How to Start a Helicopter. #Bell #LongRanger #Engine #Driving

[Snooooozel]

I like the sound when the combustion is kicking in. Like its screaming "here comes the power!" 😊

[StirSir]

The sound it made, i was expecting rotors to be spinning at full speed😂

[minecrafthindi]

This tutorial helped me a lot! I bought a helicopter online but didn't knew how to start it.

[livenfree]

This is beautiful! Can't believe I had to wait 51 years for somebody to make a video of this! Put a smile on my face! Love hearing that power kick in!

[normangeilich]

H130? All clear. My first thought was: "Is that a Bell?"

[pilotlounge]

Pilot..."Clear!"
Camera man..."Camera man never dies."

[tomrohan]

That TGT shot past the red mark for more than 3 secs.. cam guy wisely exits 😂😂

[markharris]

Traditional turbine start. The throttle position determines fuelling valve so on start you get first the igniter sounds then the electric starter motor. As the engine speeds up air will flow through it. At a set point you add fuel because unless the air is moving it won’t flow through but burning fuel would pass back through the compressor. Not good. So you add fuel and the hotter burning air is blown to the turbine and speed it up. The temp is controlled by “tickling” the throttle to restrict flow to prevent over temps. As the engine accelerates more air flows through which cools the temps. As it reaches idle the throttle will sit in an idle detent position. Hot gases push in the outer turbine disc that translates the torque to the gearbox and rotors. Once stable, the throttle is moved to flight position and the engine again accelerates as fuel is added. It’s the flight running temp that is shown on the TOT gauge limits colour band.

Primary gauge is RPM! My first few airliners had old mechanical fuel calving so you had to be careful starting. Now it’s all FADEC so you just click the fuel to start/idle and let it do its thing.

[explorinjenkins]

Sick. I've always wanted to fly a heli.

[PrinceJi-ln]

Okay, now it only requires me to buy a helicopter😂

[pentaborane]

Well I learnt something new today. The engine on this helicopter, which seems to be a Bell 206, is an Allison/Rolls-Royce 250. It goes off the operating band because its start limit is 927 TOT. Apparently these engines also like hotter starts, in the 850 range.

[loachoha]

Really a beautiful sound. 24 years flying ARMY HELOS. That sound never gets old!!! I didn’t make NAM but for those who did, they are the Greatest Helicopter Pilots of all time!! None better!!!you want real flying stories? Hook up with the guys who flew ARMY Helicopters in Vietnam. Most will talk about it. Because those birds brought home their friends and they saved their lives. They are the ones who wrote the book on flying Helicopters through experience by going into hot LZ’s and going back to rescue guys who were shot up badly and who needed medical attention NOW—RIGHT NOW!!!
I learned to fly from those guys who came back from those killing fields. They took on fire like you can’t believe. If you needed help, after they had flown 10-16 hours they would saddle up and go back out and bring you home so you could live another day. Wish I’d made it there but the stories and the training I received from them I shall be forever grateful! Thank you Owen, David, Bo, David, and Don!!!

[gordonfreeman]

Thanks for makinf tutorials, we Romanian appreciate the help in free helicopter

[tyzerman]

Cameraman zoomed out real quick when they saw ToT was going to overshoot by 100 degrees...

[therealdude]

He forgot to push the"Fortunate Son- button " !

[vikingwind]

As a fixed wing CFI for 40 years and Akro competitor I have always wanted to fly a Helio. Good for you! Life is short.

[Juror]

Tgt looks like ya got a hot start. Damn it...

[goldenjets]

My dad helped make that gimbal on the heli!

Nice vid David!

[frisk]

Even now at 52... If I were along for the flight, I'd be pestering like I did with my parents as a child: "Can I please start it!?! I can smell the Jet-A just listening to this awesome sound / sequence..

[madezra]

Hearing the combustion kick in really lets you know shit just got real!!