i donate to this helicoptor every month so be grateful one day my money may save your life. or someone more personal to you. not govenment paid it relies on charity.
@eyal060702 Until you actually fly a helicopter yourself, you will NEVER understand. They are difficult to fly, and when you are in tight places the rotor wash can push you all over the place.
I reckon I could manage it but I know its not as easy as it looks. I think coming down would be more dangerous as the risk of vortex ring state. Nicely flown. I fly the r22 so I know what it's all like.
Interesting to see that as the camera pans to the sky, the blurry images of the blades sharpen up considerably... The camera's exposure time must have shortened to give the lower blur.
poppy; if you want to get a transition into multi-engine EMS birds on the civilian side, here in the US, the BEST way is to join the Army. get your Wings,ratings,experience, after a tour or two, get out, join an EMS company, although what we earn in the military is double what your average EMS guy earns....either way, I'm contracting overseas now in SOAG birds, and have secure EMS job waiting. Livin' the dream!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! (as in GOd and not good) when are choppers gonna fly out of them streets without being posted as "SUPEr MAd WICKED ass pilot shizells..." jeeeeeeeeeez
@OsceolaLongBeard It's very hard (and dangerous when unprepared) to land and take-off in such a tight space. There is not much clearance between the buildings, trees and lamp posts. The downwash from the blades can rebound off the buildings and create powerful,swirling turbulence that needs to be counteracted with swift flight control corrections. Like performing surgery on someone's spine; you can afford no mistakes.
@dmo224 wow, you over thought every angle of this didnt you. this guy had plenty of room. landing on a carrier takes more talent and a monkey can do that.
@dmo224 Yep. At the same time, it's the operation in very dangerous zone aerodynamically. Vertical climbing like that? You would have to worry about anti-torque system effectiveness loss. Also once out of ground effect, settling with power will be another serious concern.
I always see this chopper flying over London from my office. This, and the police Blue / Yellow chopper, and Chinook's and Apache's. ALWAYS, like every day or so.
This manuever would never be allowed or attempted in the states. With tall obstructions and trees wihin feet of chopper. Wow, this was far too risky for that pilot to decide to go forward. A warning and a black flag to him/her. Air ambulance has the higest rate of fatal crash for non-commercial avaiation. no way. do not do this. wow.
Yes, it's a pro. But pro's do landings & take offs like this. I've made dozens of landings on a navy frigate, looking like a moving small stamp from 1500ft.
@resdetruti I would have crashed on the first post? Seeing as I've never piloted a helicopter, probably so. I certainly wouldn't attempt it in my first few months of training. I just don't see what's so amazing about this for a normal pilot in no wind. Nice job? Yes. Amazing? Not really.
@bddc201 devi ammettere che il suo lavoro lo sa fare molto bene , e appunto, visto che non sei un pilota di elicotteri,non vedo perchè sminuire il lavoro ben fatto di un'altra persona !! anche a me è sembrato fantastico !!
The MD explorer has proven itself outstanding in Europe but for some reason you don't see many used by air medical operators in the U.S. They all seem to prefer the Eurocopter ec-135 and ec-145.
@dafrandle thats just a trick on the eyes there actually spinning so fast it looks like there going slow kinda like when your driving along next to a car and the wheels seem to spin both ways
Looks like its just a max performance takeoff, never heard it called a "OGE departure" before. We would just call them a max perf takeoff. Pull in your OGE hover Q for the day (probably around 80%) and then slowly transition your cyclic forward.
Hardest part is keeping your drift cues in sight to keep you from slamming your rotor into one of those buildings.
Well he is supposed to drift aft cus this is a cat 2 takeoff or whatever its called. This is in case of eng failure he will be able to autorotate back to the same spot he took off from.
Same as when taking off from a helideck at a hospital or similar.
Oh and for the non-pilots out there, this isn't an amazing take-off, it's standard for anyone learning. All you have to do is scan for drift, which old matey actually did drift aft. But I'm not going to critisise him because he is doing an awesome job!!!!
