EC 155 Start up, take off and landing offshore

[lolatyou666]

norway is the clear winner of the north sea ! ;)

[RotaryWinger]

this is an amazing bird, everything a pilot could want :)

[MrAlemanio]

Thanks for your explanations.

[mrhelichopper]

It is the Hydraulic pump being tested. :-)

[b3nighted]

no map display?... We have the small one, but at least we have one :)

[mrhelichopper]

It would just be extra weight to carry around and reduce the payload we can offer. Not much to see on a map when your over the sea ;-)

[b3nighted]

true, true.. if the choppers are used exclusively for offshore... but those'd have been the best 5 kg to invest if working on land as well :) the ec155 is quite weak... we have the vip version and with 8pax it's a challenge to take off at >30 celsius. and when there's no room to do a rolling takeoff we have to eke out some speed using high rpm, else...

[b3nighted]

also, I think you have the B1 not the regular B

[mrhelichopper]

We do have the B1 and it is a fantastic machine :-)

[ag4yo]

Camera must have been duct taped to the head of a chicken with all the jerking about. LOL! Still fun video, thanks.

[1husi]

LOL!!!!!!!

[jsaleen17]

Love it. Thanks. Feel free to add more.

[mrhelichopper]

Thanks for the comment and I am glad you enjoyed the video.

For me flying is everything I hoped it would be. I enjoy every moment. If it is your thing then go for it.

[hd96flstc]

You make it look easy!

Thanks for posting.

[mrhelichopper]

That depends which system and what we want to check......

[AntonyTH]

Nice video!

You are dutch aren't you?

You fly for Bristow? Or chc? Dancopter?

[mrhelichopper]

CHC at the moment :-)

[d2gizzo]

On the takeoff, what was the net on the ground for? Is it to stop the wheels from slipping in wet conditions? Good video. I enjoyed it.

[shadddey5]

sry i really don't know i thought this was an ec-135 not a 155

[mrhelichopper]

The net serves a few purposes.

It helps prevent the helicopter from sliding on the deck.

It gives passengers something to grab should they fall over (particularly in very high winds)

It helps keep fire extinguishing foam on the helideck if it is used.

[d2gizzo]

Thank you for explaining that for me :). I didn't realise there was that much to them. Interesting....Thanks!

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

I imagined what ... is very easy to understand

But many people found it difficult

this effect is good and can be very useful step to see the cyclic and collective rotor!

[austi24]

what kinda mission was you doing?

[letterio1980]

YOU ARE A GREAT!!!

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

hahaha the rotor don't spin!!1

[tarius85]

It's only an optical illusion. The frame rate of the camera is (almost) identical to the RPM (Rotation Per Minute) of the main rotor. That means that each time a frame is taken by the camera, the rotor makes a full rotation. This is called Stroboscopic Effect.

[shadddey5]

that takes the award for being smartest comment on youtube

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

very good!!!

I live near a hospital and once landed a ec-155!!!

[mrhelichopper]

Thanks Tom. Glad you liked it and hope you like the others.

[parmo4life]

is this the north sea ? which sector ? i work offshore at uk sns.

[mrhelichopper]

Yes it is the North sea and in the Dutch sector.

[johno01970]

nice video

[mrhelichopper]

Thanks and glad you liked it. I will tr to make the time to make some more soon.

[bumblechicken69]

What happens if you hit the water? Any flotation devices? Can you even auto-rotate from that height?

Wow, look how rock steady the RPMs are. :)

[mrhelichopper]

We have a great deal of safety equipment onboard including floats that can be deployed by either pilot or automatically if we ditch.

We have two engines so the requirement to autorotate is a remote one. The Take-off and landing profiles that we use are designed to enable us to either land or to fly away and land somewhere else using just the one engine.

I was also amazed and how steady the Rrpm is held!

Thanks for the comments and I hope you all enjoyed the video.

[notar1]

wow great footage

[n2dauphin]

Great video!

[livingtheF1dream]

Ere mister, aren't the blades supposed to be going round?

Blade Stop, Blade Stop......

Was that the FlyCam strapped to your headset? If so, it's pretty darn good.

[mrhelichopper]

Maybe that is how Eurocopter made the 155 so smooth, they actually stop the rotor in forward flight, amazing!

Yes it is the FlyCam on my headset, not bad at all for such a small camera. For some reason it stopped recording which is a shame as I would have liked some more approaches and departures.

[mrshelichopper]

Nice to see how it all works from a pilots view