Crash Landing A Helicopter Isn't As Scary As You Think!
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My pops was a police helicopter pilot for decades. He flew an MD500 and did annual training out here. Knew a lot of the pilots/employees you showed. He got a great kick out of this. Thank you!!!
I absolutely love the quote they have hanging up on the wall " quality isn't expensive it is priceless"
Someone needs to give that sign to Boeing :(
"Don't hold on." Killed me.
I've been on the ground beneath a crashing helicopter. Can tell you that yes, it is just as scary as you think, or more so. On a very hot day in a desert canyon my SAR team was up there to rescue an injured hiker. We were to move the victim down canyon to where a helicopter could land, load up and fly out. Pilot was told not to fly up the canyon as there'd be a tight turn and a cliff wall as it became a box. Pilot flew up anyway. I'm just beyond the turn on the ground in the canyon bottom. Suddenly the helo comes around the turn and sees why he should have listened. No place to go and not enough power in that heat and elevation to climb out. Pilot tries to turn and main rotors clip the wall. The sound is deafening and rock is falling all around me and another rescuer. We scramble to find something to hide behind, I somehow got between two boulders I wouldn't ever have thought I could fit into, which places some rock overhead. Visions of a ball of fire are playing in my head like, "This is it!". In these seconds that felt like hours somehow the helo completes the turn and is drifting down canyon making a horrible racket, as in not the normal which I've heard countless times. Helo goes out of sight and all sound stops. We learn later the pilot managed to come down hard, fracturing some parts I don't know what but is on a ridge lower in the canyon. Pilot hurt his back some and was assisted out by more rescuers. We completed the original victim's evac from the canyon via ground team. Some time later mechanics went in to disassemble the helo into pieces small enough to be hoisted out by a bigger helo, but I wasn't there to see that. This was decades ago and is still as crystal clear in my memory as the moments it was happening. Yeah, crashing is scary, try to avoid doing that.
That sounds horrific, congrats on not dying haha
Jesus. Thats. That's man. Jesus Christ. I'm getting PTSD just reading that.
That pilot doesn't belong flying, wrong attitude.
Blah Blah Blah.
Daaaang!
Holy cow, that description of nervousness versus excitement is DEEP. That's going to take me some time to fully understand.
My grandfather was a helicopter pilot, he was a little over 200 feet off the ground when the tail rotor shaft broke. He auto rotated to the ground and broke his neck on impact, died instantly! The man who was with him spent 5 months in the hospital. Helicopters have all the aerodynamics of a grand piano when something goes wrong!
Man that's awful to hear. The way you worded it might be able to help answer a question. But I am probably not correct but I'm sure someone with tell me. So when we lost our tail boom we didn't call it autorotating because there was no longer any control it was just a crash. straight up suckfest of gear oil and grass after the earth was kind enough to stop the falling and the spinning.
So it's it still possible to auto rotate with no counter torque from the tail rotor.
I knew both of them, it was an Apache at Ft Rucker. Rest in peace
@@Xsiondubecause the air is driving the blades equally, and the rotational torque from the engine is gone.
I'm working on implementing a flight suit with air bag deployed neck and chest support specifically for helicopter accidents.
"Don't hold on!" Love it! Well done guys. Thanks for a fun video!
I really like the voice over narration. It was nice for DD to have some too.
Love all the aviation content. You guys Rock!
A friend of mine in Olympia WA was a copter mechanic. He went up on a test flight and the tail rotor quit when they were up about 40' he said. Way too low to autorotate in,
He was med flighted to Seattle. He had an awesome surgeon from U of W med school. He was VERY badly injured. He made a miracle recovery & is back at work.
Another awesome video and great insight into the training. Your content is always interesting. I have always been a huge fan of the Hughes/MD 500 (incl 520 & 530) helicopters, especially their sound, and my uncle was the shooter for deer recovery in the 70's where the 500 was the machine of choice. There is some berserk footage of 500's going into tight spaces and trimming the foliage with the main rotors.
