I soloed almost 70 years ago and have about 7000 hours with Commercial S&MEL plus glider and about one hour in a Bell 47 back when I was in Korea in 1951. Just never had the opportunity or need to go after a rotary wing rating. Enjoyed your video.
You have the same voice inflection of my good QB friend, John Refshnyder - he's always sounding like he's smiling and life is happy... I met him back in Eurek, CA, - he was a Vietnam Vet (Capt. Rotor-Wing type) and fixed-wing qualified as well, flying for the L.P. lumber flight dept... Always liked his helicopter stories!!!! You bring me back to good memories with the training film.... THANKS! Gordon, on the Eastern shore of Maryland... (love for you to be my flight instructor....)
Even after nearly seventy years the 47 is still a beautiful and very desirable bird. It's a real testament to what humans are capable of doing. Great design.
The 47 is coming back, I believe Scotts Bell 47 is even going to build new ones as they bought the type certificate. They are doing composite rotors and even turbine power.
Fascinating. I have loved helicopters in general, and the Bell 47 specifically, since watching the Whirlybirds TV show as kid. Thanks for this pilot's-eye view.
Yes, I love Bell 47 too! 🙂 Much more beautiful than those Robinsons 🙂 And ha ha me too because of TV, but I know it from Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and M*A*S*H! 🙂
Hi there! I am a full time helicopter pilot and instructor as well. The tachometer has two needles, one long, one short and when at operating RPM, they are joined together and what they indicate when the smaller needle (rotor RPM) is superimposed upon the longer needle (engine RPM) is that the engine and clutch are fully engaged prior to and during all flight operations. It allows for separation of the clutch from the engine in the event of an engine failure and allows for an autoration landing.
I love all aircraft, especially military service craft. can't have a pilot license because I am epileptic. however I do like to know things like this. startup procedures are interesting to watch. I went for a ride in a Bell 210jet ranger when I was 12,and have been hooked ever since.
I got some 47 time. Fun bird. The advice I got was not to set down in the cow pasture because they like to lick the bugs off the bubble and you'll Be cleaning cow slobber for days.
I needed more room to give you more detailed explanation, but the pitch in the tail rotor blades is controlled by the pedal inputs which allow for antitorque control and maintaining the heading during liftoff and hovering and when making power changes.The tail rotor is driven off of the main rotor transmission and turns at a fixed gear ratio with respect to the main rotor RPM. If I can be of any more help to you, please feel free to contact me with your questions. Take care and safe flying!
The RPM gauge, one needle is the engine RPMS and the other needle is the main rotor RPMS.When you roll off the throttle the engine rpms roll back to idle and the free wheeling clutch lets the rotor disconnect from the engine an continue to spin thus you get a splitting of the rpm needles.
Wow, if that's the N# on the upper right side of the instrument panel I learned to fly on that helicopter! It belonged to Highland helicopters at the time and that was in 1999 for me. I earned my private pilot certificate in that machine and wish I had the money to go further but it just didn't happen. The area around looks like a small airport in Oswego NY and that would make sense considering I flew into there a few times when I was earning my certificate. Great video that brings back memories!
Great and helpful video. I've just got the 47 for FSX and every switch is exact to the real thing. I'll have fun with this! Could do with a checklist though!
My Father and I split the cost of Grumman AA-1, which is a single fixed wing aircraft. I then started taking lessons from an WWII Bomber pilot. I spent the nest 2 years getting all my ratings then started to work instructing. Six years ago I started flying helicopters and now have all my helicopter ratings.
It has a clutch so you can start the engine without it being connected to the transmission. The starter has enough power to start the engine, but not the engine and transmission together. Under most cases, if you try to start with the clutch engaged, it will stall out almost immediately. I fly a pretty new Robinson R22 Beta II. It also has a clutch. The engine is a de-rated Lycoming 0-360 de-rated to 114 HP. It works in a very similar way to the bell 47. I usually use the nickname of a "Bubble Copter", due to it's unique exposed frame. You can attach body panels, which improve the aerodynamics at speed but add weight. I like how the Bell 47 series handles in a cross wind, as the exposed frame greatly decreases the effects of crosswinds against the fuselage.
The Bell 47 has a centrifugal clutch, you can not start the engine with the clutch engaged, the clutch works on engine rpms, where as the R22 is ON/OFF via belts.
I have about 1,000 hours in several different G4As. The starter button wasn't on the collective. There was a small lever you pushed down with your right foot to engage the starter. Of course, that was 50 years ago so things have changed a little since then.
