Brazil Helicopter Ride - barefoot lunatic pilot!

15th Jan 2011 - Purto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil

For a R$100 each we got a 12Km ride in a chopper off the beach. Fantastic views of the beach, mainland and sea travelling north, before turning back and scaring us all half to death.. They did ask if we wanted "emotion" or not and of course we asked for all they could give......

The helicopter is a robinson - which I've heard runs off a piston engine like a car, and I think is the cheapest helicopter to buy, which didn't fill me with confidence, but we'd seen it buzzing around for the past couple of days without much trouble. At one point after we dive low to the sea, a warning light and alarm came on for "low rpm" which you can see in the vid! I did have my heart in my mouth at that point!!!

As you can see from the vid, there's not much health and saftey in brasil, as we waited for our flight, one of the beach vendors selling kites walked right next to the helipad with 5 kites in the sky!!

Overall the best adrenaline kick for 40 quid!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• brazil
• helicopter
• purto
• seguro
• aircraft

[McGreggoruk]

What's with all the negative feedback fellas? Surely you like the video, even if it is only as an example of what NOT to do!! As you have all taken the time to comment on this video, and it's given you all something to talk about, please add your POSITIVE feedback and click "I LIKE THIS"!!!

[bandolero515]

This pilot is very irresponsible and put your life in danger, "as you can see there's not much health and safety in Brasil"...wow , now that's a poor comment.

[McGreggoruk]

"This pilot is very irresponsible and put your life in danger, "as you can see there's not much health and safety in Brasil"...wow , now that's a poor comment." I think you meant to comment "it's an understatement?!" lol

[McGreggoruk]

Thanks for the comments so far guys, I guess you're all saying it was a bad idea to egg him on then?! :P Hate to say this, but the guy was doing this all day long with every ride, unless the passenger's didn't want "emotion". We saw it buzzing around day after day beforehand, so I thought it must be safe enough as he hadn't fallen out of the sky by then.

I'm sure it's still being flown around like this to this day...

(P.S dont tell my wife any of this!)

[81Pondus81]

low-g pushovers prohibited...... Nuff said...



[McGreggoruk]

I take it this is another name for noseovers? Are they prohibited for this model of helicopter or just in general for all choppers?

[fleabagski]

At 3:16 low rotor rpm horn sounds....fark!!! + cyclic pushovers & high speed close to the water....this pilot is an accident awiting to happen.

[kell490]

I'm assuming what you mean is the main rotors will strike the tail boom, I'm not a pilot but I fly RC heli's and that happens once in awhile we have super stiff Carbon fiber blades old wood blades used to strike.

[MrNiclas123]

The Pilot is an IDIOT! Did the passengers know, that he plays with their life?? I think not! He has no Idea, how fast it can happen, that the rotor disk separate if he do LOW G pushovers!! He had so much luck, that the helicopter didn´t crash! And the next dangerous situation comes at the LOW RPM horn! He exceed nearly VNE at high temperatures and get retreating blade stall and this with low altitude!!! Find this guy! He is a murder who plays with your life!!

[stuntflyer680]

The Brazilian aviation authority should find this pilot and revoke his license before he kills someone.

[stuntflyer680]

These guys should be shutdown immediately.

[stuntflyer680]

This pilot is an IDIOT and should have his license revoked immediately. High performance maneuvers, at low altitude with 3 pax on board is just playing with fire. I'm surprised we are not reading about the tragic termination of this flight on CNN. If I worked for the Brazilian Aviation Authority I would be finding out who this clown is and arranging for him to come justify why he should have a license.

[GREGORYJUREK]

Can someone enlighten me if that was an autorotation when the low rotor RPM light/horn came on? I'm confused. With as much manifold pressure he was pulling and the "kinda flair" at the end, I'm surprised it didn't smack into the water. I'm not sure that the passengers had any idea how much the pilot was flirting with death. I also loved how the governor kicked in after they landed and sent the RPM back up when he didn't have hands on controls. I'm sure it was fun guys and girls, but NO!

[starfield2]

this guy shouldnt be flying helicopters. there are good pilots in brazil but not this guy.

a real helicopter pilot has described that if the rotor are unloaded as it probably is and then do a fast movement with the cyclic he could cut of the tail of the helicopter and then four people will be burried using a closed coffin. i have seen some accident victims in my work and it aint a pretty sight

[motokid032]

Where did this guy get his license at?

MY question is why did he have right pedal in during the whole flight?He had a pretty high power setting and alot of forward speed so shouldn't the pedals be centered?

[anaik1]

Notice the light and horn at 3:17... That's the low rotor rpm horn and light, meaning the rotor rpm (what keeps you in the sky) was getting dangerously low. Not a good thing in normal flight operations, and especially not good with the bat crazy flying this guy was doing. You're lucky you didn't get killed. And the low g push overs... it says right there on the cyclic in the vid, "low g push overs prohibited". Do a google search for mast bumping and you will realize how close you came.