Cockpit View EMS Helicopter EC 145

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Жыл бұрын

Complete start, runup, takeoff, enroute, and landing phases of an EC-145 EMS helicopter while transporting a patient. Pilot perspective.

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@argonwheatbelly637 8 ай бұрын

Procedural. Crisp. Nicely done. Flying is in the blood. Thanks for what you and the crew do!

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Thanks. Everyone has their calling I suppose. Flying just happened to be mine so I can't take any credit for that. Credit belongs to the Creator.

@KyleMorpheus 8 ай бұрын

the EC-145 is a beautiful machine!

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Yep

@marklester9679 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the ride along.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 9 ай бұрын

Not a problem!

@garymfra3962 Күн бұрын

Real cool Thanks

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Күн бұрын

My pleasure. I need to do a voice over of this vid explaining what knobs and dials and switches I'm fiddling with and why. I'll eventually get that done.

@edwingitonga3780 3 ай бұрын

Wow what a surreal pov flight thank you for an amazing video ❤

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@jizmoglass4202 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Thank you for this. Love all the noises and buttons. Beep, bop, boop. Arma 3 style. Cheers. safe flying. That spool up. Love that sound. 😉💚👍

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@samuelmarquet5767 6 ай бұрын

Juste merciiiiiii. C’est un beau cadeau de présentation.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@Pilot_Perspective86 8 ай бұрын

Awesome flying Captain!

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Pierre-AndreDelitroz 8 ай бұрын

magnifique, merci

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@notar187 7 ай бұрын

Awsome video, thanx for sharing

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@bruce2357 9 ай бұрын

I remember two occasions one in the late 70's and the other in the early 80's when I saw an EMS pilot cram their helicopter into a very tight space. One was when he landed in the small parking lot of a tiny community hospital and the other was when he landed in a ridiculously small open area next to a car wash. The car wash had power lines on one side and was sketchy as hell, trees and buildings on the other side. The fire truck that was there had his radio blasting over the outside speaker so we could hear the dispatcher saying that the pilot wanted the FD to advise him of any obstacles and there were many and they did a great job of giving him the heads up. The FD was not there because of an accident, they were only there as safety in case the chopper went down, the patient came from the hospital next door. Just like the other hospital this was a very small hospital that didn't have a helipad.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 9 ай бұрын

Been there, done that. Many times over. I'll have to post a couple of shorts showing one of the tighter LZ's that we landed in while flying EMS. There were several. Our rules said we had to clear all obstacles by 30 feet vertically and 15 feet horizontally. Those limits were often pushed - especially when flying in the mountains. In the military we had no such prohibitions so it basically came down to the pilot in command's decision on where to put 'er down. Basic LZ ideal conditions were defined by twice the length and twice the width of the helicopter / rotor system. Fire departments were trained to select basically 100 x 100 foot LZ's or larger as the optimum space.

@overbank56 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the inside views & showing Preflight check you don't move the stick much

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

The stability systems on most IFR rated helicopters negate the need for a lot of micro adjustments with the controls. The systems automatically detect airframe movement, look to see if the pilot caused the movement, and if not then the stability system automatically corrects for the movement without input from the pilot. You'll notice during the landing that I kick off some of the stability systems and take more manual control of the helicopter. Some pilots do this and some pilots don't. I'm old school. I like for the airframe to "talk" to me and let me know everything that's happening during certain modes of flight. Landing is one of those. You'll see once I kick off the systems the control inputs increase dramatically in frequency. As far as control displacement, a little goes a long long way. Helicopters are generally much more sensitive to control inputs than airplanes. Sorry for the book ;)

@andybrugman3619 24 күн бұрын

Knowing what a helicopter needs to start and fly what are all these extra stuff for its a flying laptop

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 24 күн бұрын

You are basically correct. The issue arises from the fact that to fly single pilot IFR under FAA Part 135 operations you have to have an operational auto pilot - along with several other gizmos and gadgets. I have plans to redo this particular video with voice over pauses to explain exactly what I'm doing during the start, enroute, and shutdown sequences. Stay tuned.....

@user-su7wz1qi1g Ай бұрын

very good friend

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliment!

@chaddytee726 15 күн бұрын

got to luv a FADEC system

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 15 күн бұрын

Actually it's not. the 135 has a FADEC. The 145 does not. You still have to modulate the start and twist the throttles in the 145.

@chaddytee726 15 күн бұрын

@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation I stand corrected!

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 15 күн бұрын

No worries. I'm old school and prefer having manual control. That's one reason you see me kick off parts of the automatic stabilization systems during the landing phase.

@chaddytee726 15 күн бұрын

@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation luv it great to watch

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 14 күн бұрын

Thanks

@DCSHacks Ай бұрын

Never thought to slip onto the pad for full visibility during a HEMS flight - Who knew!

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Ай бұрын

Anyone who grew up flying Cobras or other tandem seat cockpits. You'll find it's mainly the gunship pilots (tandem seating) that employ this technique. Other birds have chin bubbles.

@fredelliott6985 8 ай бұрын

You make this look like a walk in the park. I crash every time I attempt to fly a helicopter in MSFS. Guess I will stick to Cessnas and Beechcrafts. Nice video though. Just curious what was your total flight time in the video?

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly it's roughly a 40 minute flight from pickup to drop-off on this video.

@jodygotyourgirlngone 8 ай бұрын

What do you call that retractable lever that you pulled out and rested the collective on - some kind of stop?

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

It's a spring loaded collective stop to prevent the collective from creeping upward from a flat pitch (i.e. ground) position. At lower RPMs especially this can and will damage the very expensive rotor blades.

