MD500 Helicopter - How to start + Limitations

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This video goes through the sequence of how to start this C Model MD500 Helicopter. Along with showing out to start it and what to look for while starting, I also talk about some of the different limitations on you TOT, starter/generator and when to abort the start.

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[mjcygnus]

why do you wait till the clock is at 5 before you hit start button?

[michaelmiller85]

@mjcygnus It gives you a chance to start the clock and then not to rush to start the start sequence and mess it up. Start the clock, count to five and then press the starter button makes the start sequence easier and safer to do.

[michaelmiller85]

The helicopter compensates for the differential relative wind (airspeed going through the rotor disc) through cyclic feathering and blade flapping. The advancing blade (the portion of the blade that is going to the front of the aircraft) flaps up naturally because of the increased amount of relative wind entering the rotor disc, thus reducing the Angle of Attack (the amount of wind that it is actually taking a bite out of to produce lift).

[michaelmiller85]

The retreating blade (the portion of the blade the proceeds to the rear of the aircraft) is exact opposite. It flaps down, increasing the angle of attack, equalling a greater amount of lift. Different angles of attack between the advancing and retreating, thus producing equal amount of lift allowing the helicopter to fly without rolling over.

[goatlube]

this could be a great video tutorial for basic gas turbine operation if professionally produced..info is outstanding..having said that , isn't this a little bit "too much freely available information" ? a chopper pilot once said to me when asked about procedures.. "for me to know & you to find out" . a 17 yr old & his mate once tried to thieve a Bell 206 from Lucknow in australia back in 89 ..neither were pilots & results were fatal for one & got the idea from watching a movie. just a thought

[michaelmiller85]

@goatlube I would have to say that there is that risk. Even though it is a little off topic, it is kind of like drugs. If there is a will, there is a way to get the stuff, same with how to start up a helicopter. I don't know:)

[MyDogBob2001]

thanks for sharing, hope to back in one after a long hiatus

[Bagwsp]

@jsaleen17 You should go to Webster/Dictionary(dot)com/etc­. and listen to the pronunciation for the word "Turbine". They're both correct, and the way he pronounced it is considered to be the dominant pronunciation of the English language. There's always a bigger troll. Problem? :D

[pacrat90]

Awesome video! Too bad there wasn't an actual start....

[Tawanamakuri]

Hughes 500 D*

[Tawanamakuri]

I flew in that chopper when i was 3 years old in Argentina, it used to be LV-RAL and my dad was a friend of the guy that owned that chopper.

I've got some photos of that chopper, it was painted Yellow with blue and white!

He sold that one and bought a Hughes 500.

I think i flew it on San carlos de Bariloche or San Martin de los Andes.

My dad had 4 hughes 500(C,D,E)

There's a website that show's im correct that this chopper was LV-RAL but can't post it because youtube wont let me

:)good memories.

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

thank for this .

[PegasusRomeo1]

@Afrocanuk Well because #1 - well trained pilots won't hot start the engine. #2 - The combustion process in the turbine engine relies on the oxygen/fuel mixture to create the flame...nitrogen would most likely prevent a flame from igniting. #3, the much cheaper and physically logical way to regulate a start is through an intellistart system, which many helicopters have now. This regulates the fuel going into the engine during a start, creating a mechanical hot start virtually impossible.

[MrWildfire78]

thanks for sharing...always watching your videos..