Hats off to your Dad and the great work he did.

it's even worse because it's that AI produced streamer music that exactly nobody likes. banjo instrumental? sure, lovely. dumpster full of computers rolling down a flight of stairs? no. ideally we'd be hearing the props whipping and the turbine whining but nooooooooo

The background music is Alan Walker -fade

Maybe, just maybe you could cry a little bit more. Shall I send you a cry closet?

I always mute the speaker when a video had background "music", the sound ok the engine and rotors would be so much better.

it's like the same generic music in every video. this is modern times elevator music

God awful fucking music!

@@cheeeky_8763 So you noticed that too.

@@antr7493 its people are awesome compilation music xD

"Volume controls" are your friend.

Good deal Mathew. I've probably crossed paths with your dad at some point for its a small community of Kmax drivers.

Jay B last season he decided to retire from the kmax and go hop in a huey and for the last 5 years he hasn't flown anything with a tail rotor not the smoothest transition the first time back in it he threw on the 150ft and had to go pass a check ride on the spot last time he had flown a huey was 20 years ago he's already looking to get back in the kmax with one of the new production models but he's really getting tired of fires and wants to go logging

I flew beside your dad, Greg, many times on various different projects and locations. Good Kmax driver and glad to hear he's still flying.

I worked with your Dad with Erickson in the 80s

"Nice beaver!" (Lt. Frank Drebin, looking up)

Khadijah Brown The K-MAX is optimized for lifting capacity. For example, it is quite slow compared to other helicopters. Also, the tilted rotors do pose an increased hazard for passengers and maintenance crew.

@@germansnowman what about safety & stability? Does it behave well under autorotation due to loss of power, as compared to other helicopters? There are other Kaman-type intermeshing rotor designs besides K-MAX. Do they all suffer from the same slowness and similar shortcomings?

manofsan I am no expert, but from what I have read, it is just as safe as other helicopters in terms of autorotation. It reacts a bit differently though to control inputs and so on, so pilots are trained by Kaman in a Husky (two-seater). I would think that the limitations are inherent to the fundamental design, not just the K-MAX.

That is correct. Your back and forth between load and gauges. 👍🏻

@@BlythmanInc Gauges meaning Rotor Torque or do you also have a weight gauge on the hook?

Yes we have a load scale in the A/C that we reference when we are lifting.

6000LBS

Ditto... North of Revelstoke.. Downey Valley... flew the support butterfly (206)... thought the Kmax was just a slow bird... until we left the landing site... I was about to aurtorotate b'cus I thought my engine had quit. The Max is very quick and climbs like rocket.

@@raymunro9894 yeah it’s pretty cool, I worked under the sky crane for five years and boy, that thing moves.

No swashplate. The blades are fixed to the grip and head. No pitch links are anything. It uses what are called flaperons on the blades and twists the blades for pitch.

Actually Jonathan, JB is wrong. The K1200 has two "swashplates" that Kaman Aerospace calls "azimuth assemblies" and are located on the bottom of the transmission assembly at each mast location. The azimuths take the movements of the flight controls and associated linkage and convert the inputs from "linear" to "rotational" in the same manner that a conventional swashplate does. The "pitchlinks" run up through the masts to the over center bell cranks, linkages and control rods that run internal through the main rotor blades out to the servo-tabs. They are 32" in length and respond with every pedal, cyclic or collective input accordingly. As the servo-tab moves it causes a resulting movement of the applicable rotor system.

KMAXdawg is correct. I should of clarified no traditional swashplates. Appreciate you explaining in it.

Jeff, Eric reckons this dude looks like you!!

@@stephaniescott3412 wish it was me driving a Kmax haha

@@Rimraz Eric wishes it was him too 🤣🤣

The blades are connected to rotor shafts which run into a transmission. It is all connected with gears which keep them synchronized and preventing them from contacting each other. If one gets stuck as you say they both would get stuck but this wouldn't happen as the transmission is built very robust.

Nice to reply.. Thanks for your information... Have a nice day ;)

@@BlythmanInc Where is your company based at? How big is the helicopter fleet?

@@electricaviationchannelvid7863 Denver Colorado. We have 20 a helicopters

@@BlythmanInc I am guessing flying/handling/stability wise this must be close to a coaxial design helicopter such as the Kamov types?

I Joined the Air Force in 1968 and was trained as an aero medical technician. I worked in the flight surgeon's office and one of our duties was to fly local base fire rescue and our helicopter was the Kaman HH43 husky with the call sign name of pedro. I had about 500 hours in this helicopter and 1 crash.... It was a great helicopter for lift and stability. It carried a crew of 4; Pilot,co-pilot, medic and firemen.

Glad you enjoyed it

Cause they would be admitting that Charlie Kaman's system is superior. lol

@@BlythmanInc >>> I really HATE "human nature" sometimes. {Thanks for the reply!}

IF you do NOT want high speed, then intermeshed at an angle(KAMAN) is superior for LIFT/stability/maneuverability. More efficient lift, but has SERIOUS drawback in terms of speed/range. Lots of drag at high speed. Ultimately double contra rotating is superior yet, but is more complicated. Why Kaman IS the workhorse and another batch have been built, but not upgraded over the old. You will note, no helos get developed outside of government military contracts(fiddled with? yes). The R&D costs too damned much. Every last Helo in production today came directly out of the military. Military is more interested in Speed/range/maneuverability and payload 2nd. KAMAN gets payload/stability/maneuverability, but... range... not exactly due to its low speed.

Shakes all day. Very Armstrong to fly.

It is difficult to really balance them when they are alternating positions. the wheight shifts back and forth as the blades turn. one side gets heavier as the blades go out while the other side gets lighter. Then when in the air. the lift changes as the blades rotate.

I think because of the direction of blade movement on a single rotor, half of the blade has increased lift going forward, then decreased lift going backward. With the dual rotors design, and the tilt, it makes it to where there is a high lift arc on both sides of the aircraft, and the low lift arcs don’t interfere so much. Plus, now you don’t need a tail rotor.

If i remember correctly, the lift is not quite twice as much, but it is more than a single rotor design.

On the North Coast there is no road access to a lot of places where we log so timber is dropped into what is called a pocket then once full, they are towed to the mill from there by a big tug.

@@BlythmanInc makes sense. Thank you for sharing

Agree

Geeezus y'all... wipe the dirt off your sunglasses and just enjoy the video... put cotton in your ears if you are noise challenged... GET A LIFE.!!