It's called a maximum performance take-off. It's usually performed when there is no room to make a running take-off. It's not necessarily "extremely dangerous" to take off like that. It's one of the required maneuvers any trainee helicopter has to make in order to get his pilot's certificate.I mean, the pilot had to go out the way he came in. The idea is that once you get to a safe altitude that clears all obstacles, you push the cyclic forward and get the hell out of there.
whats amazing about it is that its extremely dangerous to take off like that, if he had an engine failure there would be no recovering from it. typically helicopters only get about 10 feet off the ground until reaching about 60kts forward airspeed. you need forward airspeed to arrest the rate of descent if an engine failure occurs. its called the "height/velocity diagram" look it up some time.
Spoken like a true student with 30 hours. You do whatever it takes, it would have been more dangerous to go flying low level through the streets in between buildings and power lines at 60 knots. There are going to be plenty of times where you will be out of the height velocity diagram, even during a check ride for your private license. It's called a maximum performance takeoff.
That is a standard take off for London HEMS. The MD900/902 is a twin engine machine with CAT 1 Performance, meaning it has the ability to continue on if one engine quits.
That's why he is flying a twin dumbass! Yes there is a "H/V" graph but he is minimising the time spent in it. Maybe you should look up the graph for this machine instead of treading on your dick trying to sound smart. 60kts/10 feet? where did you get that BS? a standard transition starts just after the onset of ETL. This was an OGE departure because of the crowd and obstacles IN FRONT! And if he did have an engine failure he'd come straight down or he'd convert height into speed and flyaway.
@ClearedToLand7 Aside from the overbearing and condescending tone to go with the foul language, wow, so incredibly brilliant. You have got to be God's gift to all things helicopters. Thanks so much for weighing in with your expert opinion. What do you fly for a living?
@aligerous, obviously you are probably old and would take offence to a sneeze. I can't believe you are getting you're back up from someone else's put down. How about minding your own business. I hate it when people post comments, trying to make themselves look like they know what they are talking about. They hide behind their keyboard. Watch my videos and you'll figure out what I fly for a living. And no, I'm not God's gift to helicopters, and I would like to point out that we keep learning.
@ClearedToLand7 Let me get this straight. You call a guy a "dumbass" say he is "treading on his dick" say he is "trying to look smart" and ask him where he got that "BS." After the insults you begin to pontificate on a "standard transition" and an "OGE departure." I call you on your tirade by pointing out your foul language (fact) and condescending tone (fact) and you say I am probably "old" and I should mind my own business. Priceless. We keep learning? You seem to know it all already.
@aligerous Foul language? LOL, you wouldn't survive 2 mins in a real pilot's crew room if you're offended by dick, ass, and BS. I didn't even spell the last one out if you hadn't noticed. Looks like you've been reading the thesaurus this morning hey? Big words from a small keyboard mate. What's you're point? stating facts? There is plenty of factual information on the internet, how about going and quoting someone else and leave this topic alone. Do you think I will be offended by your banter?
@ClearedToLand7 Is, "out of ground effect departure" military speak for a maximum performance takeoff? Yes there was nothing amazing about that and yes I do use a lot of foul language.
@FJones9508 Fckn hey! ;-) yes the OGE (out of ground effect) is a military term. We used to call it a Cat 4 departure but someone decided that the same shit different day needed to be called something else. God I love change fatigue!
Well you best start learning now because that is not a EC 135 T2, that my friend is an MD 902 Explorer, if you really knew about helicopters you would realize that as it's got the patented NOTAR system which is unique to McDonald Douglas helicopters, the NOTAR means 'no tail rotor' instead they have a nozle at the back which rotates causing the downwash to hug the side of the tail countering the torque. But what you said about the US, I might try that if the army won't have me, thanks for that
Am I reading that correctly? The helicopter has a logo/is sponsored by Virgin? Is it ethically right to have a billion dollar corporate company sponsor an air ambulance?
