Curious. What kind of stress/damage is inflicted on a helicopter after continuous autorotation practicing. What type of post inspection or maintenance is required? Great video by the way! Thanks
Congratulation to Mr. Chris Helton.Must be a CW3 Warrant Officer ? Perfect Autorotation with the Jet Ranger. Best Wishes to Mr. Helton from Germany. Heli Ed.
Back in '69--w/ 1st Aviation BDE---I was a door gunner on a Huey--(UH-1)...engine failure in torrential rains---auto rotation got us down on the ground...but I'll tell you--you have to hand it to the Warrant Officer Pilots---
To me-it felt like I was inside a rock and just droppin like one! Winds didn't help at the time either---small clearing was a God send for us
Anyway--great to see this type training on YOU TUBE
Great video! I loved doing autos in the 206! In my training, we had to keep it between 52 KIAS (minimum descent) and 69 KIAS (max glide), so looking at the indicator down around 40 for those guys was making me uneasy.
@motokid032 The problem is that grass is not a predictable landing surface. If one skid hits a soft spot or is uneven after you have committed, the result can be catastrophic. Asphalt is uniform, predictable, and a "known". At Ft. Rucker, for helos with skids, they have (or used to have) mountable shoes made of a very hard alloy for run-on landings that wore down for Auto training. The skid was saved from the excessive wear . I don't see them here but what outstanding flying! HOOAH!
woah, was that last one a vertical descent auto? Didn't think a full-scale could do that.
ShuRugal1 2 months ago
I understand that you can still use the main rotor with auto rotation but how does the tail rotor keep spinning?
victorkapustin 5 months ago
@victorkapustin They are connected via driveshaft
TheFr3sh1 4 months ago
Wow Amazing !!!
FTLDL21 8 months ago
Curious. What kind of stress/damage is inflicted on a helicopter after continuous autorotation practicing. What type of post inspection or maintenance is required? Great video by the way! Thanks
adminaeg 1 year ago 12
If its Bell its swell!
nipponhouseplayer 1 year ago
great stuff!
TheSwimcoach 1 year ago
Congratulation to Mr. Chris Helton.Must be a CW3 Warrant Officer ? Perfect Autorotation with the Jet Ranger. Best Wishes to Mr. Helton from Germany. Heli Ed.
edkressl 2 years ago
3:10 best auto out of the bunch.
DMFK1981 2 years ago 2
rad!!!! These pilots/pilot know whats going on, great precision, thanks for posting
lukefled 2 years ago
What stagefield did they use?
joshs74nova 2 years ago
GREAT VIDEO....
Back in '69--w/ 1st Aviation BDE---I was a door gunner on a Huey--(UH-1)...engine failure in torrential rains---auto rotation got us down on the ground...but I'll tell you--you have to hand it to the Warrant Officer Pilots---
To me-it felt like I was inside a rock and just droppin like one! Winds didn't help at the time either---small clearing was a God send for us
Anyway--great to see this type training on YOU TUBE
km2711 2 years ago
Those wer some really good auto set downs!
helobelow 2 years ago
WOW!
Really impressive!
Smoky26 2 years ago
These guys are good.
Perfect autos.
Great training video also.
Well done.
chopperace 2 years ago
Nice, but unfortunately always the same! It would be very interesting to see the pilot working with the stearing instruments during autorotation!
thepiarno 2 years ago
He's working with the anti-torque pedals the whole time dude.
motokid032 2 years ago
i love making Autos with my RC helicopter but it is amazing how real scale helicopters can do the same 5stars
Nader703 2 years ago
Except in a real one you better not screw it up and hope you have enough altitude on your side when it happens.
helobelow 2 years ago
Great Video!! Have any more on helicopters?
notar1 2 years ago
the one in 4:20 was coming in crazy fast
xTorhnx212 2 years ago
Great video! I loved doing autos in the 206! In my training, we had to keep it between 52 KIAS (minimum descent) and 69 KIAS (max glide), so looking at the indicator down around 40 for those guys was making me uneasy.
Trevlac217 2 years ago
love the low rotor slap.
motokid032 2 years ago
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motokid032 2 years ago
This video is so cool
Mockeraina 2 years ago
Auto with turn from what, maybe 300 feet AGL? Those Bell helicopters do maintain rotor rpm eh?
nvdwarrior 3 years ago
Ahh that sound of the OH-58 is just music to my ears!
Mockeraina 3 years ago
Left pedal!
motokid032 3 years ago
Very nice, couldn't you save those skids a little bit and use the grass though?
motokid032 3 years ago
@motokid032 The problem is that grass is not a predictable landing surface. If one skid hits a soft spot or is uneven after you have committed, the result can be catastrophic. Asphalt is uniform, predictable, and a "known". At Ft. Rucker, for helos with skids, they have (or used to have) mountable shoes made of a very hard alloy for run-on landings that wore down for Auto training. The skid was saved from the excessive wear . I don't see them here but what outstanding flying! HOOAH!
WarEagle122 1 year ago 7