Bell 429 Part 2 Cockpit and engine start

[mmichaeldonavon]

This is what you call "Information Overload" - no question about it. What ever happened to a few "steam gauges"? Probably the designers, over cocktails, said: "Hey, what about doing this and doing that, and doing this, then we will have ALL of these pages on the MFD's, et al". WAY to much information - but, hey, maybe it's needed (?). And, like someone else has alluded to: Was there a checklist somewhere in the cockpit; I must have overlooked it.

[msnfab]

muiiiiiiiiiito legal..amo tudo isso!!!

[jeepers2655]

holy cow!.......too much to remember,I`ll let the pros fly.

[MAGICDJ5]

I LOVE HELICOPTERS TOO

[sanfranciscobay]

If you want to hear the engine start, it begins shortly after 7:35

[MosJada]

No checklist? Or maybe it doesn't need one?

I'll never forget the first & last time I attempted to startup by memory alone.

Looked like an idiot when I forgot something important, and thankfully it was on the ground instead of in the air.

If you got one, use it.

[Strippednut1]

@MosJada The pilot flying the aircraft actually wrote the flight manual for the 429! He was one of the experimental test pilots in Mirabel.

[oliviamulgrew]

wow fantastic

[BalticaBeer]

Здорово! Авионика весьма хороша

[Hawk777th]

The ticking sound is a vibrator that keeps the mechanical gauges from sticking

[blackhawk438]

@Hawk777th I thought it was the fuel pump

[scrapperCCrunner7]

notice when you can hear that incoming heli he closes the door and you can barely hear it anymore, great soundproofing

[stevenabb]

Imagine if the Microsoft Flight simulator developement team would model this chopper in absolute detail, and imagine if 2 people could virtually fly together as pilot an copilot. Now that would be ONE INCREADIBLE FLIGHT SIMULATOR!!!

[Elhombresombra]

What's the ticking sound?

[stevenabb]

"What is the ticking sound?" ... his pace maker, don't worry about that.

[FunktasticLucky]

@Elhombresombra It's most likely the altimeter. They have a little vibrator in them so they don't get stuck. They are annoying as hell in the KC135 I work on while I'm doing crap upstairs. I usually pull the circuit breaker so it will shut up.

[Elhombresombra]

@FunktasticLucky ...just remember to push it back in, after... ;-) In the airport where I work, there was a guy who, from time to time, pulled the C/B of the engine hour meter to cheat on overhaul hours... UNFORTUNATELY, one day he pulled the "retracted landing gear" warning horn C/B instead, and was a little distracted during the approach, too... SSSSSCRRRRRRRRATCH!!! 8-P

[solentgreen2020]

outstanding , why is it not on a pc game be lots of fun flying it around .

[lollo118]

morti di fame!!!

[Elhombresombra]

?!?... perchè?

[TEXWAKE]

thats badass that you can view the actual CG and balance

[shifttradition]

very nice

[notar1]

great Video