Why not? All of New Zealand's dozens of rescue helicopters - including Auckland's "Westpac Rescue Helicopter" - are plastered with the branding of all their different sponsors. Better than nothing...
Air Ambulances are not NASCARs. I feel there is a certain amount of respect that needs to come with providing emergency health services such as air ambulances. Police cars don't have sponsored cruisers, fire engines don't have "Windows" plastered all over the side of the truck, and unless the helicopter is actually a Virgin helicopter, I don't think they should be a flying billboard when picking up a very sick patient.
They are not comparable, the costs for flying and maintaing a helicopter is far greater then any of them and they are not usually funded by the government meaning if they are not sponsored they would not be able to run and save people lives
Do you know how much a Eurocopter costs to operate per hour? Do you really think that the money just appears since the governments does not provide funds for them. They have to make the money somehow and as long as they can keep flying to save lives I don't care how many ads they put on those choppers.
Helicopters cost a lot of money and without sponsership and a lot of donations air ambulances would not be able to operate as I know in Britain the goverenment doesn't fund them at all, not sure about other countries
i donate to this helicoptor every month so be grateful one day my money may save your life. or someone more personal to you. not govenment paid it relies on charity.
shal351968 2 months ago
i dont understand what is so amazing here so he just get up to the air............ :P
eyal060702 2 months ago
@eyal060702 Until you actually fly a helicopter yourself, you will NEVER understand. They are difficult to fly, and when you are in tight places the rotor wash can push you all over the place.
PatMan0183 1 month ago
where's part 2 and 1
DimsimMaster 2 months ago
lol how with camera frame-rate the rotors seems to be spinning super-slow
Treblaine 2 months ago
MY heli would just suckon straight to anything.
That was no less then a specific position the pillot chose to land in.
coaxialgyro 2 months ago
wow, impressive piloting.
neilp2 3 months ago
No it's not! That's how text messages get sent on the Virgin network...
micropod 3 months ago 2
I would not like too go i that chopper and i was a Virgin and had just had my dick/balls cut of VIRGIN !!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :)!?!??!?!.
TobyParr 3 months ago
I reckon I could manage it but I know its not as easy as it looks. I think coming down would be more dangerous as the risk of vortex ring state. Nicely flown. I fly the r22 so I know what it's all like.
benjyboba 3 months ago
Oh man, the ground effect coming off the side of the building had to be something to contend with!
perryinjax 4 months ago
That looks like me when im playing gta
firstdicehawk 4 months ago 30
bloody cyclists
NuguSmedley 4 months ago
Interesting to see that as the camera pans to the sky, the blurry images of the blades sharpen up considerably... The camera's exposure time must have shortened to give the lower blur.
JMMC1005 4 months ago
Fuck me... thats how it's done!
4crevis 4 months ago
emergency pick-up for virgins. nice.
dgrover25 4 months ago
@dgrover25 hhhahahahahah!!!!!
Wambatkilla 3 months ago
poppy; if you want to get a transition into multi-engine EMS birds on the civilian side, here in the US, the BEST way is to join the Army. get your Wings,ratings,experience, after a tour or two, get out, join an EMS company, although what we earn in the military is double what your average EMS guy earns....either way, I'm contracting overseas now in SOAG birds, and have secure EMS job waiting. Livin' the dream!
Mrdesertsnake1991 4 months ago
don't clip the tree
AS474923 5 months ago
Whats to incredible?? I do this every day....(And not on a gay video game either!)
Mrdesertsnake1991 5 months ago
@Mrdesertsnake1991 where? how should i get started? im serious.
poppypizza 4 months ago
Where was that? In germany? The identification code sad something like D-DOWS....
thebest5451 5 months ago
@thebest5451 Kensington, London
danny999911 5 months ago
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! (as in GOd and not good) when are choppers gonna fly out of them streets without being posted as "SUPEr MAd WICKED ass pilot shizells..." jeeeeeeeeeez
leviterande 5 months ago
Richard Branson needed a danish from his favorite downtown bakery.
definedsuccess 5 months ago 3
Only the very best pilots get to be considered for a job like this. That is why most, if not all, air ambulance pilots come from the armed forces.