Brother, Im a private pilot, but for fixed wing.... on your RPM gauge, when you say split and bring the needles together.... are the two needles for the main and tail rotor? The larger being the main rotor and the smaller being the tail? Do you keep them together by simply keeping the pitch on main low or constant and the tail rotor neutral? Sooooo many questions because I really liked your video and I want to transition into rotor after I finish my instrument rating....
Very interesting video thanks for uploading. When I was learning to fly a flexwing micro light, I remember checking all round the aircraft then shouting "CLEAR THE PROP" before starting and checking both left and right magnetos. Also checking for full and unrestricted movement of all the controls.
The main and tail rotors cannot be disconnected and always maintain the same ratio of RPM. (The tail rotor is faster than the main rotor.) One of those needles is for rotor RPM and the other is engine RPM. What "splitting the needles" does is check the operation of the clutch. If the engine RPM drops suddenly as in a failure this clutch will allow the rotor to freewheel and autorotate the helicopter to a landing. What he's doing is just closing the throttle and making sure the clutch disengages.
Depending on the model, the 47 can have the Original Franklin or as late as the TVO-360. Yes, there is a clutch. The very last model has a small APU, as it was intended for executive transport (US) and a lot of extra electrics. Remember that the 47 is in the tube radio era, modern radios would have been added to date. The actual radios in that era were under the seats. Now, it is all in the panel. Enjoy!
I've flown on 3 different helicopters. A big rickety old 1940's looking I don't know what and can't find pictures. A Magnum PI MD500 and a Bell 47. The 47 was the most enjoyable, most helicoptery helicopter. With the full open bubble and no doors, great visibility. You got a real sensation of "hanging" from the rotors like a basket. You know you're flying. We did some low level canyon dives. Great aircraft. The rickety thing was just too rickety and the MD500 was just *too* smooth. Very fast and nimble but not the same sensation. Might as well be watching a movie screen of being in the air. I guess it's like cars, I prefer the older ones where you really feel the road. In the 47 you can really feel the air.
The Bell 47 and the R44 are two great helicopters and I like them both. The R44 is a helicopter you can go some where in because it has some speed. The bells and there are many model 47s are more for working in an area. They are extremely stable but slow. check out Scott's Bell 47s Scott is going to build brand new Bell 47s in the near future. He bought the type certifficate from bell Helicopters.
This kinda makes me sorry I turned down helicopter flight school when I was in the military. I would have been flying the OH13, the Bell 47. Eight of us from our medical company took the flight medical and four of us passed. They told me when I got back to the company I needed to “sign a letter of intent”. Which meant that to go to the flight school, and if I passed I would have to enlist as a warrant office for 4 more years. I turned it down, got out went to college, and tried to get the HLic as a civilian, it didn’t work, girl, married, kids. I did fly but only fixed wing ac.
This is a bautiful Helicopter to learn Helicopterflighing, at my start at 1988 with 13 hour`s and after 7 hour`s ground soly hover at myself was awesame and 1990 agin more flighing !
pretty cool tutorial you gave there. I flew in a R-44 and the flight controlls was some what simular. My questions do would you prefer the R-44 (since its got a rear seat) or the Bell 47?
Yes it is hard to see on this helicopter. The needle moves very slow and takes longer than most to respond so for the sake of not dragging out the video I terminated the test a soon as I saw the needle move.
I notice you have post lights on the instruments. Do you fly at night? I remember reading in "M*A*S*H" that they didn't fly at night, so the doctors knew the worst cases would always be the ones arriving at dawn and dusk. And I don't mean the TV show, I mean the book, which was written by an actual Korean war M*A*S*H surgeon.
How does this compare operational wise to a Rotarway? I know there is a huge difference in the certification process or the lack there of, but seems like you could have a Bell 47 for the price of a Rotarway, no?
Has any non-turbine powered helicopter ever used a diesel? I know they're probably too heavy but I'd think a diesel would be ideal since they need no ignition system once started and can run all day at a steady RPM with better fuel efficiency.
The job market cycles just like the fixed wing market and it depends a great deal on what you are qualified to do. You can usually get a job as flight instructor some where because people are always leaving for a better job. The exact # of pilots and jobs I don't have a # for but you can google it and get a rough estimate.
Can you recommend where I could get my bell 47 training cheaply! I live in the UK and would like to fulfill a life long ambition and get my licence...I am 55.
