PLEASE READ FOLKS: My hat is off to Mr. Vuichard. Sir, I owe my life to this technique. True story. I am a retired US Military Pilot (US Army helicopter pilot with over 37 years of flying experience, accident and incident free all of these years, I'm retired now). When I retired I started flying EMS helicopters. I responded to a scene flight at 2:00 am in the morning, zero moon illumination, and overcast skies. I had my ANVIS 9 NVG's thank goodness. My landing zone was extremely tight and I made 3 attempts to land with no luck so my last option was to land with a tailwind (not the best decision), I should have landed at another location and had an ambulance take my medical crewmembers to the scene, but I didn't. On final approach at approximately 400 to 500,' I IMMEDIATELY started to settle in my downwash (Vortex Ring State, VRS). I knew right away what was happening, not my first time in VRS. The trees were 150' (tall pines), if I had attempted to recover the old way, by lowering collective (altitude permitting) and flying out of the VRS I would have smacked the trees (98% sure that would have been the end result). Sir, I performed the "Vuichard Recovery Technique" I learned 6 months earlier and BAM!!!!! I "immediately" stopped my sink rate in

@tonymerlot9305

5 жыл бұрын

Mich B Glad you got out alive Mr.B☺ Great comment!

@helipilotEGLW

5 жыл бұрын

Love this comment - top work sir

@alextatkin1026

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff. Thanks for your service.

@coreymalhiot2796

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome testimony! Everyone needs to learn this Technique

@Wildicon19

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your amazing achievement! This looks like a challenging situation to get out of. This visual helps in the understanding of the laws of The Vortex Ring State. I am happy you were able to save yourself in that situation.

As a CPL and instructor with over 7000 hours this is brilliant!

This very clever presentation should be shown in all helicopter flying schools and annual recurent trainings everywhere. So clear ! It will save helicopters and lives. Merci !

@michb7414

6 жыл бұрын

You are so correct, read my comments above. I am going to call Fort Rucker and talk to the Army Senior Standardization Pilot at the US Army helicopter school and ask is he has seen this video, if NOT I will send him the link.

@Dragon-Slay3r

Жыл бұрын

Tail curl

Awesome! The visualization of the Ring State with the mist really drives the point home. You can instantly see when the rotor system enters and exits. Keep up the great videos!

@Not-a-bot222

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve studied your videos over and and over again! Made it through at Rucker and a lot of my understanding of .4 aerodynamics is owned to your videos

I've seen quite a few illustrations of VRS in my time, this has to be the best by a very long way. Thank you sir.

I’m not sure who gave this a thumbs down but I hope they never fly a helicopter with passengers. In every walk of life you will find knobheads I suppose. Great video. Great visuals. Life saving techniques demonstrated. Thank you.

Brilliant Demo!

Tim Tucker gave me my PPL checkride in 2014. We did traditional recovery. I passed. I just did the Robinson safety course in August and we did this Vuichard recovery. It's so much quicker and more efficient. We are told to use takeoff power, roll right, and add left pedal. It's that easy. Recovery is fast and easy. If you have an obstacle on your right you can roll left.....just takes a bit longer. THANKS TIM TUCKER

@scangadah

4 жыл бұрын

Tim tucker gave me my PPL -rotorcraft helicopter in I think 84. Some 35 or so years ago. Then my commercial in 88. That guy is AWESOME !!! Unfortunately I have not flow rotorcraft in over 15 years, I would hang up the G550 to fly the old Robinson 22 model HP again

Great video and very well done. We have been using this technique for over 25 plus years in the Canadian Helicopter industry. It is extremely effective for longline operations. The use of spray booms gives the perfect visual effect. Two thumbs up!

@m118lr

4 жыл бұрын

KMAXdawg ...guess Canadians can keep secrets ha haha

Thank you for this beautiful video, but most of external load pilots knew and used this recovery technic before you named it Vuichard, as vortex are part of our daily job.. Cyclic foward (or into the main wind) and pich lowered is still a good technic depending of the vortex conditions, quality of your blades, rotor efficiency, trajectory/path, hight, (cross)wind(s), landshape and type of obstacles you got around you. One technic, does NOT replace the other, they are just complementary and combinable.

This should be mandatory viewing. Good job, and thank you.

Thank you Claude for all your work and engagement for safety in the helicopter business. Absolutely brilliant and clear message for all pilots.

What a phenomenal demonstration!! Thank you, sir!

Well done my man. Clever. Realistic. Teachable. Must become standard recovery maneuver .

AT LAST I have found a visual demonstration of what VRS is. Makes so much sense now. Thank you!