TheSpiritof1969 5 months ago
@TheSpiritof1969 that really is not difficult to do, any qualified helicopter pilot can do that. Nothing special.
jonathane1976 5 months ago
That is not a cramped position.
rea1001 5 months ago
Start end?
ThePlitek234 5 months ago
The autopilot is working !!
pedromorgan99 6 months ago
what is amazing about this??
OsceolaLongBeard 6 months ago
@OsceolaLongBeard It's very hard (and dangerous when unprepared) to land and take-off in such a tight space. There is not much clearance between the buildings, trees and lamp posts. The downwash from the blades can rebound off the buildings and create powerful,swirling turbulence that needs to be counteracted with swift flight control corrections. Like performing surgery on someone's spine; you can afford no mistakes.
dmo224 6 months ago
@dmo224 wow, you over thought every angle of this didnt you. this guy had plenty of room. landing on a carrier takes more talent and a monkey can do that.
OsceolaLongBeard 5 months ago
@OsceolaLongBeard Yes, absolutely
dmo224 5 months ago
@OsceolaLongBeard on a carrier the deck pitches and heaves, but you dont have buildings on two sides that fuck you over with backwash...
52111centrumcz 5 months ago
@dmo224 Yep. At the same time, it's the operation in very dangerous zone aerodynamically. Vertical climbing like that? You would have to worry about anti-torque system effectiveness loss. Also once out of ground effect, settling with power will be another serious concern.
MrGoldenmango 5 months ago
Sponsor them sponsor them ... it means lives wil be saved ...
shabbypants54 6 months ago
I'd rather my sick ass was shipped to hospital in a sponsored heliciopter than not at all!!!!!!
davew1234 6 months ago in playlist Flyg 22
@davew1234 And well to be honest, here in England it's free of charge ;D
AliM744 2 months ago
I always see this chopper flying over London from my office. This, and the police Blue / Yellow chopper, and Chinook's and Apache's. ALWAYS, like every day or so.
tonyppe 6 months ago
Man ,I just love that sound ....
FilippoCosentino 7 months ago 2
the b;ades look like spining slowly
cedricrahardjo 7 months ago
Holland
kesorev 7 months ago
Crazy Russians.
xxxxcocotazoxxxx 7 months ago
lmao you wouldnt be able to do that in NY streets
sawyerbobby 7 months ago
Those rotor blades are moving really slow!
hajenchri 8 months ago
love its blade, looking like moving in slowmotion...
wind8565 8 months ago
man you said it all
ripcurl010 9 months ago
This manuever would never be allowed or attempted in the states. With tall obstructions and trees wihin feet of chopper. Wow, this was far too risky for that pilot to decide to go forward. A warning and a black flag to him/her. Air ambulance has the higest rate of fatal crash for non-commercial avaiation. no way. do not do this. wow.
dukegreg 9 months ago
Yes, it's a pro. But pro's do landings & take offs like this. I've made dozens of landings on a navy frigate, looking like a moving small stamp from 1500ft.
Rob260259 9 months ago
Dead Mans curve.......
stevenjbutcher 9 months ago
Uhm, why is this amazing?
bddc201 9 months ago
@bddc201 it's not easy to landing and take off a helicopter between the building that close. must be a pro pilot is needed to do that.
aeromodeling 9 months ago
@bddc201 Agree...this is everyday operations for any commercial rotorcraft rated pilot. However, I am sure the pilot appreciates the kind comments.