I looked at getting my PPL(H) in Georgia quite a few years ago as they had so many flyable days. Plus the price was a lot lower than doing a UK course. Then when back in the UK could do a conversion course to CAA regs.
Chinook helicopters in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada has bell 47s that they use for training along with Bell Jetrangers and R44s. Training is cheaper in Canada than in most countries.
Did not notice as concentrating on what was happening and seen before with engine not running. Maybe commentary and noise affected your brain, you would not want to drive a car let alone fly if these things affect you. Can’t pull over and stop to look if something goes wrong in flight.
Good thing he was pointing in reference to the check list you rude little pleb. Perhaps you can show us how it's done or do you only fly DCS, that's a cute game btw.....
Nice straw man you have there. They're not claiming to be a pilot, doofus. Making a VIDEO requires the camera to be IN FOCUS. Interesting that you seem to be willing to ignore that.
Yea I had someone stand in real quick to shoot the video and I wasn't reall happy but it is a 235 Mile trip to re-shoot it so I just let it go. The info is all good.
Rudy Perini The Aerospatiale Gazelle also uses a centrifugal clutch. At ground Idle (approx. 23000rpm) and below, the engine & clutch are disengaged but when the ECL (throttle) is advanced the clutch engages to couple the rotors. By approx. 43000rpm (flight idle) the transmission is fully engaged. This is the normal flight condition. The Alouette had a similar layout I think. Most modern heli's use free power turbines I think with no clutch.
Rudy Perini *_That_*... is a *_Real_* good friend man! That would be cool as hell if I could just call up my buddy Andy and say.. hey bro.. I'm going to take yer chopper out today.... ok? Sure... Go ahead! ;-)
Oh, my God...he didn't even set his flaps and slats! Where did this man learn to fly? And, his magneto pumps weren't at the proper 15 degree angle as the spark angled opposite the draft quotient! Signed, an Air France Airbus pilot
I soloed almost 70 years ago and have about 7000 hours with Commercial S&MEL plus glider and about one hour in a Bell 47 back when I was in Korea in 1951. Just never had the opportunity or need to go after a rotary wing rating. Enjoyed your video.
You have the same voice inflection of my good QB friend, John Refshnyder - he's always sounding like he's smiling and life is happy... I met him back in Eurek, CA, - he was a Vietnam Vet (Capt. Rotor-Wing type) and fixed-wing qualified as well, flying for the L.P. lumber flight dept... Always liked his helicopter stories!!!! You bring me back to good memories with the training film.... THANKS! Gordon, on the Eastern shore of Maryland... (love for you to be my flight instructor....)
Gordon McCoy
Rudy Perini I'm always happy working with and around helicopters. I wish I had more time for it. thanks
And it's very apparent that you're good at it!
Even after nearly seventy years the 47 is still a beautiful and very desirable bird. It's a real testament to what humans are capable of doing. Great design.
The 47 is coming back, I believe Scotts Bell 47 is even going to build new ones as they bought the type certificate. They are doing composite rotors and even turbine power.
Eric evans That would be great if true.
It is true, gogle scotts bell 47 and see for yourself.
Thanks for this.
I'm sneaking over to my neighbor's helipad tonight after dark and having some fun.
It's too bad there isn't a checklist for operating the focus on the camera.
Fascinating. I have loved helicopters in general, and the Bell 47 specifically, since watching the Whirlybirds TV show as kid. Thanks for this pilot's-eye view.
Yes, I love Bell 47 too! 🙂 Much more beautiful than those Robinsons 🙂 And ha ha me too because of TV, but I know it from Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and M*A*S*H! 🙂
Hi there! I am a full time helicopter pilot and instructor as well. The tachometer has two needles, one long, one short and when at operating RPM, they are joined together and what they indicate when the smaller needle (rotor RPM) is superimposed upon the longer needle (engine RPM) is that the engine and clutch are fully engaged prior to and during all flight operations. It allows for separation of the clutch from the engine in the event of an engine failure and allows for an autoration landing.
I love all aircraft, especially military service craft. can't have a pilot license because I am epileptic. however I do like to know things like this. startup procedures are interesting to watch. I went for a ride in a Bell 210jet ranger when I was 12,and have been hooked ever since.
I got some 47 time. Fun bird. The advice I got was not to set down in the cow pasture because they like to lick the bugs off the bubble and you'll
Be cleaning cow slobber for days.