I too confuse nervousness with excitement! Sometimes you can't tell which one you're feeling which is weird, as they're kind of opposites! Great video, and yes, when you hear a helicopter you stop and watch that helicopter! 😊
Thank you for another full , calm, and enjoyable show.
I'm a stage 4 lung & liver germ cell teratoma cancer survivor. I want so badly to get my pilots license. I want to fly helicopters. Gonna do my best to go to flight school.
Good luck
You can get student loans for flight school I’m pretty sure
Happy new years to you Dave. Awesome car and nice flying with this helicopter
Congratulations to everyone. Nicely done guys.
Yall are some of my favorite youtubers, man. Cleetus included. I am a very proud fan. Thank you all for the awesome content.
The cinematography in this is so beautiful. I keep pausing it on shots and just marveling at the shots and the subjects. I love this stuff.
Thank you Cleetus...you made Dave and team happy campers !!
This was a beautiful to watch! Many thanks!
That was outstanding thank you for taking us along.
This is so cool! I've always wondered what this training looked like.
Definitely one of my all time favourite helicopters.
It really is awesome!
@@HeavyDSparks shouldn't Roman Atwood be doing a prank somewhere...
Great job guys. Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing. Just a little glimpse into the world of Heli flying. I used to fly R/C Acrobatic Heli's and one of my favorite things was running out of gas at about 1000' and landing "autorotation" inverted. So friggin cool.
Ive always been thinking about what actually happens with a heli when engine dies-This was amazing!
You have never read about or heard of Auto-rotate???
@@ricksmith4736 No, thats The thing ive learned about today...Amazing!A plane is a plane, works without engines when going down, but never heard about how helicopters works
There was some mfg about 5-10 years ago that was demoing a new Heli and had to crash land it in some water. Lots of camera angles on it.
Cleetus video explains a lot more.
I would've thought it'd be similar to a plane, pick a spot and pray that spot isn't occupied by anything heavy.
Love how calm the instructors are though. Not just calm leading up, but calm throughout, to the point where in the situation when it all comes down to training you mindset is stay calm, relax and pull the manoeuvre.
When i saw cleets video i couldnt wait to see yours! This was awesome, good on all of you for taking precautions🤙 absolutely love the aviation content
Shoutout to Parker the MD training pilot. I have many hrs flying with him out here in NorCal, doing powerline work. He is a great pilot and has a great positive attitude. Good to see you brother.
When I was a kid there was a show called "Whirley Birds". I always wanted to try flying one but the primitive ones were sounding complicated. Besides not having air brakes things weren't gonna happen . You and the guys are doing things the right way with super awesome friends to train you. Great show Dave.
Awesome, those auto rotations are better than my normal landings in video games, LOL. Love the Porsche as well.
Those helicopters were popular even when Magnum PI was showing them off and I believe there was 3 different models used for the original TV show.
That was one of my favorite shows partially because of Helicopter but it was a great show anyway
I love Brim Aviation!! They have some of the most awesome fire fighting videos out there. Seeing them in action live is on my bucket list. Needless to say I’m experiencing a bit of jealousy right now!🤣🤣 ❤️🙏
Best video yet! Great stuff and i love most of the other videos!!!
What a fantastic video of some really great training!
Nice, I flew in one in Vietnam as a Scout. Went down down a few times. Ran into trees a few times hehehe shot the blades a few times with my M60. Flew back with over 10 bullet holes in the control tubes and rotor blades. We flew over a hour with NO OIL in the transmission, it had a big hole in it from an aircraft gun. LOVE IT
Outstanding video, great factory rundown and very professional trainers I must say, after viewing this, I'm getting itchy hands again. Thank You. :)
Forty years ago in the oilfield we practiced dead stick landing on a beach. I have had several experiences with helicopters in a jetranger. One time we landed on the Galveston Beach out of fuel.