@abracadabra1fois 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this superb video, how many hours does it take to master this precision landing? I'm trying my hand with EC135 from RotorSim under Xplane. Very enriching to watch this superb machine get started. Thanks. Friendship from France.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

The short answer is a lifetime. In all honesty it varies significantly. Just as we all can't be Formula 1 drivers, not everyone - even pilots - ever really get the hang of it. In fact, I have a very short short list of people I'd let fly my family. I know thousands of pilots and that list I could name on one hand with fingers left over. As far as the best tip I ever got on landing a helicopter smoothly, think "forward and down" all the way to ground contact. Then smoothly lower the collective and neutralize the pedals. The trick is, as in all flying, to control the aircraft rather than to react to what the aircraft does on its own. It's the one difference between precision flying and mediocrity.

@abracadabra1fois 8 ай бұрын

@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Thank you for this philosophical response, full of common sense and I wish you very good flights.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Anytime. Can you tell I used to be a standardization instructor pilot in the AH-64A Apache? ;)

@abracadabra1fois 7 ай бұрын

@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation You mean that you were an instructor pilot on AH-64A Apache if the translation is correct and if I understood correctly?

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

@@abracadabra1fois Yes. Four days after graduating flight school I was in the AH-1 Cobra qualification course. Roughly one year later I was in the AH-64A Apache qualification course. Less than three years after that I was in the Apache instructor pilot course. I spent the remaining 13 or so years of my 22 years in the military serving as an instructor pilot and standardization instructor pilot in the A model Apache.

@Verbal_DEU 5 ай бұрын

Pls more h145 cockpit videos with heli sound

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 5 ай бұрын

I'll see what I can do.

@etienneleroux6253 9 ай бұрын

Lol the boop of the Hamilton T1 is well known among some HEMS crews

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 9 ай бұрын

Some? I thought it was all :)

@h67driver 5 ай бұрын

Were you using a checklist during this startup? I don’t see it in the video.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 5 ай бұрын

Certainly

@z109216 8 ай бұрын

💪

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@lanefrost7653 3 ай бұрын

Any chance you’d be willing to make a video explaining the startup and shutdown procedures?

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 3 ай бұрын

I can possibly do a voice over on this video to explain what I'm doing. I've retired from flying EMS these days though. Would that be suffice?

@spaghetti9845 2 ай бұрын

Id take that. To be fair since you are taking your time to do these i'd personally be happy with anything.@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 2 ай бұрын

Ok. I'm out of town at the moment but will get something rolling once I get back home.

@lanefrost7653 2 ай бұрын

That would be great!

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 2 ай бұрын

I'll let you know when it's completed.

@zzouhairhardi2764 9 ай бұрын

Is it possible to help someone else fly and fly and to fly to fly? Yes, can he fly with his own wings? If he wants to fly, but there is not enough money to fly.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 9 ай бұрын

I'm not quite sure what you are asking due to the language barrier. However, I think you are asking if you can learn to fly for cheap. The answer is yes. If you were to join the military and get selected for flight school and successfully complete flight school then the government pays all the costs and also pays you a salary. That's how I learned to fly helicopters. I did pay for my own fixed wing training though.

@Jetjockgordo Ай бұрын

Ah, the old DFL before the EFB and before the PED ban.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Ай бұрын

Yep

@martinleicht5911 3 ай бұрын

Yawda put some rocket pods on that thang !! 😂

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 3 ай бұрын

I'd settle for a mini-gun like we had on the Cobras back when I flew those!

@StianNorwaylive 5 ай бұрын

WOWHOW MUCH THAT HELI COST?

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 5 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly, roughly 8.5 million dollars. But you have to remember that that was roughly a decade ago.

@Jetjockgordo Ай бұрын

A new H145-D3 with a medical interior is now about $14 million US dollars.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Ай бұрын

Wow. When I started flying Apaches in '86 they were running $18 mil per copy.

@staceylpittman532 7 ай бұрын

Nash General.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

Winner winner chicken dinner! Mutual aid back to UNC.

@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254 9 ай бұрын

Show.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 9 ай бұрын

@Gruby7C1h 7 ай бұрын

I really want, and don't want to fly one of these.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

I also fly fixed wing stuff. Helicopters are much more fun in my opinion.

@thomaskeeney5796 7 ай бұрын

The pilot with his GoPro on his helmet was moving his head around way too much to watch.

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

It's called "situational awareness". Sorry you didn't enjoy the film.

@Partsocaster 7 ай бұрын

Mutual aid to Nash for UNC?😂😂😂

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

I'd have to go back and look but I certainly wouldn't be surprised!

@Partsocaster 7 ай бұрын

@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Well you’re in a duke machine, picking up a patient from Nash and landing on the rooftop pad at UNC soooo….. 🤣

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 7 ай бұрын

@@Partsocaster You'll love the short vid I'll post after while. Both Duke birds sitting on the pads at UNC!

@Partsocaster 7 ай бұрын

@@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation Oh we used to crowd it once in a while too! Dude would be over at IGX pissed off🤣

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 6 ай бұрын

Thank goodness I can now go to bed at night and not worry about the tones dropping! ;)

@mikewalker8709 8 ай бұрын

slo take off

@hiddenacresoutdoors-aviation 8 ай бұрын

It sure ain't a sports car. You always keep your takeoff spot in sight when you're below single engine flyaway altitude/airspeed combinations in case you have to go back to it. The instant where the nose pitches forward is when you've achieved the necessary altitude you can then convert to airspeed to successfully complete a single engine flyaway if one engine suddenly fails.