It's like chewing gun and walking at the same time. I could teach my grandmother how to fly - and she's no longer with us. The trick is knowing what to do when schtuff goes south.
I fly fixed wings also but there's just something about helicopters that make them so much more fun to fly - especially with rockets and missiles and cannons on board!
Awesome video. Thank you for this. Love all the noises and buttons. Beep, bop, boop. Arma 3 style. Cheers. safe flying. That spool up. Love that sound. 😉💚👍
RUclips suggested this video to me today, and I immediately recognized your departure hospital , since I drive by it frequently and it took me an extra minute to identify the destination hospital but the football stadium in the distance gave it away. Go Heels!
I remember two occasions one in the late 70's and the other in the early 80's when I saw an EMS pilot cram their helicopter into a very tight space. One was when he landed in the small parking lot of a tiny community hospital and the other was when he landed in a ridiculously small open area next to a car wash. The car wash had power lines on one side and was sketchy as hell, trees and buildings on the other side. The fire truck that was there had his radio blasting over the outside speaker so we could hear the dispatcher saying that the pilot wanted the FD to advise him of any obstacles and there were many and they did a great job of giving him the heads up. The FD was not there because of an accident, they were only there as safety in case the chopper went down, the patient came from the hospital next door. Just like the other hospital this was a very small hospital that didn't have a helipad.
Been there, done that. Many times over. I'll have to post a couple of shorts showing one of the tighter LZ's that we landed in while flying EMS. There were several. Our rules said we had to clear all obstacles by 30 feet vertically and 15 feet horizontally. Those limits were often pushed - especially when flying in the mountains. In the military we had no such prohibitions so it basically came down to the pilot in command's decision on where to put 'er down. Basic LZ ideal conditions were defined by twice the length and twice the width of the helicopter / rotor system. Fire departments were trained to select basically 100 x 100 foot LZ's or larger as the optimum space.
You are basically correct. The issue arises from the fact that to fly single pilot IFR under FAA Part 135 operations you have to have an operational auto pilot - along with several other gizmos and gadgets. I have plans to redo this particular video with voice over pauses to explain exactly what I'm doing during the start, enroute, and shutdown sequences. Stay tuned.....
I got so confused when I saw another seat next to you. All the helicotpers I've ever seen that do this have the sled in that spot and the patients head or feet are there. That must be a big helo. Safe flying buddy!
The stability systems on most IFR rated helicopters negate the need for a lot of micro adjustments with the controls. The systems automatically detect airframe movement, look to see if the pilot caused the movement, and if not then the stability system automatically corrects for the movement without input from the pilot. You'll notice during the landing that I kick off some of the stability systems and take more manual control of the helicopter. Some pilots do this and some pilots don't. I'm old school. I like for the airframe to "talk" to me and let me know everything that's happening during certain modes of flight. Landing is one of those. You'll see once I kick off the systems the control inputs increase dramatically in frequency. As far as control displacement, a little goes a long long way. Helicopters are generally much more sensitive to control inputs than airplanes. Sorry for the book ;)
My pleasure. I need to do a voice over of this vid explaining what knobs and dials and switches I'm fiddling with and why. I'll eventually get that done.
Anyone who grew up flying Cobras or other tandem seat cockpits. You'll find it's mainly the gunship pilots (tandem seating) that employ this technique. Other birds have chin bubbles.
You make this look like a walk in the park. I crash every time I attempt to fly a helicopter in MSFS. Guess I will stick to Cessnas and Beechcrafts. Nice video though. Just curious what was your total flight time in the video?
Thank you for this superb video, how many hours does it take to master this precision landing? I'm trying my hand with EC135 from RotorSim under Xplane. Very enriching to watch this superb machine get started. Thanks. Friendship from France.
The short answer is a lifetime. In all honesty it varies significantly. Just as we all can't be Formula 1 drivers, not everyone - even pilots - ever really get the hang of it. In fact, I have a very short short list of people I'd let fly my family. I know thousands of pilots and that list I could name on one hand with fingers left over. As far as the best tip I ever got on landing a helicopter smoothly, think "forward and down" all the way to ground contact. Then smoothly lower the collective and neutralize the pedals. The trick is, as in all flying, to control the aircraft rather than to react to what the aircraft does on its own. It's the one difference between precision flying and mediocrity.