Sweet Porsche, gratz to you. Going to let the Mrs drive?
Great experience you had there. Just imagine doing that in Nam with souls on board.
Important training.
Happy New Year guys!❤
Stay safe and smart.
yeah so cool, just in case she has to get the kids to soccer practice in a hurry, you goober.
Now that is a real helicopter! Like an OH-6A scout (well, civilian version). Literally like a bird in mountain tree tops (or Arizona rock columns, etc.). Was absolutely my favorite thing to fly. Trick auto-rotating one of those (as with any helicopter) is not to stop too high in the air!
Really enjoyed this video and all the memories it brings. Congratulations. Glad you got checked out in that.
It’s the best heli ever. It’s the only thing I have ever bought that has better with time. Normally a car or something gets boring but the 500 just keeps getting better the more I fly it.
Pretty kool video. Intense training . Congrats on finishing the course 🤙😎
Awesome video guys! Used to live in Hurst TX and would watch the Bell guys practice autoratations in a big field near their plant. Some (probably newbies) were kind bouncy lol!
MD-500 and its military counterpart the Little Bird have been around since the sixties. They may be way nicer than the old ones, but the CORE of being light and nimble hasn't changed~
EDIT: Hearing it, the games I've played with those in them have very accurate sounds. Obviously flying in a game is NOTHING like flying in reality, but cool to see the games do the thing justice.
Wow. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks.
The Superstition Mountains are just awesome. I used to work for MD and we would perform test flights over them. Absolutely stunning place.
Wow! Cool... very Cool MD helicopters! Cool... very Cool tour and training program at MD helicopters! Cool... very Cool Porshe sports car purchase. Thanks for inviting us along for the ride!
I went through factory training in the 530f back in 2013, it was lots of fun. Nice job guys🚁
I got to fly in a 520N a few times as a passenger, most awesome helicopter out there! I loved every second of it!
Awesome keep up the Amazing Work love the Channel !!!!!
It's so cool what you and my other favorite you tubers get to do.
You, Cleeter, and WhistlinDiesel are the TH-cam trifecta the internet never knew we needed!! When yall collaborate, it’s pure gold!!!
Cleatus is too locked up with LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....come on man......get original sparks has even started to get on this.......all you tubers please just stop.....even Vegas Matt......too predictable I unsubscribed to CLeatus as Lets go out of control.....respectfully
@@bobbyjoepecker5570The comment section isn't an airport, no need to announce your departure. Bye.....
@@bobbyjoepecker5570 bye Felisha LETS GOOOO
This is so awesome to watch your aviating experiences! I worked at the WAATS and in the neighboring hangar back when they had AH-64s while I was in the National Guard. It was such an awesome experience. After my last deployment, I worked at MD Helicopters on the afghan air force birds! You are just meeting all my old friends! ahahah
Great Helicopter Company. I wrenched the MD 500 for 10 years. Easy to fly and maintenance is robust and scheduled according. Keeping the rotors balanced is a must or vibration will take a toll.
Great collaboration between you two chopper guys.
The only aircraft I’ve ever had stick time in was an MD-500E. I was 18 and spent several hours with my local police department in their air support helicopters and hitch were 500s. It’s the most exhilarating experience I’ve ever had. Would love to legit get my license one day.
Unlike all the other helicopters that you’ve owned Sparks, this one, you could land in your back pocket and wouldn’t have to have move a bunch of things to store it because they fit anywhere specially in the garage your own garage not a big hanger. Happy new year.
As you stated, I wish Deisel would finish off his aviation license. I cN see you boys taking the racing to the next level in the sky. That would be awesome.
Diesel
I would love to see that also. Getting a rotorcraft rating is no easy feat. Most of the training options available are in Robinson helicopters... and those things are VERY squirrely. I won't fly in those things. I think they're dangerous. Maybe Diesel Dave is struggling with finding something better to train in.