Jerseyboy38 9 months ago
@bddc201 tu ti saresti schiantato sul primo palo !!!!!!
resdetruti 8 months ago
@resdetruti English?
bddc201 8 months ago
@bddc201 Google translator !!!!
resdetruti 8 months ago
@resdetruti I would have crashed on the first post? Seeing as I've never piloted a helicopter, probably so. I certainly wouldn't attempt it in my first few months of training. I just don't see what's so amazing about this for a normal pilot in no wind. Nice job? Yes. Amazing? Not really.
bddc201 8 months ago
@bddc201 devi ammettere che il suo lavoro lo sa fare molto bene , e appunto, visto che non sei un pilota di elicotteri,non vedo perchè sminuire il lavoro ben fatto di un'altra persona !! anche a me è sembrato fantastico !!
resdetruti 8 months ago
i was there
gregg3791 9 months ago
I was bout to ask if this was a medical airlift until i seen the "Virgin" logo on the side
XGCKrazyK 9 months ago
all this for a cyclist???
denisrenelara 9 months ago
first time i see an helicopter like that in the street, may be he just stoped by to bring
his wife some eggs and milk...
sjmunoz 9 months ago
@shahzebamin The camera is just to slow... :)
kingsharkoon 10 months ago
@kingsharkoon Yup, most consumer camcorders have a slow frame rate (FPS) making the blades look as if they are moving slow or not at all.
XGCKrazyK 9 months ago
not that amazing!
neavissa 10 months ago
Those types of helicopters always leave me amazed with their lack of a tail rotor.
WinzoIsAEpicFail 10 months ago
There's a virgin in that choppa!!!!!
AARON691983 11 months ago
The MD explorer has proven itself outstanding in Europe but for some reason you don't see many used by air medical operators in the U.S. They all seem to prefer the Eurocopter ec-135 and ec-145.
helokero 11 months ago
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lastpunkedstanding 1 year ago
show's like when i play GTA xD
marco203 1 year ago
I always found it funny that (British owned land) always have their emergency staff uniforms and vehicles plastered with logos and sponsorship.
psygn0sis 1 year ago
you want short blades for this... and closed windows if you're living there :)
TsuKing 1 year ago
Good old MD902... bigger inside and quieter than the EC135!!
bertie888 1 year ago
looks like UK lol
dangerardo80 1 year ago
Rotor blades always look like that when they're videotaped.
USMCMaverick 1 year ago
that whole thing trick of the eye where the blades look like they've slowed way down is SUCH a mindfuck XD
j4o4h4n4 1 year ago
thats a samll heli and why is it sping so slow when its higher ( the baldes)
dafrandle 1 year ago
@dafrandle thats just a trick on the eyes there actually spinning so fast it looks like there going slow kinda like when your driving along next to a car and the wheels seem to spin both ways
yoyohomi3 1 year ago
yup, flying helos around nz would be a lot of helicopter pilots dreams, with the scenery and all.
cameronbosco 1 year ago
Where is part 1 and 2? Cant find them on your page or anywhere. If there isnt one, why is this part 3?
phillipsbase 1 year ago
that's a good use of a small 5 blades rotor...
robbiethehood 1 year ago
Looks like its just a max performance takeoff, never heard it called a "OGE departure" before. We would just call them a max perf takeoff. Pull in your OGE hover Q for the day (probably around 80%) and then slowly transition your cyclic forward.
Hardest part is keeping your drift cues in sight to keep you from slamming your rotor into one of those buildings.
snipey6 1 year ago
i thought it was the virgin air guy
caveman357 1 year ago
Thanks! But it's still fucking ugly hehe
onecheman 1 year ago
Pilot: " Oh shit its my 10th anniversary remind me to stop by The Body Shop and get my wife a gift on the way back to the hospital."
Co-Pilot: "Wtf we can't land here we are gonna get a ticket!!"
Orangebike666 1 year ago 22
What a ugly tail have these Eurocopter
onecheman 1 year ago
@onecheman its called NOTAR
808573R 1 year ago
@onecheman no Eurocopter craft uses NOTAR. Looks like an MD Explorer.
noryal 1 year ago
Innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnccccccccredable
tn163ta 1 year ago 2
the sound is awesome...
