Steep Take-off with Eurocopter EC120 B "Colibrì"

[canadadry0g]

EC-120 co-developed by France,Singapore & China in the mid-90s 

[69sethro]

@ Mitchthoma Im wanting to get certified, licensed, to fly the Eurocopter, I was wondering how I would go about doing that?

[69sethro]

are you the pilot of the 120?



[Mitchthoma]

@69sethro yes

[jasonbadler]

wow, that's an awesome video. thanks to the camera person who kept a steady hand and an eye on the bird.

[Mitchthoma]

@jasonbadler ....is my wife!

[us20101]

who know how much cost this heli?

[Mitchthoma]

this helicopter costs, new, about 2 - 2.5 million dollars

[ildanny80]

Ticino, almost the best place on earth ! ;o)

[aheartattack1]

seems a little dangerous, how deep did u go into the dead mans curve?

[gezelle007]

i bet he went pretty deep. the thing looked full too!

[Mitchthoma]

:-)

[Mitchthoma]

you're right, these take-offs are a bit 'dangerous. but this area is full of cables ... imperative a steep takeoff!

[Dito59]

@Mitchthoma so high were the cables that you can´t reach 60 kts inmediately?? there was only a take off route??

[raulrusboy]

@aheartattack That's nothing... In FS21 we regularly spent 1/2hr+ in the height/velocity avoid region. The worst was when we were loaded up with 30mm and rockets, hovering 80ft over a firing pad ;)

[VliengWieng]

How many passengers did you have on this flight?

[Mitchthoma]

Only two pax...