (WWII) until he was well into his mid 60s and 70s! When he finally talked about VN, he said the amphib landing went south a bit and they got turned around fearing they were sitting ducks but they persevered and were able to link up with the other Marine elements there. He was tight lipped about anything else. He was a changed man for sure. One thing I know for certain is that he had a very strong dislike for any kind of oriental cuisine. I hope I addressed your question sufficiently. Be well.
Who remembers a TV series in the 80's called 'Riptide' and 'Mimi' the S-58T I believe? I tell that was such a memorable part of my childhood and possibly the reason this design has had a special place in my heart all these years.
I, loved the "face" painted on MiMi... I think she was a turbine conversion though...
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Darren-Edward Oneill first thing i thought of when i saw the thumbnail was Riptide.
second thing was John Plaster's book on MACV-SOG as the south vietnamese pilots would fly these when inserting the special forces lead recon teams into Cambodia and Laos for operations.
i guess the pilots liked the durability of the engine as well as the fact it was mounted below them it gave them an added measure of protection from ground fire.
A Helicopter with a big Piston Combustion Engine. Sounds like a big V8 Muscle Car. Lol
Exactly! And like a Muscle car this engine performed using Valve Overlap, which you can hear!
Good old piston driven helicopter.
Man that's a great capture! What a sound and thanks for no music!
I got to ride in the copilot seat in one of these at the Kissimmee airport in the winter of 2004. The pilot brought it down there from Washington state to have the propeller blades overhauled. He was required to put flight time on the blades before a full return to service. I was a current fixed wing CFI at the time and got to know him while working on the flight line at an FBO next door to the prop shop he was frequently at for a couple weeks. He offered me a ride after the blades were reinstalled and I jumped at the chance. He did some autorotations and some other funky maneuvers and I will remember it the rest of my life. Nice guy. Great pilot.
Last round motor S-58 I worked on was N408A some 40 years ago, converted most to S-58T P&WC PT6 Twin Pac. To paraphase the Apocalypse movie "I love the smell of round motor oil in the morning"
What a Awesome Sound............and lucky you
Even though it's a radial (piston) engine, those old buckets have still to this day the quietest tail rotors in history.. in smaller piston helos the tail rotor noise is very prevelant that they almost drown out the engine noise .. Most notable example the Hughes/Schweizer 300B, has always had a similar sound as its big sister, the Hughes/MD 500 series.. . Only difference is the 300 you can hear that piston engine once its right above you..
i allways thought of this helicopter looked like a grasshoper from the front of it.
I was privileged to fly an Army version of this in '65 doing crash rescue at the Army Aviation Center. Flies beautifully and auto rotates like a dream. It was originally owned by the navy and used with a sonar ball. Engine was supercharged and could pull 52" on manifold pressure producing 1300 HP if I remember correctly
WITHOUT 130 OCTANE FUEL ANYMORE, PULLING 52 INCHES WITHOUT SEVERE DETONATION IS IMPROBABLE. It can still be flown with 100 octane lowlead , but Write 1320 manifold pressure is greatly reduced. I loved that old bird!
sir what was your most memorable flight?
Old workhorse, radial, asked a rescue pilot about this at an air show about the turbine airframe upgrade powered. He pointed to the one I rode in ,being mothballs, He said, that radials, lose a jug. it'll get you home, lose a turbine, you go down , really fast. I was medevac by old radial powered back in 84' - stretcher ride🚁🏥
My first flight , and have never flown fixed wing ....yet
Joe Kurtz These days a turbine is far more reliable.
Bone shaker battle bus.Flew one in the park service.
I rode in these for many helicopter insertions at the DMZ,
in Vietnam. They always varied the number of passengers, depending upon the humidity etc.
4:57 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAAAAAAAAAAM
A Marine Nam Pilot said he would exceed manifold limits to get off the ground when heavily loaded, they wear off those radial engines
a 1960s black hawk imo
My god... that thing is beautiful!!! That sound!
Such a cool sound ! Listen like a tank !
Thanks for this video . As a former Marine and UH34D crew member in Vietnam it brought back some good memories and a few not so good too . Would love to take one more flight in one before they go to the bone yard .
Lovely seeing the old girl doing what she was designed for, but I'm afraid I prefer the sound of a pair of gas turbines!
