Dang, that steep of an approach reminds me of how the Space Shuttle landed! I've yet to jump out of a Porter, but always looking forward to it!
@sfe429 күн бұрын
wondering how long you can hold the dive before reaching Vne?
@davida1190Ай бұрын
Music 🤮
@CyrilFara-sk3ec2 ай бұрын
Políbit prdel
@sirclarkmarz3 ай бұрын
Is that an ashtray on the dashboard? That's how you know it's made in Europe.
@reunion974jb3 ай бұрын
It's crazy, I'd never noticed it before, even when I was flying on this plane 😅 but it's possible... this Pilatus was built in 1967, and I think people were still allowed to smoke while flying back in those days 😉
@neriksen3 ай бұрын
Pilatus Porter, Power, Performance, Perfection.
@russefrance48694 ай бұрын
Takes me back to '87. Nice to see the wrist mount alti hasn't changed.🙃
@asthalis5 ай бұрын
get rid of this music, bring back the real sound !
@reunion974jb5 ай бұрын
I got you Bro’ Here is the real sound 😎 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n71me8mnx62ndI0.htmlsi=DsA0iA6hYpw3eR6j
@davidwheatcroft27975 ай бұрын
NICE! So dragey no over overspeed? Turbine does not care! LOVE the Pilatus Porter. That long nose. Not legal in USA? CAVU skies!
@reunion974jb5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your com @davidwheatcroft2797 ! The Pilatus PC6 can overspeed like any other plane, but we are allowed by the manufacturer to make that kind of steep descent by using the « beta » range. Basically we reduced the propeller pitch in flight and it acts like a big brake and keep the speed in the green arc 💪 I don’t know if the PC6 is still in use in the US but I know that Air America used them in the 60´s. Fly safe 🚀
@davidwheatcroft27975 ай бұрын
@@reunion974jbSo prop in fully fine. Great aeroplane. My Renegade with fixed pitch, is easy to overspeed. Vne 110kts.
@minime5678 ай бұрын
Not me screaming in my living room.
@nicobarkero625710 ай бұрын
You have to lift the gate to engage beta at Fl140!Typicall to H4 Beta regulation! I think that you miss a lot the old H2 especially at 2200Rpm! 😂😂 Have a nice flights!
@hector928610 ай бұрын
nice
@quillmaurer6563 Жыл бұрын
Amazing how quickly they get down! While maybe not practiced, I feel like knowing how this is done would be good for all pilots for emergencies when you need to descend extremely quickly - such as cabin pressure loss or something on fire.
@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 Жыл бұрын
Cool how the control panel is like a desk
@SomeDumUsrName Жыл бұрын
Now THAT'S my kind of approach! Still hundreds of feet in the air 1/10th mile out on final.....lol....OH yeah!! Sweet flyin' man! Straight from serious altitude droppage right to the flare. :-)
@leobyrod8307 Жыл бұрын
Why do they do this
@QBziZ Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! I see you have the condition lever to low idle when landing. This is not POH as far as I know. Can you tell me why you do it like that?
@reunion974jb Жыл бұрын
My QRH for the B2H4 says that for approach : Propeller Control Lever & Idle Control Lever AS REQUIRED It's also to reduce noise emission during the approach and landing
@randybaumery5090 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many skydivers there accidentally drifted into the ocean.
@reunion974jb Жыл бұрын
Well, the easiest part is to land in the water. Then you have to deal with the shark that is waiting for you 🦈
@randybaumery5090 Жыл бұрын
I used to skydive in anytime I watch these scenes of people landing in the water. It makes me wonder how long they had to take their equipment spread it out and let it sit in the sun to dry properly!
@randybaumery5090 Жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb trust me, if I were still skydiving and were earning enough, I would jump that drop zone. For the awesome view.
@Sk1nSz Жыл бұрын
Amazing! I dream of operating a radio once in a trubo prop flight with beta range... .like the turbo porter or the twin otter.... I hope I get the chance once.
@Solo6R Жыл бұрын
You should record more Porter videos. I just started flying the payware PC-6 Porter add-on in Flight Simulator and really enjoy it. Such a unique plane.
@lucianosantucci108 Жыл бұрын
Now that’s a short final 😍
@f270 Жыл бұрын
This is how I fly all planes in FS2020. Glad to know 1 can actually handle it!