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation You mean that you were an instructor pilot on AH-64A Apache if the translation is correct and if I understood correctly?
@@abracadabra1fois Yes. Four days after graduating flight school I was in the AH-1 Cobra qualification course. Roughly one year later I was in the AH-64A Apache qualification course. Less than three years after that I was in the Apache instructor pilot course. I spent the remaining 13 or so years of my 22 years in the military serving as an instructor pilot and standardization instructor pilot in the A model Apache.
It's a spring loaded collective stop to prevent the collective from creeping upward from a flat pitch (i.e. ground) position. At lower RPMs especially this can and will damage the very expensive rotor blades.
Is it possible to help someone else fly and fly and to fly to fly? Yes, can he fly with his own wings? If he wants to fly, but there is not enough money to fly.
I'm not quite sure what you are asking due to the language barrier. However, I think you are asking if you can learn to fly for cheap. The answer is yes. If you were to join the military and get selected for flight school and successfully complete flight school then the government pays all the costs and also pays you a salary. That's how I learned to fly helicopters. I did pay for my own fixed wing training though.
No worries. I'm old school and prefer having manual control. That's one reason you see me kick off parts of the automatic stabilization systems during the landing phase.
It sure ain't a sports car. You always keep your takeoff spot in sight when you're below single engine flyaway altitude/airspeed combinations in case you have to go back to it. The instant where the nose pitches forward is when you've achieved the necessary altitude you can then convert to airspeed to successfully complete a single engine flyaway if one engine suddenly fails.
I decided that that was what I was going to be somewhere around 10 or 12 years old. Never regretted the decision. Good luck to you. Stay in school, study hard, stay away from drugs, and set your mind to overcome the challenges that you will face in your journey. Good luck!
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Procedural. Crisp. Nicely done. Flying is in the blood. Thanks for what you and the crew do!
Thanks. Everyone has their calling I suppose. Flying just happened to be mine so I can't take any credit for that. Credit belongs to the Creator.
Coming from a Paramedic, I just wanna say you guys are like celebrities to me lol 🤙🏾
It's like chewing gun and walking at the same time. I could teach my grandmother how to fly - and she's no longer with us. The trick is knowing what to do when schtuff goes south.
Best ride I ever got off the ground. Helicopter in the shotgun seat.1994 fire season. Wow. Great pilot too.
Tree top level going like hell. ❤
I fly fixed wings also but there's just something about helicopters that make them so much more fun to fly - especially with rockets and missiles and cannons on board!
the EC-145 is a beautiful machine!
Yep
Juste merciiiiiii. C’est un beau cadeau de présentation.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow what a surreal pov flight thank you for an amazing video ❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the ride along.
Not a problem!
Awesome video. Thank you for this. Love all the noises and buttons. Beep, bop, boop. Arma 3 style. Cheers. safe flying. That spool up. Love that sound. 😉💚👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Superb flying, kind regards to you and take care, Mark from the U.K. 🇬🇧😀😀👍👍🌞🌞
Thank you very much for the kind words Mark.
Air Methods, my daughter flew with Life-Net (Air Methods - NY) for 9 years. Great group of pilots, flight nurses and flight medics.
It's a fun job as long as you can keep hospital admin folks out of the picture.
RUclips suggested this video to me today, and I immediately recognized your departure hospital , since I drive by it frequently and it took me an extra minute to identify the destination hospital but the football stadium in the distance gave it away. Go Heels!
Yeah, it was UNC - but it was a DUKE helicopter :)
Awesome flying Captain!
Thanks!
I remember two occasions one in the late 70's and the other in the early 80's when I saw an EMS pilot cram their helicopter into a very tight space. One was when he landed in the small parking lot of a tiny community hospital and the other was when he landed in a ridiculously small open area next to a car wash. The car wash had power lines on one side and was sketchy as hell, trees and buildings on the other side. The fire truck that was there had his radio blasting over the outside speaker so we could hear the dispatcher saying that the pilot wanted the FD to advise him of any obstacles and there were many and they did a great job of giving him the heads up. The FD was not there because of an accident, they were only there as safety in case the chopper went down, the patient came from the hospital next door. Just like the other hospital this was a very small hospital that didn't have a helipad.
