Sitting in the back you heard that whine and felt the vibration, you knew the shit was getting real....

@rickpetersonphotography

Ай бұрын

The engines were actually designed for train locomotives!!!! It was a beast to fly! Fun!!

Wow, That's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! :)

Jeebus it takes a long time to start this thing. Fortunately modern helis have some of this automated (e.g. engine start/monitoring).

@rickpetersonphotography

7 ай бұрын

It was painfully slow!! 🚁

I FLEW ABOUT 13 YEARS SA330J, BUT WITH MAKILA 1A1 ENGINES. I LOVED EVERY AND EACH HOUR.

@keirnbug8762

Жыл бұрын

Did you go deaf while doing it ?

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure you are in the hearing loss club from all those years in the 330J… OMG that thing is LOUD!

I have 820 hours piloting these. Superb military aircraft, especially with a pair of 0.5 Brownings pointing out of the door. I also flew more advanced variants of the Super Puma as a civilian. These days I can only reminisce and remember fondly over 20k hours flying helicopters. My 1,200 or so hours fixed wing just isn't remotely as challenging or enjoyable.

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Fun to fly these beasts!! The super puma EC-225 is a step up.

@colibri67

Жыл бұрын

@@rickpetersonphotography 'Only' got 3970 hours on the EC225 before I retired. It was superb!

Excelente

Hallo Rick please more videos of the SA 330J Puma please. Thank you and greetings from Bavaria

@rickpetersonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andreas! I'll see what I can find in my fast collection of Puma videos and photos.

@andreashirschberger4928

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickpetersonphotography Hi, I'm already looking forward to it and very best regards from Bavaria

Watching from Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Nice video, keep going Buckaroo! Col. CHRISTIAN GRIFFIN-MACKENZIE

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! I’ll be uploading so more 330J footage, stay tuned.

You wouldnt be going to the shop in that for a pint of milk, jeeze.

BOM DIA ! Pra mim é uma honra esta aqui te prestigiando, vamos sempre juntos somar e fortalecer nossos trabalhos, eu já estou por aqui!,,,

Must be ex military guys with 2000 hr after 20 years

I think all of that vibration would put me off.... in my experience with all things mechanical, I find that parts fall of or break... !

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Vibration and helicopters are a bad mix. The mechanics try their best to smooth out the vibrations through Rotor smoothing. Some aircraft fly super smooth and others will just not cooperate and fly rough.

How do you explain that the torquemeter is at zero in flight, and at an higher lever on the ground ?

@HMHacki

2 жыл бұрын

It measures torque at the transmission. Since the rotor always rotates at the same rpm it is a power gauge. (torque x rpm = power) In a hover the engines have to do everything, hence the maxed out gauge. While in forward flight the airspeed helps create lift. If a helicopter is descending it can sail just like a sailplane while using zero engine power. In a climb the helicopter needs power to maintain speed so the torqe goes up again. Anyways hover is the least efficient state for any helicopter so they use the most power there.

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

We actually flew PITCH instead of Torque in the 330J. The Torque system was so unreliable, that we didn’t even focus on it.

Instrument panel a little wonky?

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Oh the 330J instrument panel is WAY wonky! Haha

Lateral vibes look wayyyy out...

@rickpetersonphotography

Жыл бұрын

It was rough for sure… i think we were doing a test flight that day.

@combatkrieg

Жыл бұрын

@@rickpetersonphotography All is good as long as the oscillations still allowed you to read off the pitch indicator lol...