I needed more room to give you more detailed explanation, but the pitch in the tail rotor blades is controlled by the pedal inputs which allow for antitorque control and maintaining the heading during liftoff and hovering and when making power changes.The tail rotor is driven off of the main rotor transmission and turns at a fixed gear ratio with respect to the main rotor RPM. If I can be of any more help to you, please feel free to contact me with your questions. Take care and safe flying!
The RPM gauge, one needle is the engine RPMS and the other needle is the main rotor RPMS.When you roll off the throttle the engine rpms roll back to idle and the free wheeling clutch lets the rotor disconnect from the engine an continue to spin thus you get a splitting of the rpm needles.
Wow, if that's the N# on the upper right side of the instrument panel I learned to fly on that helicopter! It belonged to Highland helicopters at the time and that was in 1999 for me. I earned my private pilot certificate in that machine and wish I had the money to go further but it just didn't happen. The area around looks like a small airport in Oswego NY and that would make sense considering I flew into there a few times when I was earning my certificate. Great video that brings back memories!
Great and helpful video. I've just got the 47 for FSX and every switch is exact to the real thing. I'll have fun with this! Could do with a checklist though!
Really thank you for so detailed video!
As a pilot-wanna-be, your video was a great boost of my motivation:)
My Father and I split the cost of Grumman AA-1, which is a single fixed wing aircraft. I then started taking lessons from an WWII Bomber pilot. I spent the nest 2 years getting all my ratings then started to work instructing. Six years ago I started flying helicopters and now have all my helicopter ratings.
It has a clutch so you can start the engine without it being connected to the transmission. The starter has enough power to start the engine, but not the engine and transmission together. Under most cases, if you try to start with the clutch engaged, it will stall out almost immediately. I fly a pretty new Robinson R22 Beta II. It also has a clutch. The engine is a de-rated Lycoming 0-360 de-rated to 114 HP. It works in a very similar way to the bell 47. I usually use the nickname of a "Bubble Copter", due to it's unique exposed frame. You can attach body panels, which improve the aerodynamics at speed but add weight. I like how the Bell 47 series handles in a cross wind, as the exposed frame greatly decreases the effects of crosswinds against the fuselage.
The Bell 47 has a centrifugal clutch, you can not start the engine with the clutch engaged, the clutch works on engine rpms, where as the R22 is ON/OFF via belts.
You are such a good teacher, thanks for the lesson, quit interesting one!!!
I can't get enough of this .
So planning on buying one of these Bell's. About to go for my pilot licence, wish me luck.
I have about 1,000 hours in several different G4As. The starter button wasn't on the collective. There was a small lever you pushed down with your right foot to engage the starter. Of course, that was 50 years ago so things have changed a little since then.
D1 and G models still have that lever.
Friction lock on the collective, or no?
Great video - you answered a lot of this lay mans questions about the 47.
It may have been out of focus, but I could till tell what he was doing.
Great video. and stay safe.
Can't stop watching this !!
neat video thanks! Its always nice to see how to do these things.
Brother, Im a private pilot, but for fixed wing.... on your RPM gauge, when you say split and bring the needles together.... are the two needles for the main and tail rotor? The larger being the main rotor and the smaller being the tail? Do you keep them together by simply keeping the pitch on main low or constant and the tail rotor neutral? Sooooo many questions because I really liked your video and I want to transition into rotor after I finish my instrument rating....
Very interesting video thanks for uploading. When I was learning to fly a flexwing micro light, I remember checking all round the aircraft then shouting "CLEAR THE PROP" before starting and checking both left and right magnetos. Also checking for full and unrestricted movement of all the controls.
The main and tail rotors cannot be disconnected and always maintain the same ratio of RPM. (The tail rotor is faster than the main rotor.) One of those needles is for rotor RPM and the other is engine RPM. What "splitting the needles" does is check the operation of the clutch. If the engine RPM drops suddenly as in a failure this clutch will allow the rotor to freewheel and autorotate the helicopter to a landing. What he's doing is just closing the throttle and making sure the clutch disengages.
Depending on the model, the 47 can have the Original Franklin or as late as the TVO-360.
Yes, there is a clutch.
The very last model has a small APU, as it was intended for executive transport (US) and a lot of extra electrics.
Remember that the 47 is in the tube radio era, modern radios would have been added to date.
The actual radios in that era were under the seats.
Now, it is all in the panel.
Enjoy!