Been there, done that. Many times over. I'll have to post a couple of shorts showing one of the tighter LZ's that we landed in while flying EMS. There were several. Our rules said we had to clear all obstacles by 30 feet vertically and 15 feet horizontally. Those limits were often pushed - especially when flying in the mountains. In the military we had no such prohibitions so it basically came down to the pilot in command's decision on where to put 'er down. Basic LZ ideal conditions were defined by twice the length and twice the width of the helicopter / rotor system. Fire departments were trained to select basically 100 x 100 foot LZ's or larger as the optimum space.
Knowing what a helicopter needs to start and fly what are all these extra stuff for its a flying laptop
You are basically correct. The issue arises from the fact that to fly single pilot IFR under FAA Part 135 operations you have to have an operational auto pilot - along with several other gizmos and gadgets. I have plans to redo this particular video with voice over pauses to explain exactly what I'm doing during the start, enroute, and shutdown sequences. Stay tuned.....
Love it inside view
Thanks!
I got so confused when I saw another seat next to you. All the helicotpers I've ever seen that do this have the sled in that spot and the patients head or feet are there. That must be a big helo. Safe flying buddy!
I've flown A-Stars in EMS configured as you mention. Hated the patient position. The 145 is a big upgrade.
Awsome video, thanx for sharing
Thank you!
Thanks for the inside views & showing Preflight check you don't move the stick much
The stability systems on most IFR rated helicopters negate the need for a lot of micro adjustments with the controls. The systems automatically detect airframe movement, look to see if the pilot caused the movement, and if not then the stability system automatically corrects for the movement without input from the pilot. You'll notice during the landing that I kick off some of the stability systems and take more manual control of the helicopter. Some pilots do this and some pilots don't. I'm old school. I like for the airframe to "talk" to me and let me know everything that's happening during certain modes of flight. Landing is one of those. You'll see once I kick off the systems the control inputs increase dramatically in frequency. As far as control displacement, a little goes a long long way. Helicopters are generally much more sensitive to control inputs than airplanes. Sorry for the book ;)
very good friend
Thanks for the compliment!
Real cool Thanks
My pleasure. I need to do a voice over of this vid explaining what knobs and dials and switches I'm fiddling with and why. I'll eventually get that done.
Never thought to slip onto the pad for full visibility during a HEMS flight - Who knew!
Anyone who grew up flying Cobras or other tandem seat cockpits. You'll find it's mainly the gunship pilots (tandem seating) that employ this technique. Other birds have chin bubbles.
magnifique, merci
Glad you enjoyed!
Dang, wish the Blackhawk had those comfy seats
Bet you wish you had air conditioning also! We had that in guns btw. Just sayin....
You make this look like a walk in the park. I crash every time I attempt to fly a helicopter in MSFS. Guess I will stick to Cessnas and Beechcrafts. Nice video though. Just curious what was your total flight time in the video?
If I remember correctly it's roughly a 40 minute flight from pickup to drop-off on this video.
Pls more h145 cockpit videos with heli sound
I'll see what I can do.
Thank you for this superb video, how many hours does it take to master this precision landing? I'm trying my hand with EC135 from RotorSim under Xplane. Very enriching to watch this superb machine get started. Thanks. Friendship from France.
The short answer is a lifetime. In all honesty it varies significantly. Just as we all can't be Formula 1 drivers, not everyone - even pilots - ever really get the hang of it. In fact, I have a very short short list of people I'd let fly my family. I know thousands of pilots and that list I could name on one hand with fingers left over. As far as the best tip I ever got on landing a helicopter smoothly, think "forward and down" all the way to ground contact. Then smoothly lower the collective and neutralize the pedals. The trick is, as in all flying, to control the aircraft rather than to react to what the aircraft does on its own. It's the one difference between precision flying and mediocrity.
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Thank you for this philosophical response, full of common sense and I wish you very good flights.
Anytime. Can you tell I used to be a standardization instructor pilot in the AH-64A Apache? ;)
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation You mean that you were an instructor pilot on AH-64A Apache if the translation is correct and if I understood correctly?
@@abracadabra1fois Yes. Four days after graduating flight school I was in the AH-1 Cobra qualification course. Roughly one year later I was in the AH-64A Apache qualification course. Less than three years after that I was in the Apache instructor pilot course. I spent the remaining 13 or so years of my 22 years in the military serving as an instructor pilot and standardization instructor pilot in the A model Apache.
