Pilot Explains How to Start a Helicopter (Eurocopter AS-355)

The pilot of our Eurocopter AS355 gives us a quick tutorial on the engine startup process before a scenic flight to Milford Sound Airport in New Zealand. (We used Slew Mode to get to the beach.)

Thanks for watching fam.

[Whatever-oh]

0:26 Engines are not started yet. Press Ctrl+E to start the engines.

[Swiss]

I am still waiting for the helicopter to go mach 10

[CJetsPlanespotting]

Whenever I see an Airforceproud95 notification, I immediately drop what I’m doing to watch some quality content

[hayasco]

New Zealand has been noticed by one of my favorite YouTubers, thank you

[sdjvwif]

The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers. Thousands were distributed through the Lend-Lease program to the British Commonwealth and Soviet Union. The tank was named by the British for the American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.

The M4 Sherman evolved from the M3 Medium Tank, [N 1] which had its main armament in a side sponson mount. The M4 retained much of the previous mechanical design, but put the main 75 mm gun in a fully traversing turret. One feature, a one-axis gyrostabilizer, was not precise enough to allow firing when moving but did help keep the reticle on target, so that when the tank did stop to fire, the gun would be aimed in roughly the right direction.[6] The designers stressed mechanical reliability, ease of production and maintenance, durability, standardization of parts and ammunition in a limited number of variants, and moderate size and weight. These factors, combined with the Sherman's then-superior armor and armament, outclassed German light and medium tanks fielded in 1939–42. The M4 went on to be produced in large numbers. It spearheaded many offensives by the Western Allies after 1942.

When the M4 tank went into combat in North Africa with the British Army at El Alamein in late 1942, it increased the advantage of Allied armor over Axis armor and was superior to the lighter German[7] and Italian tank designs. For this reason, the US Army believed that the M4 would be adequate to win the war, and relatively little pressure was initially exerted for further tank development. Logistical and transport restrictions, such as limitations imposed by roads, ports, and bridges, also complicated the introduction of a more capable but heavier tank.[8][N 2] Tank destroyer battalions using vehicles built on the M4 hull and chassis, but with open-topped turrets and more potent high-velocity guns, also entered widespread use in the Allied armies. Even by 1944, most M4 Shermans kept their dual purpose 75 mm gun.[9] By then, the M4 was inferior in firepower and armor to increasing numbers of German heavy tanks, but was able to fight on with the help of numerical superiority, greater mechanical reliability, better logistical support, and support from growing numbers of fighter-bombers and artillery pieces.[10] Some Shermans were produced with a more capable gun, the 76 mm gun M1, or refitted with an Ordnance QF 17-pounder by the British (the Sherman Firefly).

The relative ease of production allowed large numbers of the M4 to be manufactured, and significant investment in tank recovery and repair units allowed disabled vehicles to be repaired and returned to service quickly. These factors combined to give the Allies numerical superiority in most battles, and many infantry divisions were provided with M4s and tank destroyers.[N 3][11]

After World War II, the Sherman, particularly the many improved and upgraded versions, continued to see combat service in many conflicts around the world, including the UN forces in the Korean War, with Israel in the Arab–Israeli Wars, briefly with South Vietnam in the Vietnam War, and on both sides of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.[12] Paraguay retired three Shermans from the Regimiento Escolta Presidencial (REP, Presidential Escort Regiment) in 2018, which marked the end of service of the final Sherman tanks in use anywhere in the world.[13]

[RaiserScharpe]

You came to NZ without letting us know? :-( Nice to see you wearing appropriate apparel!

[damonpetty]

Man, I love ur vids they are amazing (mainly your fsx vids ) they cheer me up on days when I'm sad

[zeusthewolfsky]

Just push random buttons and hope for the best. -ME

[vascof.goncalves]

Man, this passion you have for anything related to flight is pretty awesome. Keep at it!

[TheBikerDad]

I thought that I recognized that place! Kia ora, AFP!

[cuentosdemedianoche]

I'm a follower since you had only 200k! It's wonderful to see ppl like you growing up in the community.

[estebanvasquez]

1. The music in this video was PERFECT! You had the pictures synchronized to the beat, and each beat was the perfect amount of time to take in each picture. I especially loved the synchronization when you zoomed in on the boats!
2. I didn't know New Zealanders had Australian accents.
3. Where's the fucking banana?!

[MrMiles]

I was just at Milford Sound last month! New Zealand is such a beautiful country!

[noisepuppet]

at 4:20 where that 747 inverts and overtakes you at mach 3, guessing your pilot filed a report on that.

[thefuza]

You are close to where I live, no joke.

[zeusthewolfsky]

Is it me or are the sounds exactly like in X-Plane 10?

[hughw]

If your going to Christchurch checkout the Airforce museum or in Auckland, the NZ Warbirds Association or MOTAT. Ashburton Aviation Museum (not far from Christcurch) is apparently good as well as it has a Harrier GR3 but I haven't been able to go there yet.

[balkamp]

Smarter every day did a great series on helicopters, worth the watch if you're unfamiliar with the how and why of choppers

[dogeyes]

When i was a HLO for an oilfield services base, we had to fuel EC-135s, and it sucked big time. They had some kinda curley q fuel line or something and you had to fuel them in squirts or fill out an epa report.

Anyway thanks for reading my story

[danielwindham]

I'm digging the All Blacks jacket. Love NZ. Love the videos! Watch all the time!