Me too. The number of times I've been glad for an old wessex to arrive and take me home, I can't remember.
Then, the S-58T is for you
@@chris22capt You mean the Sikorsky built variant of the Wessex?
The partnership between Westlands and Sikorski was VERY productive in the way Westlands license built what were already superb aircraft, but then tweeked them to make them that little bit better and passed the tweeks back to Sikorsky.
Aaaaahhh...Round engines. Just the best, and now I have a new ring tone for the phone :-)
The sound of a radial engine is not one that I associate with a helicopter.
Back in the 50s they didn't have shaft drive turbine technology,that came about in the early 60s the UH1 from Bell industries was one of the first,
@@danielrodriguez248 I know, it's just you don't see and hear early helos like this Sikorsky, Bell and Piasecki.
Yes it sounds more like a tractor. You dont have this sound in mind when you think of an helicopter.
@@djsavada7033 that cyclic thumping sound is courtesy of the Camring going around and around as it smacks the appropriate valves for a correct firing order.
1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 repeat.
The sound of power. :)
That is why it is shaped like it is, engine sits in front, on an angle.
It remind me the first helicopter experience during my Military at the Dutch Marine corps , a flight with an S 58, never forget the sound.
very nice helicopter, i really like the sound of this piston engine ...
Last time I saw one of those it was hovering over my trailer and a crop of cannabis! 👐😨1979 👌💨☕🌱🌿🍁💚
brings back fond memories of my H-34 and why I am deaf. That R 1820-84 is noisy buy a beautiful thing to fly
Harold the helicopter from Thomas the tank engine
Beautiful piece of history ❤️❤️❤️ absolutely in love for that helicopter 🚁
I hear the whine of an inertia starter. Love it.
We had the military version of this Chopper when I was in Germany with the U.S Army back in the 60's... I still remember how rough sounding that engine was after start up on a cold early morning over there...
Best Heli design ever!!!
Also could "LS SWAP IT"
Love hearing the old radial engine running! Gives me the chills every time I hear it! Music, beautiful music!
If Fiat Multipla would be an helicopter...
I was a helicopter mechanic and crew chief on this type of chopper when I was in the Marine Corp. I was in from 1/10/61 to 11/20/64, the last 2 yrs. I was stationed in Hawaii, and flew quite a bit in the belly.
Hell ya good on ya man!
As you worked on these. Did this type have a geared transmission to the rotors? During the spin-up of the rotors I swear I heard a gear-shift.
It had a hydraulic/mechanical clutch.
To start the rotor, oil was pumped into the clutch and when the engine shaft and transmission shaft speed were almost equal the mechanical clutch was engaged.
The way it was engaged was to reduce the engine RPM below the transmission/rotor shaft RPM then quickly increase the engine RPM to engage the mechanical clutch. The clutch had a ball and ramp type of clutch that would only engage in one direction.
The oil in the hydraulic clutch was then pumped out.
The mechanical clutch balls were used to disengage the engine shaft from the rotor transmission shaft if the aircraft had to auto-rotate.
I was a mechanic in the Marines from Jul 60 to Jul 64. Flew a lot of hours in them.
@@stonecutter3172 You have some great hearing. I used to worry when they did that RPM dip. If the mechanical clutch didn't engage, I had a lot of work to do. A lot. It was a low-failure item unless it took a bullet.
We had the turbine westland wessex version. Brilliant workhorse.
Dad used to fly the H-34 in Vietnam, he always spoke very fondly of them
Really cool! Did he ever share any stories? Those pilots were a different breed.
Outstanding! Thanks For A Great Video.
My dad flew a few of those. He was in the Coast Guard 1955 to 1975. He told me all the crew were aware and terrified of the avgas; if they went down hard they'd burn. He hated flying it; said it was the loudest machine he flew.
what was his (or your) most memorable flight? not just in the 58 but overall
@@sidv4615 In the Philippines; landing a Grumman Albatross in waters so rough he took green water over the windscreen and killed both engines. Landing UP a Japanese WWII airstrip, having lunch, and trading with the people who came out of the jungles for blowpipes, which he still had when he retired. On Annette Island having an engine on an Albatross almost depart the aircraft on takeoff. In Miami having to chase the planet Mars because the duty officer thought it was a flare?