It's the best thing you'll ever do. Good luck
I've flown on 3 different helicopters. A big rickety old 1940's looking I don't know what and can't find pictures. A Magnum PI MD500 and a Bell 47.
The 47 was the most enjoyable, most helicoptery helicopter. With the full open bubble and no doors, great visibility. You got a real sensation of "hanging" from the rotors like a basket. You know you're flying. We did some low level canyon dives. Great aircraft.
The rickety thing was just too rickety and the MD500 was just *too* smooth. Very fast and nimble but not the same sensation. Might as well be watching a movie screen of being in the air. I guess it's like cars, I prefer the older ones where you really feel the road. In the 47 you can really feel the air.
It has been a long time! N666SM I loved that machine!
cat637d your old bird flys rides at Oshkosh AirVenture end of July each year. Lovely ship!
The Bell 47 and the R44 are two great helicopters and I like them both. The R44 is a helicopter you can go some where in because it has some speed. The bells and there are many model 47s are more for working in an area. They are extremely stable but slow. check out Scott's Bell 47s Scott is going to build brand new Bell 47s in the near future. He bought the type certifficate from bell Helicopters.
Thanks for taking the time to make this.
This kinda makes me sorry I turned down helicopter flight school when I was in the military. I would have been flying the OH13, the Bell 47. Eight of us from our medical company took the flight medical and four of us passed. They told me when I got back to the company I needed to “sign a letter of intent”. Which meant that to go to the flight school, and if I passed I would have to enlist as a warrant office for 4 more years. I turned it down, got out went to college, and tried to get the HLic as a civilian, it didn’t work, girl, married, kids. I did fly but only fixed wing ac.
Great. Perfect checklist. What the engine have this helicopter?
FOCUS!!!!
This is a bautiful Helicopter to learn Helicopterflighing, at my start at 1988 with 13 hour`s and after 7 hour`s ground soly hover at myself was awesame and 1990 agin more flighing !
pretty cool tutorial you gave there. I flew in a R-44 and the flight controlls was some what simular. My questions do would you prefer the R-44 (since its got a rear seat) or the Bell 47?
awsome now i can steal one...
Rudy, are you able to see the identification tag on the mast to show who produced it?
great video mate!!!! very informative. Pity the camera wasn't connected to ICS for audio input during and after engine start.
Thank you for sharing this video. I couldn't see the carb heat test response on the gauges.
Yes it is hard to see on this helicopter. The needle moves very slow and takes longer than most to respond so for the sake of not dragging out the video I terminated the test a soon as I saw the needle move.
Thanks for the correction Mark. It's hard to find exact info on these machines and mechanics that work on 47s that I can call on.
I notice you have post lights on the instruments. Do you fly at night? I remember reading in "M*A*S*H" that they didn't fly at night, so the doctors knew the worst cases would always be the ones arriving at dawn and dusk.
And I don't mean the TV show, I mean the book, which was written by an actual Korean war M*A*S*H surgeon.
Almost forget.... Have you tried out the new R-66 Trubine?
Great video Rudy
No, but I've seen them out at the factory in Ca. I just finished the factory safety course.
How does this compare operational wise to a Rotarway? I know there is a huge difference in the certification process or the lack there of, but seems like you could have a Bell 47 for the price of a Rotarway, no?
I've never looked into a rotorway. You can probably find someone on the web who has one and they could tell you.
HEY, THAT RITE THERE WAS PERTY COOL! THANKS FER THAT!
Has any non-turbine powered helicopter ever used a diesel? I know they're probably too heavy but I'd think a diesel would be ideal since they need no ignition system once started and can run all day at a steady RPM with better fuel efficiency.
Used Bell 47 80-150K USD depending on the model and condition. OR you can buy a Zero time Bell 47 from Scott's Bell 47 for 310K almost brand new.
how hard is it, and how expensive is it to learn how to fly a helicopter?
roughly......
18,000 is about the normal for a private helicopter license. 60-80 K to get all your ratings up to CFII if you are looking to fly for a living.
The job market cycles just like the fixed wing market and it depends a great deal on what you are qualified to do. You can usually get a job as flight instructor some where because people are always leaving for a better job. The exact # of pilots and jobs I don't have a # for but you can google it and get a rough estimate.
Can you recommend where I could get my bell 47 training cheaply! I live in the UK and would like to fulfill a life long ambition and get my licence...I am 55.
I looked at getting my PPL(H) in Georgia quite a few years ago as they had so many flyable days. Plus the price was a lot lower than doing a UK course.