Any chance you’d be willing to make a video explaining the startup and shutdown procedures?
I can possibly do a voice over on this video to explain what I'm doing. I've retired from flying EMS these days though. Would that be suffice?
Id take that. To be fair since you are taking your time to do these i'd personally be happy with anything.@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation
Ok. I'm out of town at the moment but will get something rolling once I get back home.
That would be great!
I'll let you know when it's completed.
Lol the boop of the Hamilton T1 is well known among some HEMS crews
Some? I thought it was all :)
Were you using a checklist during this startup? I don’t see it in the video.
Certainly
What do you call that retractable lever that you pulled out and rested the collective on - some kind of stop?
It's a spring loaded collective stop to prevent the collective from creeping upward from a flat pitch (i.e. ground) position. At lower RPMs especially this can and will damage the very expensive rotor blades.
Is it possible to help someone else fly and fly and to fly to fly? Yes, can he fly with his own wings? If he wants to fly, but there is not enough money to fly.
I'm not quite sure what you are asking due to the language barrier. However, I think you are asking if you can learn to fly for cheap. The answer is yes. If you were to join the military and get selected for flight school and successfully complete flight school then the government pays all the costs and also pays you a salary. That's how I learned to fly helicopters. I did pay for my own fixed wing training though.
got to luv a FADEC system
Actually it's not. the 135 has a FADEC. The 145 does not. You still have to modulate the start and twist the throttles in the 145.
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation I stand corrected!
No worries. I'm old school and prefer having manual control. That's one reason you see me kick off parts of the automatic stabilization systems during the landing phase.
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation luv it great to watch
Thanks
Nash General.
Winner winner chicken dinner! Mutual aid back to UNC.
WOWHOW MUCH THAT HELI COST?
If I recall correctly, roughly 8.5 million dollars. But you have to remember that that was roughly a decade ago.
A new H145-D3 with a medical interior is now about $14 million US dollars.
Wow. When I started flying Apaches in '86 they were running $18 mil per copy.
5 min?????no start????😢😮
Gotta wait for the crew to get the patient and all of their medical equipment secured.
Yawda put some rocket pods on that thang !! 😂
I'd settle for a mini-gun like we had on the Cobras back when I flew those!
Do you have the chapter labeled as war thunder memes? 😂
Not sure what you mean
Ah, the old DFL before the EFB and before the PED ban.
Yep
3 min??????😮😮😮
Gotta wait for the crew to get the patient and all of their medical equipment secured.
startuj jź-ty jsi pomaly nejaky ne????
Gotta wait for the crew to get the patient and all of their medical equipment secured.
I really want, and don't want to fly one of these.
I also fly fixed wing stuff. Helicopters are much more fun in my opinion.
💪
Thanks
The pilot with his GoPro on his helmet was moving his head around way too much to watch.
It's called "situational awareness". Sorry you didn't enjoy the film.
Show.
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Mutual aid to Nash for UNC?😂😂😂
I'd have to go back and look but I certainly wouldn't be surprised!
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Well you’re in a duke machine, picking up a patient from Nash and landing on the rooftop pad at UNC soooo….. 🤣
@@Partsocaster You'll love the short vid I'll post after while. Both Duke birds sitting on the pads at UNC!
@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Oh we used to crowd it once in a while too! Dude would be over at IGX pissed off🤣
Thank goodness I can now go to bed at night and not worry about the tones dropping! ;)
slo take off
It sure ain't a sports car. You always keep your takeoff spot in sight when you're below single engine flyaway altitude/airspeed combinations in case you have to go back to it. The instant where the nose pitches forward is when you've achieved the necessary altitude you can then convert to airspeed to successfully complete a single engine flyaway if one engine suddenly fails.
Helmet cams suck
Nobody is forcing you to watch. Please feel free to view some of our other vids filmed from different perspectives.
I hate helicopters
As is your right.
😂😂😂😂
Yep
I decided that that was what I was going to be somewhere around 10 or 12 years old. Never regretted the decision. Good luck to you. Stay in school, study hard, stay away from drugs, and set your mind to overcome the challenges that you will face in your journey. Good luck!
I do too! I also fly fixed wing airplanes (single and multi-engined) but helicopters are just much more fun to fly.