Absolute MUSIC to my ears!
Watched many videos of S-58 starting up.....never gets old
John Rambo thats the way they were made at the time this s-58 has the Wright Cyclone 9 r-1820-84 9 cylinder radial engine sounds like a WWll fighter when it runs. in the 1970s the s-58 military H-34 they some were converted to turbine power one using a twin-pack turbine engine using two P&W Canada pt6 turbine engines. as at the time the s-58 Choctaw was made its a more powerful high performance version of the Sikorsky s-55 h-19 chickasaw as the radial engine in the s-55 the p&w r-1340 wasp 9 cylinder makes 650 hp the later versions with a wright r-1300 7 cylinder radial of 800 hp. the s-58 the supercharged wright r-1820 makes 1,525 hp the turbine conversions even more and lighter in weight than the radial piston engines. the S-58 H-34 is Sikorsky's last piston engine helicopter though retired from military service its still in civilian service. mostly in turbine form.
That 34 had USMC in RVN. It has a recip engine. Some were converted to a twin jet engine platform. I heard these were good ? I was a 53CC in RVN & RNVN, 1972/73. Semper Fi. Twist & turn, Crash & Burn.
Steve Eaton The conversion had a Pratt & Whitney PT6 twin powerpack, which was a well proven piece of kit, and is still in use, but the S58T was not a great success. I was with Bristow Helicopters at Aberdeen in the 70’s, when we couldn’t gate enough S61s to meet the need for aircraft in the rapidly expanding North Sea oil ecxploration. The company purchased some S58Ts, but they were unpopular with pilots, engineers and passengers alike. We had two cases where the cabin door detached over the North Sea! Not very nice for the passengers.
That thing is dying to have a big toothy smile painted on the front of it
This chopper was used in the short-lived NBC 80s series, "Riptide". Wasn't as good obviously as its lead-in, the A-Team.
Hearing it shutdown was awesome, I often forget how sarge Sikorskys are until they're compared to a person
If'in I had me one of them I don't guess I'd be able to resists paint'er up like some big grasshopper or dragonfly, but real perfect like.
Tomasina Covell I vote for a locust paint job.
ピストンエンジンヘリコプターのエンジンスタートシーンを初めて見た 普段 タービンエンジンのヘリコプターしか見た事がないのでとても新鮮な映像だった
I still cannot comprehend how awesome big radials sound..
What a magnificent old bird... Love the sound of the radial engine.... Thanks for posting! Gordon
Radial at its best
Lumpy and loud 😜
Totally awesome sounds great once it warmed up.looks great and powerful too you done an excellent job great take off too the clouds look amazing .great landing too Beautiful helicopter too.Thank you so much for your videos and everything you do..
It's incredible the helicopters of this size were once powered by piston engines.
I find it incredible a piston engine could get the sheer torque needed for the job.
ese motor era muy potente y podia elevar ese helicoptero
Respect this workhorse of the sky...out 1st astronauts were pluck from sea with thses birds.
Astro nots.
@mad ass who says there's an edge, narrow minded foolishness.
the radial engine is a Wright R-1820 cyclone 9 as its mounted slanted in the nose with a cooling fan to cool the engine and the clutch and gearbox for the rotors. as the engine is originally ment to mount to an aircraft as the douglas dc-3 the boeing b-17 flying fortress, lockheed lodestar, and the twin rotor piaseki /boeing/vertol flying banana helicopter used this r-1820 engine. displaces over 1823 cubic inches and puts out over 1,000 hp. as the helicopter applications uses a big fan to cool the engine as the airplane the cooling air is from the central part of the propeller and ram air in flight as the cooling air is regulated by cowl flaps .
Was watching the Kermit S-55 Acquisition video yesterday and he pointed out that the radial powered S-55/H-19 had the P&W WASP 1340, same as the T-6 Texan. At only 600hp, I imagine that the upgrade to the 1Khp Cyclone in the S-58/H-34 was welcome and made them seem a relative 'hotrod' to the pilots who flew both variants. :)
efectivamente el motor es el mismo del B-17 wright r-1820 9 cil.