Then when back in the UK could do a conversion course to CAA regs.
Peter, Dutch Country Helicopters in Lancaster, PA still uses a Bell 47D-1. check out their web site.
Chinook helicopters in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada has bell 47s that they use for training along with Bell Jetrangers and R44s. Training is cheaper in Canada than in most countries.
you know, you should do it again but with a voice over (you will record later) and just show all the procedure live
all helicopter start procedures?
good lesson, think I could do that now
Where was this video taken?
Why would someone upload an out-of-focus video??
what dumpster did you hike those shoes
how many job openings are there or helicopter pilots?
Exactly 6.
I read it was about $13,000?
how much would the average Bell47 go for?
Intercomm test should be performed before engine start
Good Idea
I think it's neet the bat copter was made from one of those
Beautiful: but is there not a reasonable cineast? The image quality is awful!
All of them will folow a pattern that should look familiar.
I like this video.. but why the heck is it out of _Focus?_
+Blaze0357 I'm glad you commented, I thought I needed glasses....
Is this the 47 G with the Lycoming 6?
47G has the Franklin see scottsbell47.com
GO435-15 Franklin ?
Glade you enjoyed it sorry it a little out of focus I didn't so the filming
Focus of the camera gave me eye cancer
Did not notice as concentrating on what was happening and
seen before with engine not running. Maybe commentary and noise affected your
brain, you would not want to drive a car let alone fly if these things affect
you. Can’t pull over and stop to look if something goes wrong in flight.
Not bad sounding for a piston helicopter.
Bradooommm!!! Broom broom broom.... Fugfugfuffugfug...... Blagblagblag...... Flew this 47s ....
I never liked the anti-torque rotor pedals
Bravo... I think you did well...
Don't you have a panic button on that thing? 😅
Sorry......its not a hydraulic boost pump switch....its a hydraulic bypass switch. Just saying.
Focusing is a necessary skill which you lack.
lmfao
-Sp00k- let's hope he can fly better then focus.
Good thing he was pointing in reference to the check list you rude little pleb.
Perhaps you can show us how it's done or do you only fly DCS, that's a cute game btw.....
Nice straw man you have there. They're not claiming to be a pilot, doofus.
Making a VIDEO requires the camera to be IN FOCUS. Interesting that you seem to be willing to ignore that.
Yea I had someone stand in real quick to shoot the video and I wasn't reall happy but it is a 235 Mile trip to re-shoot it so I just let it go. The info is all good.
I would like to see this video re-done with everything in focus.
Rudy, you need to google
Ian's shoelace site.
Your's are looking long & loose.
Close up could be more in focus. Thanks for doing video, Thumbs UP!
I've always needed to know this incase the zombies come
The fuel on that bell helicopter will be Avgas 100LL
nice
Wish the camera had been fixed!
Around 60-80k
i need glasses the blur is amazin
Oneonta, NY
Clutch?
The clutch engages automatically. It is a centrifugal clutch expanding outward as the rotor RPMs increase.
What chopper have you flown that the clutch engages automatically? Old school machines do/did!
Bell 47s, all others that I have flown are belt drive. Hillers may have the same clutch as 47s but I'm not sure.
Rudy Perini The Aerospatiale Gazelle also uses a centrifugal clutch. At ground Idle (approx. 23000rpm) and below, the engine & clutch are disengaged but when the ECL (throttle) is advanced the clutch engages to couple the rotors. By approx. 43000rpm (flight idle) the transmission is fully engaged. This is the normal flight condition. The Alouette had a similar layout I think. Most modern heli's use free power turbines I think with no clutch.
Thanks, I need to get better equipment
sweet
engine starts at 9:25
Take your camera off Macro!
FOCUS THE CAMERA Oh My God!!
Camera focus was big issue.
Interestingg...too bad you couldn't nail down the focus.
No My friend lets me use this helicopter for videos
Rudy Perini *_That_*... is a *_Real_* good friend man! That would be cool as hell if I could just call up my buddy Andy and say.. hey bro.. I'm going to take yer chopper out today.... ok? Sure... Go ahead! ;-)
Oh, my God...he didn't even set his flaps and slats! Where did this man learn to fly? And, his magneto pumps weren't at the proper 15 degree angle as the spark angled opposite the draft quotient! Signed, an Air France Airbus pilot
robert glenn Judging my my intellectual knowledge, I think he said "helicopter"
...and so, stay on your Airbus !
FOCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!