I have 820 hours piloting these. Superb military aircraft, especially with a pair of 0.5 Brownings pointing out of the door. I also flew more advanced variants of the Super Puma as a civilian. These days I can only reminisce and remember fondly over 20k hours flying helicopters. My 1,200 or so hours fixed wing just isn't remotely as challenging or enjoyable.
Vibration and helicopters are a bad mix. The mechanics try their best to smooth out the vibrations through Rotor smoothing. Some aircraft fly super smooth and others will just not cooperate and fly rough.
It measures torque at the transmission. Since the rotor always rotates at the same rpm it is a power gauge. (torque x rpm = power) In a hover the engines have to do everything, hence the maxed out gauge. While in forward flight the airspeed helps create lift. If a helicopter is descending it can sail just like a sailplane while using zero engine power. In a climb the helicopter needs power to maintain speed so the torqe goes up again. Anyways hover is the least efficient state for any helicopter so they use the most power there.
Sitting in the back you heard that whine and felt the vibration, you knew the shit was getting real....
The engines were actually designed for train locomotives!!!! It was a beast to fly! Fun!!
Jeebus it takes a long time to start this thing. Fortunately modern helis have some of this automated (e.g. engine start/monitoring).
It was painfully slow!! 🚁
I have 820 hours piloting these. Superb military aircraft, especially with a pair of 0.5 Brownings pointing out of the door. I also flew more advanced variants of the Super Puma as a civilian. These days I can only reminisce and remember fondly over 20k hours flying helicopters. My 1,200 or so hours fixed wing just isn't remotely as challenging or enjoyable.
I agree! Fun to fly these beasts!! The super puma EC-225 is a step up.
@@rickpetersonphotography 'Only' got 3970 hours on the EC225 before I retired. It was superb!
I FLEW ABOUT 13 YEARS SA330J, BUT WITH MAKILA 1A1 ENGINES. I LOVED EVERY AND EACH HOUR.
Did you go deaf while doing it ?
I’m sure you are in the hearing loss club from all those years in the 330J… OMG that thing is LOUD!
Wow, That's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.
Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! :)
Hallo Rick please more videos of the SA 330J Puma please. Thank you and greetings from Bavaria
Hi Andreas! I'll see what I can find in my fast collection of Puma videos and photos.
@@rickpetersonphotography Hi, I'm already looking forward to it and very best regards from Bavaria
Watching from Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
Nice video, keep going Buckaroo!
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Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! I’ll be uploading so more 330J footage, stay tuned.
You wouldnt be going to the shop in that for a pint of milk, jeeze.
I think all of that vibration would put me off.... in my experience with all things mechanical, I find that parts fall of or break... !
Vibration and helicopters are a bad mix. The mechanics try their best to smooth out the vibrations through Rotor smoothing. Some aircraft fly super smooth and others will just not cooperate and fly rough.
BOM DIA ! Pra mim é uma honra esta aqui te prestigiando, vamos sempre juntos somar e fortalecer nossos trabalhos, eu já estou por aqui!,,,
Excelente
How do you explain that the torquemeter is at zero in flight, and at an higher lever on the ground ?
It measures torque at the transmission. Since the rotor always rotates at the same rpm it is a power gauge. (torque x rpm = power) In a hover the engines have to do everything, hence the maxed out gauge. While in forward flight the airspeed helps create lift. If a helicopter is descending it can sail just like a sailplane while using zero engine power. In a climb the helicopter needs power to maintain speed so the torqe goes up again. Anyways hover is the least efficient state for any helicopter so they use the most power there.
We actually flew PITCH instead of Torque in the 330J. The Torque system was so unreliable, that we didn’t even focus on it.
Must be ex military guys with 2000 hr after 20 years
Instrument panel a little wonky?
Oh the 330J instrument panel is WAY wonky! Haha
Lateral vibes look wayyyy out...
It was rough for sure… i think we were doing a test flight that day.
@@rickpetersonphotography All is good as long as the oscillations still allowed you to read off the pitch indicator lol...