@@leaveonlywake Later S-55's had a Wright R-1300 that put out 800hp.
the Last of its Kind... there still are small, Piston powered Helicopters... but none like this one. What a noise, what a Machine.
It's weird to hear a helicopter make radial engine noises
Most helicopters the tail rotor is louder than the engine. Not this one though! Thank you for posting this sir.
sounds like a 60s muscle car
the same chopper that appeared in Full Metal Jacket
almighty_luigi → All those in FMJ were turboshaft conversions.
You can tell by looking at the 'nose' {no pun intended} of the helicopter. It looks like it has two "nostrils". Those are the air intakes for the two turboshaft engines.
they were turbine conversions in movie, I flew in the real one 1966-7
As a kid in the Boy Scouts, we went on a trip to a boneyard, these things were amazing to crawl through. The size and smell of these things were a little boys dream.
BillyN31 dang I wish I was you
I’m attracted to anything mechanical like an insect to light
Oh how i love the sound of a radial....hmmmm sweet music
Monsieur Igor Sikorsky ....
Piston powered helis were almost not worth the effort! Turbines was a game changer!!
very rare footage thanks for sharing.
I saw one place an AC on top of our hometown Walmart. Definitely a veteran workhorse.
One of my favorite aircrafts! Beautiful flight, very good video work! At shutdown, I heard the RPM'S increase a bit, which means the engines fuel/air mixture is correctly set!
I worked with them for years on the fire line in northern saskatchewan Canada in FFZM and it was Hugh Hefner’s first helicopter and I have the proof
crikey it’s a piston 😱 I flew the S55 whirlwind but it had a turbine conversion. but NO throttle correlation at all, so a feather touch was needed
A flying Hot Rod
This helicopter always reminded me of Bullwinkle...if it only had antlers and painted brown.
Rule #1. Dont stick your hand out the window to wave.
Someone in my county has got two of these parked outside of their property except they have been reduced to nothing but scrap. Still, pretty neat to see.
Where ya from?
High Hefner’s first helicopter was an s58 foxtrot foxtrot Zulu mike (ffzm) I flew firefighting in northern Saskatchewan Canada for five years and I have the original fuel cap with the playboy logo
Wow! It felt so weird watching that tail rotor slow down and run backwards! I am a helicopter pilot, so I know that it was an optical illusion!
I am not a helicopter pilot and I know too that that ws an optical illusion.
@@pieterwasalreadytaken The funny thing is, that I saw a CH-34 land with a full tail rotor failure. The pilot did a run on landing and the tail rotor looked just like that, and it was not an illusion! I have also seen a film clip of a ch-34 that had a tail rotor failure while doing an Out of Ground Effect sling load hover operation, when you heard the snap, you could see the tail rotor stop, and the helicopter catastrophically crashed a second later. It brings up a primal fear for a helicopter pilot.
Joseph Kane only airspeed + autorotation on landing will save you then! ;)
I was crew chief on uh34j in the Navy . The fuel was purple , 115/145 . The More letters in the word purple meet higher octane
Bird is the word!
Under the military desgnation H-34, an S-58 served as the U.S. President's short-range transport "Marine One" from 1958 to 1961, during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Earmuffs or earplugs must have been standard issue for anyone flying aboard that contraption.
Don't be hating on 1820 cubic inches of contraption lol.
Beautiful!!! That remembers me to my childness in Germany; were the US Army did fly the: Sikorsky H-19; CH-34; CH-37; Bell 47 and Cessna Bird Dog. Simply fantastic sounds!!!
Back in the early seventies there were half a dozen S58’s and an S61 we used for rig moves and crew transfers up in Inuvik. Heck I thot they were old then.
Spent Summer of 75 in a tent 30 NE of Tuktoyaktuk running a SHORAN navigation beacon. Were supplied by Hueys and jet rangers. In 71, I worked on 34s in the Army in Germany when we shrink wrapped a bunch to ship to the the South Vietnamese. Engine startup sound was amazing.
I worked on the CH-34 while in in the Army (ansbach) 349 th Av. Co. 1968-70. "
any of you out there"
The 22nd Avn Det had them in Pirmasens Germany a bit before my time...I worked the UH-1H Hueys, '86-'89
Finally someone who let the gearshift in the video. Awesome!!! Thanks for that!
I love the pop and crack