Md 500 in Franz Josef

[diewont]

Loveit~!

[MrRexBivouac]

The pilot looks very short and looks to have big feet ?

[173Nkt117193]

素晴しい操縦ですね！　Great Helicopter Pilot ! The From Japan,

[Dailybabble]

I found a similar product selling for $159 USD if you convert it from Euros. Sexy!!

[rckhopper]

Great piloting and video.

Very enjoyable to watch and terrific scenery .

[Skywakacaptan]

Hi, SZ is a c20 Hughes model. Pilot.

[Benm6111]

@Skywakacaptan listen to these guys bro. sounds like a big wank session aye haha.

[kelleeeykeene2]

Sick heli in a a awesome location!

[readyornot2198]

Excellent flying skills but surely with that sort of flying he's stuffed if the engine packs in, low level and hugging the ridges of the landscape doesn't give him much room for autorotation. Not to mention the possibility of LTE at when he's flying at a slow airspeed. Perhaps i'm over cautious but doesn't it seem as though he's taking some risks?

[Snakedriver0112358]

@readyornot2198 Turbines are very reliable, though I did see one of our OH-58s flame out and crash in front of me after a mission. Engine just hiccuped and MD was able to start it right up on the test stand with no issues. But for the most part flying a turbine helicopter you don't have to worry too much about engine failure. Flying at speed low-level is not a worry with autorotation. I've done numerous high-speed low-level autos in an AH-1 Cobra. The big worry is low speed close to ground

[Snakedriver0112358]

@readyornot2198 . It's the very low speed at less than 50' AGL that is the issue. It's called the Dead Zone. In an autorotation you have to build up or keep energy in the blades so when you are at about 5 feet you can pull collective and use the existing energy to gently put the bird down. If you are too low and slow you run out of options. You drop collective to release the clutch and disengage the xmission to allow the blades to pinwheel. But you may hit the ground before....

[Snakedriver0112358]

@readyornot2198 ...you have built up sufficient blade RPM/energy in order to cushion the landing. That leads to pranging the bird, splaying the skids out, snapping the tail off, etc etc etc. The bigger the bird the harder they fall and a lightweight bird like the loach would be far easier than a Cobra, Apache, Blackhawk, Chinook et al. I've done many to the ground autos and really wouldn't want to have to do it for real in rocks or a slope, etc. You always keep an eye out for a flat spot.

[iceliner1]

Nice ! Top flying ! Love the landing, smooth operator !

[nzheli]

Good video though Like it well done.

[nzheli]

Looks like the Shackleton glacier not the Franz Josef.

HSZ "Screaming Zebra" is a Hughes 500C with a C20 engine.

The rafters in the shot are also a bunch of James Scott's Pilots on the Perth River.

One of them came as close to drowning as you can without dying in this footage.

[diveplane]

great heli this

[queenstowngreg]

James Scott is owner/operator of fox & franz heliservices , he is an absolute top quality man. I lived in franz josef for 2 years and this company really sets a standard . they also fly AS 350's

[queenstowngreg]

@queenstowngreg AS350 ZK BBI & ZK HHM

[1019drummer]

The soundtrack is as cool as the vid itself.

[1019drummer]

A very very fantastic vidio,thanks for sharing. I am 44 yrs old and want my r,wing lic. I hope it isent to late. This my fav flying machine. period. Thanks for sharing.

[Benm6111]

HSZ is a hughes machine not a kawasaki

[ka26agriculture]

Great video! What is the name of the song?

[JamesTCA]

Now that's some flying!

[PLISNO]

The transmission hanging between the rear passengers heads is by no way a design flaw. Remember this chopper was no supposed to be a commercial one, but an observation helicopter for US Army. The rotor head is supported by a fixed mast to the fuse and conected to the transmission by a shaft that runs inside this mast. This way you can have the XSMN changed in 30 min without having to touch the rotor head, blades and flight control rods, by just lowering the transmission from inside the heli.

[elmo575]

The 500c is a quick and agile machine although I think the transmission hanging above and between the rear passengers heads was a bit of a design flaw...

[6mrviagra9]

why did you call it a MD 500 for? its a Hughes 500c but it does have the MD Allison C20B Turbine in it though :)

[av8project]

Hello, I'm no expert, but I will gladly share a bit more technical information hoping to get some positive responds :-)

You may know the "screaming zebra" better than what I do. Are you a pilot or mechanic of ZK-HSZ? I was just a passenger this time.

[av8project]

I do not know if this machine has an Allison 250 - C18 or C20 engines. The visual difference is very small; they are almost identical to the untrained eye. Looking at the engine instruments, it is a bit higher values allowable for the C20, and you have 83shp more, compared to a C18 with 317shp. C20B has 420shp, the technician I talked to says that the engine is different and does not fit into a "Hughes 500C" but it could be that the Kiwis have made some modifications =)

[av8project]

Yes you are right! Hughes 369HS and 369HE (better known as 500C). MD Helicopters is now making the new models, so therefore I chose MD 500 to make it easier for everyone to find how is not so familiar with this helicopter type.

ZK-HSZ can also be made by Kawasaki and when it will be a KH-369HS (KH-500C). If there is someone who knows, I love to hear from you!

civil helicopter lines to MD Helicopters in early 1999th

[av8project]

From Wikipedia:

McDonnell Douglas acquired Hughes Helicopters in January 1984, and from August 1985 the 500E and 530F were built as the MD 500E and MD 530F. Following the 1997 Boeing / McDonnell Douglas merger, Boeing sold the former MD civil helicopter lines to MD Helicopters in early 1999th

[6mrviagra9]

@av8project

some thing like that but the Hughes 500E was first built 1982 then Mc Redesigned and renamed it in 1985 lol!

[6mrviagra9]

first prototype was the C20a turbo shaft first used in the oh-6 cayuse

[motokid032]

@6mrviagra9

Hughes is MD now..What was Hughes is known as McDonnell Douglas now.

Same thing.

[hawker800FO]

@6mrviagra9 because it was built by Hughes/McDonnell Douglas helicopters

[thepiarno]

Excellent! Awesome music too! Thank you for showing!

[av8project]

Hi it is Sacred Spirit, Legends

[spc1972]

cool sounds, who is it?

[av8project]

Yes it's!

[SOKmike]

very good helicoptrer hughes 500 i loveit