Bell 47 Test Flight • Engine Blows Up • Oil Burning!

[@johnreggie1]

I have over 2000 hrs piloting the 47 (G3B1,G4A,G5)6, and love it.
Always feels safe, with huge rotor inertia, due to big tip weights, so, if the engine should fail, you have a few seconds to lower the collective and enter autorotation. If the noise stops in the hover, do nothing! She will just flutter down to earth like a butterfly.

[@apirnala]

Yes... It is a great heli :))

[@ronaldj1781]

Guess that's why it's called a test flight. I got quite a few rides in one like this (owned by Dominion Helicopters) when I worked on mineral exploration. A real adventure for a lad just out of college. They could lift a suprising load in the net, but we over did it a few times too. Always felt safe

[@Booboobear-eo4es]

Long before M*A*S*H, there was "Whirlybirds."

[@apirnala]

Whirlybirds....love the name... reminds me of my yut... :))

[@bell47australia]

Keep the 47s flying !!

[@apirnala]

Yes... absolutely!!!

[@sharipuckett4694]

Hi! I was just wondering, was this the same exact helicopter used in the T.V. series M*A*S*H 4077?

[@apirnala]

Not the exact helicopter, however, the same type that was used in the show

[@darrylsmith3102]

Opps! That things Burnin Oil.

[@apirnala]

Valve cover was leaking on the exhaust manifold.

[@gordonmccoy4537]

Lots smoke back there when picking up to a hover.... Used rings....?

[@apirnala]

Valve cover was leaking on the exhaust manifold. All fixed now! :))

[@kz4506]

The cycle damper need setting it’s very twitchy in hover

[@amitsunkur8127]

Why dat smoke??

[@apirnala]

Valve cover was leaking on the exhaust manifold. All fixed now.

[@colonelgigi]

Nice job..!

[@apirnala]

Thank you!

[@jorgemacielsouza]

que foi agora esqueceu de fazer a chupetinha .