Dave needs dave to get his license so that they can fly the blackhawk together
I’m really surprised he doesn’t
@@travisk5589 The Blackhawk is not something you put a green pilot into as your co-pilot. That is a *very* complex aircraft and despite having a lot of time in a MD500, I wouldn't get in the left seat on one of those choppers. Heavy D did the smart thing and hired a couple of National Guard guys to be his co-pilots. Paul (one of them) has thousands of hours. That's the kind of guy you want flying with you
I worked for Hughes Helicopters, Culver City,Ca. 70s .My office/hanger on the flight line . Absolutely a awesome helicopter and what M D has done with it is nothing less than perfection. 👍
Epic !!! In air or on terraferma !!!💪🏻 Thank you for sharing this story ✌🏻🫶🏻
I really enjoyed this video. I have one of those A&P license that Cleetus was talking about. I’ve wanted to try out becoming a helicopter pilot and thought it would be too difficult. Funny how that works.
In my youth I worked for a helicopter repair FBO based in colorado, the shops focus was on repairing helicopters that had landed with excess forward momentum ! Lots of sheet alum and structural repairs.
Great knowledge and very interesting 😊
Thanks for another enjoyable video.
10:14 Love this comment! *_SO_* True!!! I've flown in the MD500 as a passenger in a tourist flight around Oahu, Hawaii... Exciting is the most correct adjective for flying in one!
You boys looked like y'all had a blast doing this!!!
It was awesome!
@@HeavyDSparks the video was boring af, i guess it's a "you had to be there kinda thing..."
@armondhammer9 you don't have to watch Bubba 😂
@@Bullshit1011 That's precisely what I did, bub. 🤡
@@armondhammer9 yet you not only stuck around to read the comments but also replied to them…. 😂 🤡
I used to work for MD. Amazing helicopter! ❤
Fantastic episode! Swear man these dudes are living their best lives and it’s dang fun to watch not to mention very inspiring for others. 🤩🙌🤩
Such beautiful helicopters!
12:50 "Your sit-downs are harder than that" 😂💀
My cousins greatest accomplishment was being one of Sikorsky's test pilots and living to retire after almost 50 years doing what he loved. He preferred an experimental new helicopter that you really didn't know whether it would even be stable enough to fly never mind neatly landed to flying in a commercial jet. He retired in the 1980's so he saw a lot of changes over those years from the 1930's (when he relocated to Connecticut) with the tethered flight helicopters until he retired and then afterwards as he kept track of things even after he didn't pass the physical to keep his private pilots license when he was in his mid 70's and lived well into his 80's. Proving power off autorotation was sometimes an exciting event which lead test pilot Les Morris first accomplished for Sikorsky in 1942 in the XR-4 which they weren't sure was even capable of safely doing that. We take autorotation for granted today however in those early days it was "We'll have to try it and find out."
Those early years rubbing elbows with Igor Sikorsky and Les Morris must have been interesting and exiting times for my cousin.
Best!
I thought they had stopped building the Huey 500. Thanks I've ridden in one back when I was a teenager in the Civil Air Patrol. Love the helicopter, cool story thanks Dave...
Wow, that was an awesome appearance by Cleatus and an all around great video !
Love you guys man in love yall video's
I can't belive you guys were at Falcon Field! I am in training there for my instrument and commercial licenses for Airplane SEL! Would have been awesome to see you guys there! Keep up the amazing work!!
Awesome! Congrats to all.
I'd give these two thumbs up if I could. Great stuff!
Nice video, nice helicopters, didn't even know you were coming down, have fun and stay warm.
wow, I really enjoy watching your videos.
I wish you and your family and your team all the best for 2024. With best regards from Cologne-Germany
What a great video and really interesting. I watched Mike Patey doing engine outs in a Bell helicopter which also looked pretty scary. Glad to know that you can still make it with no power. The MD does look like it can fly like a Ferrari, um Porshe. Many thanks!