Incredible insight into vortex ring state. Thank you

GENIOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!! GRACIAS POR ESTE VIDEO. I ALSO TAKE OFF MY HAT TO MR.VUIVHARD BECAUSE OF HIS BRILLIANT TECHNIQUE, BUT WHAT IMPRESSED ME MOST, WAS HIS WAY OF SHOWING IT. CONGRATULATIONS AND I REITERATE MY GRATITUDE

Great idea for visualisation of air flow. . . and concept of new, more swift exit route to recovery = should get award. Thanks all.

Thank you for an excellent presentation. This really helps visualize what happens.

Excellent training video, thank you so much for creating.

WOW! Nothing like a visual!

What an amazing demonstration. Great job

Wonderful service to safety and knowledge! Thank you.

Wow, that's the best visualization of VRS I've ever seen!

Excellent demonstration that will save lives. Deserves a safety award.

Awsome video! Thanks so much for visualizing this manouveaour!!

I managed to wrap my head around it from explanations, and had a working mental picture of what was happening, but seeing it like that in such exact detail was unreal, great job 👏 👍

This is an amazing video showing the Vortex Ring State. It was visually captivating, and showed the air and how it behaved around the helicopter. This method was en genius. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Absolutely stunning!

@AERIALSTAGE

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shaun

Thank you for all

Absolutely brilliant !

Great video and lesson for all the aviators out there..thanks 🍀

Really cool way to visualize it

Amazing technique

Brilliant .... an excellent exercise .. shows that pictures (especially moving ones) can save thousands of words .. thank you !!

@AERIALSTAGE

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve

Absolutely awesome teaching video!!!! Many thanks.

Awesome demonstration.

Very good explanation

I had heard of vortex ring state as a risk for helicopters and found this video. The visualization provided by the mist makes it stunningly clear what is going on and why it would be such a risk in flight.

Helicopter pilot for 20+ years and 6k+ hours. Absolutely amazing procedure! The other procedure is so ingrained into me as a motor skill now, I just hope I can remember this one next time. Great way to demonstrate visually! Well done videography also! Hope they put this video and the procedure into all RW flight Training and the manuals! Thanks!

Great job 👏

Bravo! To all involved in the creation of this video.

FANTASTIC vid👍

Wow wow wow, what a fantastic detailed demonstration, thanks for doing this 👍🏻♥️

Absolutely amazing presentation!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Excellent video.

Well that's certainly convincing. My instructions were always "move" in the quickest way possible, whether forward sideways or even aft. But this strongly suggests that "right is right" (for my machine). THANK YOU!

MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU GUYS GREAT WORK !!!!!!!

Excellent presentation!

Very clever, well done to show everyone! I hope this video reach very far!

Wow! Great job.

Very well explained and shown.

did it with Claude Vuichard successfully, a must know !

Incredible example!!!!!

EXCELLENCE! VUICHARD!

❤thank you for sharing 🙏

Excellent 👍👍👍

Great video!!.

One day I will fall into a vortex ring and I will escape it with the technique learnt from this video, for that I will be eternally grateful.

It's pretty cool seeing it with the spray set up.

This is what I want to see!

What amazes me is how quickly the vortex is destroyed, the helicopter only needs to move sideways by half the rotor diameter and the vortex just breaks up. I had visualised that it needed to move sideways by a whole diameter but it appears that you don't. Excellent and very informative.

that was the most beautiful thing i ever seen

Awesome demonstration. The UH-1 with counter-clockwise rotor, you must use right cyclic. Thanks for this video!

Pretty neat procedure

Larry Doll at Rocky Mountain taught a similar technique in the 70/80’s Good on ya for using the ag booms for visual reference.

Awesome! What a greate idea to use a smoke generator to visualize vortex ring, with a live flying helicopter!

@KMAXdawg

6 жыл бұрын

I would say Ag booms and water through the nozzles.

@GeneralZap

4 жыл бұрын

Just water.

thank you!!!

I'm not a pilot but have a deep love of helicopters. Have spent many hours in a sim thanks to a good friend and successfully did a number of autorotation landings and a 360 degree pirouette with nose pointing at a fixed object. Simple for you pilots but a bit much for a total rookie. I just want to add my compliments about this amazing video. Seeing the phenomena actually happen and how to recover gave me goosebumps. Awesome video and no doubt it will save lives. Seeing is so much more effective in teaching than just words or drawings. Bravo!

6 жыл бұрын

E Smith I can recommend RC helicopters. Basically even harder than real ones (in some ways) but much cheaper and safe! Very rewarding when you progress with RC. Oh, also, inverted flight!

@Mad-Coo

10 ай бұрын

I am a helicopter engineer, not a Pilot, however I use a simulator and enjoy flying the simulator. I have practised this procedure upon discovering it recently, also spend time really understanding everything, getting out of the dirty air as quickly and safely as possible.

thats beautiful

Wow, great video and ama Inc technique 👍

EXCELLENT!!!!!

amazing.....