TheGrumpstein 1 year ago
All seatle around till he pitches up... :D
nice to see so percise skills...
NOTAR helping a lot... :)
KraljLazar 1 year ago
The McDonnald Douglas 902 Notar is a Nice Heli!
PingCrack 1 year ago
Just a normal start! Were is the big deal?
realcarthesian 1 year ago
Well he is supposed to drift aft cus this is a cat 2 takeoff or whatever its called. This is in case of eng failure he will be able to autorotate back to the same spot he took off from.
Same as when taking off from a helideck at a hospital or similar.
CaptSkoglund 2 years ago
Oh and for the non-pilots out there, this isn't an amazing take-off, it's standard for anyone learning. All you have to do is scan for drift, which old matey actually did drift aft. But I'm not going to critisise him because he is doing an awesome job!!!!
ClearedToLand7 2 years ago
It's called a maximum performance take-off. It's usually performed when there is no room to make a running take-off. It's not necessarily "extremely dangerous" to take off like that. It's one of the required maneuvers any trainee helicopter has to make in order to get his pilot's certificate.I mean, the pilot had to go out the way he came in. The idea is that once you get to a safe altitude that clears all obstacles, you push the cyclic forward and get the hell out of there.
stargazerdog 2 years ago
I meant to say that "any trainee helicopter pilot" has to be able to perform this maneuver.
stargazerdog 2 years ago
whats amazing about it is that its extremely dangerous to take off like that, if he had an engine failure there would be no recovering from it. typically helicopters only get about 10 feet off the ground until reaching about 60kts forward airspeed. you need forward airspeed to arrest the rate of descent if an engine failure occurs. its called the "height/velocity diagram" look it up some time.
enderdragoon 2 years ago
Spoken like a true student with 30 hours. You do whatever it takes, it would have been more dangerous to go flying low level through the streets in between buildings and power lines at 60 knots. There are going to be plenty of times where you will be out of the height velocity diagram, even during a check ride for your private license. It's called a maximum performance takeoff.
FJones9508 2 years ago
That is a standard take off for London HEMS. The MD900/902 is a twin engine machine with CAT 1 Performance, meaning it has the ability to continue on if one engine quits.
cptjim 2 years ago
That's why he is flying a twin dumbass! Yes there is a "H/V" graph but he is minimising the time spent in it. Maybe you should look up the graph for this machine instead of treading on your dick trying to sound smart. 60kts/10 feet? where did you get that BS? a standard transition starts just after the onset of ETL. This was an OGE departure because of the crowd and obstacles IN FRONT! And if he did have an engine failure he'd come straight down or he'd convert height into speed and flyaway.
ClearedToLand7 2 years ago
@ClearedToLand7 Aside from the overbearing and condescending tone to go with the foul language, wow, so incredibly brilliant. You have got to be God's gift to all things helicopters. Thanks so much for weighing in with your expert opinion. What do you fly for a living?
aligerous 1 year ago
@aligerous, obviously you are probably old and would take offence to a sneeze. I can't believe you are getting you're back up from someone else's put down. How about minding your own business. I hate it when people post comments, trying to make themselves look like they know what they are talking about. They hide behind their keyboard. Watch my videos and you'll figure out what I fly for a living. And no, I'm not God's gift to helicopters, and I would like to point out that we keep learning.
ClearedToLand7 1 year ago
@ClearedToLand7 Let me get this straight. You call a guy a "dumbass" say he is "treading on his dick" say he is "trying to look smart" and ask him where he got that "BS." After the insults you begin to pontificate on a "standard transition" and an "OGE departure." I call you on your tirade by pointing out your foul language (fact) and condescending tone (fact) and you say I am probably "old" and I should mind my own business. Priceless. We keep learning? You seem to know it all already.
aligerous 1 year ago
@aligerous Foul language? LOL, you wouldn't survive 2 mins in a real pilot's crew room if you're offended by dick, ass, and BS. I didn't even spell the last one out if you hadn't noticed. Looks like you've been reading the thesaurus this morning hey? Big words from a small keyboard mate. What's you're point? stating facts? There is plenty of factual information on the internet, how about going and quoting someone else and leave this topic alone. Do you think I will be offended by your banter?
