Startup & Departure of U.S. Army Lakota, Apache, Blackhawk, & Chinook

[vcMalice]

Well that was cool as hell.

[michaelmiller85]

I'm sure it depends on where the aircraft is going to be flown, but it also depends on the model of chinook.

[BrinsonMHarris]

What color are they painting CH-47s these days? Looks like a much lighter olive drab like Hueys used to wear--definitely not the dark helo drab on Apaches, Kiowas, Blackhawks & Kiowas. Great shots, great audio--no need to add music when turbines & rotors are turning!

[chopperguy2]

Excellent footage. Thanks, Michael.

[flyhelicopter]

Nice vid! :)

[mikldude]

how much harder is it to fly the chinook over a standard chopper? i know very little about copters, but, just looking at it i`m thinking you have to control both rotors?

[michaelmiller85]

@mikldude I'm not a Chinook pilot myself, but a helicopter is a helicopter. The same control inputs react the same as a regular helicopter. That's the beauty of good engineers!

[mikldude]

@michaelmiller85 point taken , cheers mate.

[stot2614]

@mikldude I love the Kiowa (JetRanger), but I just love the sound of the good ole' Chinook. The Chinooks behave a little differently in flight, but like Michael says, they all have the same basic controls. I just know this flrom flying the remote control models, though I am not a regular helicopter pilot (aside from r/c).

[sickler4201]

Always wondered.........what is the purpose of the angled tail rotor on the Blackhawk?

[bhuff10]

@sickler4201

Provides an extra little bit of lift (2.5%) to the rear of the helicopter.

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

awesome.

kiowa is bigger than a common jetranger isnt?

[motokid032]

@sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS

The first gen Kiowa "OH-58C" is a JetRanger..The second gen "OH-58D" is like it with a bigger powerplant and a four blade main rotor more comparable to a Bell 407.

[Nexgcs]

yay

[96sunvalley]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[miGsKills]

I don't know why people think the longbow is ugly. I think it looks bad ass.

[eljan81]

@miGsKills For me it's the device that rests on top of the Blades. I love and hate that thing, same goes for the Kiowa OH58?

Love the main Helicopters.