@Eyes_On_Sky Жыл бұрын
So SO Awesome. I would love to try this.
@sivayamsiva93432 жыл бұрын
Really great, wonderful skydiving video congratulations to all skydivers congratulations 👌👌👌
@believeachieve28472 жыл бұрын
Not as cool if sped up
@sandyyudha9062 жыл бұрын
Flight with Pilatus in Papua Indonesia kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bc2EZtmatdibl5c.html
@Suszki2 жыл бұрын
This is how you do it... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLp1lLd5sM-rhIU.html
@jinglyin8752 жыл бұрын
有自动变速器之后,为什么不将汽车的驾驶方式变成街机控制杆式?
@doitTD2 жыл бұрын
How are your ears still intact? 😭
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
Sorry I can’t hear you 🤣😉
@doitTD2 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb 😭😂😂
@grahamthebaronhesketh.2 жыл бұрын
an old one with the trim on the roof.
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
Not the trim, the flaps 😉
@Breenild2 жыл бұрын
Your descent with the PC6 looks like more fun, than the jump with parachute 😂
@JustSomeJoe-dp5rp5 күн бұрын
Haha! Not gunna lie, it does look like fun, but no, definitely not more fun than jumping out! 😁
@OGJuggernaut2 жыл бұрын
So badass!
@marcochavez112 жыл бұрын
I am a student pilot still practicing with a Cessna 172 in Dallas, I really enjoyed your amazing video, good piloting skills and a good camera recording everything. I got a gopro camera but I am still wondering the way to install it on the cockpit, sometimes I am able to watch unbelievable details in each flight like traffic, birds flying really high and even drones. If I have the opportunity I just grab my phone to take a brief video of 10 or 15 seconds long and from that I can take a picture too. A few days ago I just had the experience practicing the slow flight maneuver an the wind was really strong with more than 40 knots so the instructor found the way to fly against the wind plus our slow flight with an average of 35 to 38 KIAS and suddenly the aircraft was not moving at all, just suspended in the middle of the air, then we discovered we were flying backwards, my instructor took the control to allow me to take a video. Wow, that was a very unique experience.
@gunlover942 жыл бұрын
Suction cup mount. I have a few videos on my channel that I made to share with friends/family. You can attach it to the rear window, or the front. Attaching to the front obstructs some of your vision though. Good luck on your aviation journey
@davidbarnsley84862 жыл бұрын
I love the porter When I was in the army the pilots we had were amazing and I watched one one day come in for a landing and we had 15 knots down the runway And he throttled it back at 10 feet and hovered then backed down the runway about 100 meters and then throttled back up and flew off Pre mobile phone days so no video evidence unfortunately as it is something I would like to see again 👍👍
@bourdon8452 жыл бұрын
Joli !
@BoringFlightVids2 жыл бұрын
Whats the stall speed on that thing?
@BoringFlightVids2 жыл бұрын
Nevermind, looked it up, kudos to your skill, if i saw the right spec sheet that plane has an operational window of 100kts and you had it in a mad dive, and didnt go over Vne....nuts.
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
52kt with no flaps 😜
@RevengeAvenger2 жыл бұрын
Butter! Even sped up still a smooth landing
@allthingsgumball2 жыл бұрын
I just came here for the song.
@barko25622 жыл бұрын
What is the tipical descent rate?
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
Around 6500 ft/min 🚀
@barko25622 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb like my cessna 150
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
@@barko2562 🤣👌
@Breenild2 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb how do your ears like these descent rate?
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
@@Breenild sorry my what ? I can’t hear you 😜 Just kidding ! the first time was painfull, like if someone was puting a niddle in my sinus. After this first descent I never had any problem
@PPC42 жыл бұрын
Can you really reverse the prop pitch in flight? Mike patey might be able to but is this actually a thing?
@reunion974jb2 жыл бұрын
You don’t really reverse because then you would be in negative pitch which is strictly forbidden by Pilatus. I use the « beta mode » which means a very low pitch but still positive 😁
@nzmeateater2 жыл бұрын
Ha, adjustable pitch is a wonderful thing! Cool vid, thanks for sharing👍
@MrPepper3122 жыл бұрын
An owner of a Porter flew from NY down to Covington La for the winter. He checked out our Cessna 182 pilot to fly it for the DZ. Needless to say he was in seventh heaven as were we jumpers. This was the late 80's or early 90's. Best fun and laid back DZ I have ever jumped at.