Full stop auto-rotations get your full attention. Did a buttload of them in TH-55's, UH-1H's and OH-58's. Fun times!
The only thing more fun is a 180 auto with turn. All three aircraft (TH-55, OH-58A/C, UH-1H) are generally pretty forgiving for both hovering autos and standard autos. UH-60s are not very forgiving in a standard auto. One of the problems in a UH-60 when doing an auto is you cannot see through the chin bubble to gauge rate of closure and the side view is not so much when you have a 40-45 degree nose up attitude when flaring.
Love yours and Cleets Aviation content.. Im a 52 yr old recently certificated Sport Pilot that since childhood has wanted to be a helicopter pilot ... I still have that plan.
1:02 “Turning the engine off”
AUTO ROTATION 🚁
Thier slogan 😅Its not expensive
its priceless...
something tells me its expensive 😅
@HeavyDSparks Thats in my neck of the woods..MD over at Falcon Field. Hope you enjoyed your stay in the northeast valley amongst the orange groves and great weather
Great video Dave. I work at the Boeing facility across the street from MD. We build the Apache Attack helicopter and a different version of that little bird, the AH-6i.
Great content guys. Hope Y'all enjoyed Mesa.
So basically the the AH-6i is the gunship version, ammo & guns instead of a backseat.
@@heartsky yes, plus more fuel. It's also slightly different from the gunship version MD makes. The Boeing 6i is better.
@adrnln_jnke does Boeing sell the H-6 to anyone but SOCOM?
@@ChevTecGroup yes, there are some FM sales. Currently to Thailand.
Amazing. Thanks.♥
DDave so glad u have an awesome instructor HD
GREAT CONTENT!!!! How much did the factory training cost? Which modules did you do?
Montrose Co has a medical center here with a Aerostar AS350 flight for life everytime i see it firing up on the roof i sit and watch that puppy till take off! Badass every time!
The next phase of the natural evolution: Diesel-Electric Dave!!!
If locomotives and ships can do it, then why not Dave too? LOL
I know CJ, he was one of my helicopter instructors in Louisiana whenever I went to school there! Super cool to see him and how far he has come!!
Damn, y’all out here living the life of 10,000 men! Love it! 💪🏽💪🏽
Hearing the rotor RPM drop so quick at 11:30 is wild.
Heavy D doing the Helicopter Ride and slide and doing the electric Ride and slide - Que music !!! I was on the research team at McDonald Douglas back in the day that created that aircraft - so awesome !!!
Happy Christmas from OREGON
I can never get anything done watching all these awesome videos. I literally have to force myself to go do something
I'm an aviation photographer and I have pictures of all those birds!! Love watching them fly around my house.
My nephew is AF Lt Col. Upon joining AF years ago, he already had a pilot license for single engine airplane. Could have flown anything they had. You would think fighter jets. But he chose Helos! He loves the feel of actual controls instead of computer assist controls. He be General someday! Always had the job of defending the nukes in Montana mostly. He was officially the last AF pilot to take off in the old Vietnam era Hueys, fly to somewhere and last to land one in a ceremony retiring the fleet. He as in charge of bringing in the replacement Boeing Helos he would use to defend the nukes. Spent a a lot of time in Alabama testing and evaluating and making changes. When he knew they were ready to be brought on board, his decision was what the big boys in the AF went with. I have pic of him and a General giving him his promo to “LtCol” from Major. With the new bird right behind them in photo. Beautiful machine. Was right at beginning of stupidcovid thing so they were 6’ apart shaking hands. Usually have big ceremony for this but the BS prevented that. Just him and the General and the bird. You the man JB McP. “Mac” call sign.👍🏻💪🏻
love the MD 500
got to fly in Houston PD aircraft its awesome with the doors off
thanks for the aviation vids guys
I love the helicopter videos!!