Awesom! more clear visual understanding. Thanks Vuichard

@justinz2773

6 жыл бұрын

巧遇张老师:)

@weizhang3672

6 жыл бұрын

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@justinz2773

6 жыл бұрын

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@justinz2773

6 жыл бұрын

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Wahou fabuleux très instructif et ces image expetionnel on comprend à merveille.

Very interesting, impressive & so good to understand what happens in this situation/maneuver. Also for me as a huge 🚁-Fan with only R/C HELI experience & without a real pilot-license ;] Cool video 👍🏼‼️

This is Exactly why we no longer use helicopters to spray insecticides. 22 years going through pilots like hot potatoes, all ending up with weird tumors and respiratory issues. You can see the spray completely engulf the cab at low speed, that's every corner and turn on every field. The Hiller 12E was much more efficient than the Air Tractor fixed wing, but not when it comes to pilot health. Now Finally the multi Billion dollar lawsuit against the weed killer Round Up. Thank you for the great visuals and emergency procedure training!

@xoxoj

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the helicopters cab were like air tight. Or why don't they make it air tight so nothing gets in there which means none of those harmful sprays get in contact with the pilot ?

@timmorris3056

3 жыл бұрын

@@xoxoj That would be nice, but they haven't done it yet. Now Japan has made remote control units to fly the helicopter so a pilot is no longer needed for spraying. Have a Great day!

@youngminpark3665

Жыл бұрын

Wow, Your experience really shocked me. I couldn't think about this phenomena not only affects the vehicle stability and also pilot's health like your cases.

@Mad-Coo

10 ай бұрын

Drones are now taking over.

Nice job girlie ✌

Awesome

@bsv-productiongmbh3983

6 жыл бұрын

Mason Van Der Merwe Thanks Mason

You are my new friend.

I fly drones and have experienced the VRS phenomenon! Great visual !!!

Not a real pilot here (my full respect to those who fly helicopters for real), but turns out this manouver is quite effective even on the Mi-24P Hind in DCS which is very VRS-happy when slowing down to hover. Halved the minimum altitude needed to recover. I am truly amazed.

great video, great visuals would be really helpful to show more from inside the cab to "see what it feels like" as I imagine there is specific feedback from the heli which should be taught to be recognized

love this alouette ,mean lama sa 315 n the alouette 2 n 3

Феноменально! Пилотам надо дать соответствующую премию. Операторам съёмки тоже. В первые вижу визуализацию вихревого кольца несущего винта выполненного на реальном вертолёте!!! Спасибо

@AERIALSTAGE

6 жыл бұрын

Большое спасибо за добрую обратную связь!

PRetty amazing shots! Perhaps its me but i got an spider-man intro feeling to this ;)

Great tool for helicopter pilots. Let's also discuss when it is not the right tool for recovery from VRS. Obstacles on the side you would translate toward for this recovery would preclude its use. Also, if you're already moving forward, such as during a normal approach, a forward recovery should still make sense. Also, if there's any confusion during the event whether the descent & vibrations are from VRS or overpitching, the traditional recovery should be used, because it solves both. So, Vuichard Recovery is a great technique--the best in certain circumstances--but not an absolute replacement for the traditional method. CFIs should teach both, and especially should teach when to use each.

wow just wow this is excellent where you got the idea and then the execution of the whole plan this is awesome you explain something to me in a way that no one else can thank you thank you very much

Wow, to actually see the airflow going the wrong way through the rotors is really enlightening. And terrifying. I'm a fixed wing pilot. But I'm curious as to whether you can get in the stall far enough to where you wouldn't even be able to command a roll to execute this. I'm a fixed wing pilot, but I find this interesting.

I would love to see a vertical auto-rotation. Im not sure we actually know what is truly happening with airflow in that instance.

@PilotPlater

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a helicopter pilot, but my understanding is this method wouldn't work with autos because the airflow is coming from the front through the top of the rotor and not recirculating like in VRS, so the spray wouldn't be able to show the flow patterns through the rotor.

This might be the most important life pro tip video on KZread.

Awsme

Now this is Cool ! A Real life Monster, Will Kill & Its, " GOT YOU " Now I know what to do. Thnx. 🐾

Thank you, this is an impressive demonstration ! I am sorry but, does it happen only when there are "walls" (as in canyon, or montains) allowing the air flow to make the ring ?

What an excellent video. I understand now. I fly model quadcopters and would I be correct that there will be two vortexs per propeller then?

this is safer...no doubt. The other way is much more fun though! Love diving out of it to get that airspeed, kind of a rush.

Wonder why this wasnt thought of earlier. Why did they use either forward or backward opposed to sideways?

To notice, in external load operations, most of vortex ring states (stalls), occure with no load on, empty hook.

Great idea .... One thing I don't understand the Lama is a CCw rotor sys( looks like I am not rated) and should escape to the right by description note "2" but instead in the videos it escapes to the left??! Someone could explain where IAm wrong?

So you you kind of slide diagonally out of it?