@flybeep16613 жыл бұрын
This is, I believe, called sharking and of all the jump planes I know of it's only the PC6 Porter that does it. Nice plane, loved hanging from the strut before exit but often you'd be cramped in it like a bunch of sardines in a can (much more so than on other jump planes).
@GoxtA3 жыл бұрын
handles that pressure like a pro likes its nothing
@GiuseppeSRedSky3 жыл бұрын
I flew the PC6 as pilot. It's amazing
@sufysprojects26893 жыл бұрын
fatastic
@Pijepo3 жыл бұрын
Quelle est la configuration de descente ? Volet, pas de l'hélice, taux, vitesse...? Merci pour la vidéo
@reunion974jb3 жыл бұрын
Pas de volets sortis, l'avion est totalement lisse. L'hélice est en Beta, c'est à dire très petit pas (entre 1°et 3° il me semble). Dans ce cas l'hélice agit comme un frein et c'est ce qui permet à l'avion d'effectuer ce genre de descente. Le largage s'effectue au FL125, la descente dure environ 2min, ce qui fait un taux de descente autour des 6000 ft/min à une vitesse entre 120 et 140kt selon les conditions atmosphérique, turbulentes ou pas. Fly safe !
@Pijepo3 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb Meilleure réponse possible. Merci beaucoup. J'ai jamais volé mais ça me fait rêver :) merci
@kevinnathanson68763 жыл бұрын
Very impressive! Perhaps now would be a good time to do a weight and balance adjustment toward the 'old' side of the pilot vs. the 'bold' side however? Way too many years ago at Ft. Bragg I had the good fortune to jump out of a few Porters that didn't have any tail numbers piloted by the kinds of government employe... errr, I mean completely private citizens who fly airplanes without tail numbers, but EVERY once in a while, the plane, although amazing, CAN break... Stay safe!
@mridoit17013 жыл бұрын
How do you make sure not to overspeed? I know the prop is a break but there got to br more to it than put it in beta and it'll to go 90° down like it's nothing without over speeding? What extra things do you do?
@reunion974jb3 жыл бұрын
The 90 degres pitch down is only at the beginning of the descent. I drop the guys around 60-70kt and the VNE is 152kt so that gives me 10sec of acceleration, then i have to come back to a « normal » pitch down, around 60 degres. So you can overspeed even with beta mode. It’s more visible on this one : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n71me8mnx62ndI0.html 👌
@mridoit17013 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb in the 10 second how much do you gain and consider enough to go back to 60°?
@reunion974jb3 жыл бұрын
@@mridoit1701 it depends on the flight conditions. If it’s bumpy I never go above 120kt (which is the maximum speed in rough air), otherwise I fly around 135-140kt
@carlossvazquezz3 жыл бұрын
That’s just crazy. I wanted to ask you, what advice would you give someone who is fresh out of school, ATPL frozen? It’s hard nowadays to find anything. I have been looking also in skydiving companies and aerial works but I don’t have a clue. How did you start flying the PC-6?? And amazing approach, when I used to fly the small PA28 I loved to do gliding short approaches...
@reunion974jb3 жыл бұрын
Yes it's a very difficult period for young pilots... and it was already not easy to find a first job before the Covid. For my part I was able to start flying on PC6 because I was hanging around a lot on my airfield, flying on Beech 58. Because of seeing you people start to know you, and what a paraclub is looking for (my point of view) is a simple guy, safe and who will take care of their machine and its skydivers. As far as the current situation is concerned, I would rather advise you to target business aviation, because the aerial is going badly certainly, the Covid hurts everyone, but not for the rich who are even richer (again, my point of view). But keep going my friend, it's a nice license you have now !
@carlossvazquezz3 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb Thank you a lot for the reply Jean. Yes, we are going through tough times but eventually we will move on. I’ll keep looking for anything I can find. I am an Iberia Cadet (Spain’s flag carrier) but since they are not expecting to hire pilots in the next few years, right now we have to take our on way. Thanks again Jean, aviation community is one of the things I love the most about flying and if sometime you need a pilot at Reunion Island you know where to find me!! Keep posting your flights!!
@daniell18693 жыл бұрын
@@reunion974jb I'm a private pilot in the US and even I really appreciate your advice and outlook on this! cheers, bro