Jet engines are interesting. They burn 90% of the fuel at idle as they do wide open. And they do b!tch about fuel cost. Especially when people stop flying because rates are too expensive.
@@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 In the old days with centrifugal flow jet engines and such, yes but even with low bypass fans of the early 60's, idle fuel burn isn't that high. The S-76 ground idle sips fuel and still has good fuel burn at flight RPM. That calc is off bigtime. The S-76 holds 281 gallons, that cost would be about a hair below half it's fuel load and it flew in from somewhere else without refueling.
@@ilm-def8920 No jet of any kind idles efficiently. Some better than others. The units I saw were power plants off a boing 777. Modern by any standard. And made in 2005.
Because it only ever needs to land on pristine paved ground they can get away with using very small wheels. In addition the wheels being so small is advantageous in that they can more easily equip retractable landing gear, thus making the helicopter more streamlined in the air. For this type of helicopter a slightly higher top speed is more important than landing on rough ground and so it gets small wheels. In other cases a helicopter may not have any wheels at all and land directly on skids.
@@mmmmm54321 Um, no, and no. These types of aircraft land in rough fields all the time in the MEDEVAC role, and they do it almost daily, also, there is no S-76 variant with skids.
The S76 uses about 380 L/hr in cruise flight. It would have to be idling on the ground for 2 hours to use $700 worth of fuel.
Unbelievable. Recheck your math…
Back in 1980 my Dad flew the S76 For 7 Years for Tenneco Petroleum. Corporate Division. He Love the way it Handled and the Horsepower.
You don't know what you're talking about. Unless it took him an hour, in which case NO pilot would just sit there with the engines running.......
Bullshit. I'm a retired helicopter pilot. Bye now 👋
S-76 fuel capacity 281 gallons. Jet A1 price $2.1/gallon.
Where have you found Jet A for $2/gallon? It is almost $6/gallon in Nevada
In the US we don't use Jet-A1, just Jet A, and I have never seen it sell lower than $4.50 a gallon and that was 10 years ago.
Your calculator has malfunction. Please handover it to service department .
Kinda crappy gas mileage on that thing. And you don't hear any of them complaining about 'gas prices'.
Jet engines are interesting. They burn 90% of the fuel at idle as they do wide open. And they do b!tch about fuel cost. Especially when people stop flying because rates are too expensive.
@@tireballastserviceofflorid7771 In the old days with centrifugal flow jet engines and such, yes but even with low bypass fans of the early 60's, idle fuel burn isn't that high. The S-76 ground idle sips fuel and still has good fuel burn at flight RPM. That calc is off bigtime. The S-76 holds 281 gallons, that cost would be about a hair below half it's fuel load and it flew in from somewhere else without refueling.
@@ilm-def8920 No jet of any kind idles efficiently. Some better than others. The units I saw were power plants off a boing 777. Modern by any standard. And made in 2005.
The whole (real) story might be pretty interesting.
why are tires so small ?
Because it only ever needs to land on pristine paved ground they can get away with using very small wheels. In addition the wheels being so small is advantageous in that they can more easily equip retractable landing gear, thus making the helicopter more streamlined in the air. For this type of helicopter a slightly higher top speed is more important than landing on rough ground and so it gets small wheels. In other cases a helicopter may not have any wheels at all and land directly on skids.
@@mmmmm54321 Um, no, and no. These types of aircraft land in rough fields all the time in the MEDEVAC role, and they do it almost daily, also, there is no S-76 variant with skids.
maybe shut it off
They retract.
its a helicopter , not a lorry . lol
Eh
nicely staged and over exageratted!!!! Great clip bait video tho!!!!