ClearedToLand7 1 year ago
@ClearedToLand7 Is, "out of ground effect departure" military speak for a maximum performance takeoff? Yes there was nothing amazing about that and yes I do use a lot of foul language.
FJones9508 1 year ago
@FJones9508 Fckn hey! ;-) yes the OGE (out of ground effect) is a military term. We used to call it a Cat 4 departure but someone decided that the same shit different day needed to be called something else. God I love change fatigue!
ClearedToLand7 1 year ago
Well into the H/V curve. Very very risky unless top notch reliability. Good stuff.
anzac68 2 years ago
anyone catch the virgin sponser on the side of the heli?
oliverlebot 2 years ago
This is especially incredible given how close those rotors are from the store fronts! Thanks for sharing one of the many wonders of helicopters!
stot2614 2 years ago
when does the amazing part start?
dirtTdude 2 years ago
i dont understand it... this is amazing?... this is hard work? just a take off to the small street...
7Chew7Bacca7 2 years ago
INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNCREDIBLE =)
depeche88 2 years ago 2
that will be me flying that eirocopter EC 135 T2 in a view years time, is quater the price to learn to fly in the US than it is in europe
watsdastoriwitya 2 years ago
I'm trying to do the same, and yea although the cost is less in the states, it's still a cool ~60K
Would love to do it, but just gotta wait to win the lottery first I think XD
EuropaBloke 2 years ago
Well you best start learning now because that is not a EC 135 T2, that my friend is an MD 902 Explorer, if you really knew about helicopters you would realize that as it's got the patented NOTAR system which is unique to McDonald Douglas helicopters, the NOTAR means 'no tail rotor' instead they have a nozle at the back which rotates causing the downwash to hug the side of the tail countering the torque. But what you said about the US, I might try that if the army won't have me, thanks for that
SheepJumpFish 2 years ago
its what im doing, the AAC rejected me because of a knee injury, now im doing my PPL here in the UK and going over to the states to do my CPL
cdtoadams 2 years ago
Am I reading that correctly? The helicopter has a logo/is sponsored by Virgin? Is it ethically right to have a billion dollar corporate company sponsor an air ambulance?
hockeynpolo 2 years ago
Why not? All of New Zealand's dozens of rescue helicopters - including Auckland's "Westpac Rescue Helicopter" - are plastered with the branding of all their different sponsors. Better than nothing...
thekiwicanuck 2 years ago 14
Air Ambulances are not NASCARs. I feel there is a certain amount of respect that needs to come with providing emergency health services such as air ambulances. Police cars don't have sponsored cruisers, fire engines don't have "Windows" plastered all over the side of the truck, and unless the helicopter is actually a Virgin helicopter, I don't think they should be a flying billboard when picking up a very sick patient.
hockeynpolo 2 years ago
but if it means they get money it will allow them to carry on saving lives. surely this can only be a good point. correct me if i'm wrong.
vanillafudge123 2 years ago 25
They are not comparable, the costs for flying and maintaing a helicopter is far greater then any of them and they are not usually funded by the government meaning if they are not sponsored they would not be able to run and save people lives
SheepJumpFish 2 years ago
@hockeynpolo
Do you know how much a Eurocopter costs to operate per hour? Do you really think that the money just appears since the governments does not provide funds for them. They have to make the money somehow and as long as they can keep flying to save lives I don't care how many ads they put on those choppers.
Sting3733 1 year ago
Helicopters cost a lot of money and without sponsership and a lot of donations air ambulances would not be able to operate as I know in Britain the goverenment doesn't fund them at all, not sure about other countries
SheepJumpFish 2 years ago
Amazing video.
nick27c 2 years ago
cool
ddogz825 2 years ago