Jet turbine powered RC model helicopter (Huges 500E)

This very nice, and very expensive turbine-powered RC model helicopter was flown for the first time at the November 2010 Jet meeting in Tokoroa.
After some tweaking and trimming, it flew very well.

[@KMS5280]

It’s so nice to see a helicopter being flown like a helicopter actually flies - instead of these ridiculous “3D” models that are flown upside down and doing acrobatics that no human body or machine could ever do in real life. Much respect to this guy for building a beautiful model and flying it right.

[@Flumphinator]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHOUo61veqebhpo Just gonna leave that there.

[@BobMueller]

Very impressive scale work. Without the people walking through the frame, you couldn't tell it was a model.

[@ManJunk427]

props for actually flying it around....most people just do some B.S. hovering with models this expensive.....BRAVO!!

[@Mr666san]

Impressive replica, great to see turbine powered model and full five blade rotor system on a model. Well done to the builder !!! and the RC pilot

[@hazmittens]

A very little, little bird. Just Fantastic.

[@LordRobere]

Don't know how I missed this older video, but glad to see it. It is a beautiful helicopter and seems to fly quite nicely. A lot of work went into building that helicopter. Very well done.

[@pfmedic]

I like how the heli waited politely for the plane to take off. A+ video... and by the way, that is one heck of a bird. 

[@TrevorLentz]

Skip to 3:08 ...

[@xlucioflavio]

Dude, you almost can get into this heli... Great job!!!!

[@freeamericausa1]

Beautiful work, and dedication. Attention to Detail is always important. Congratulations. How many of us can only Dream of such pleasures? Well done.

[@oscarpimentel3364]

Incluse details of Rivers, wonderful model RC, congratulations .

[@oscarpimentel3364]

Rivets

[@grahamsmith2022]

Fantastic,what an awesome piece of engineering,superb flying skills,must be like trying to balance marble on point of a pencil.

[@vanpenguin22]

Those Hughes 500's just have a hell of a charming shape, don't they?

[@gtafan2006]

nice its not often you see 500E rc turbines on youtube with the proper main and tail rotor setup. mostly i see ones with 2 blade mains and tails when 5 blade mains and 4 blade tails looks more scale and probably flys more like a fullsize 500E.

[@OpalinaCats]

Luv the chopper's registration - 041OE "Oh for one naughty" - LOL

[@bionictrucker1]

THAT RITE THERE WAS SOME AWESOME FLYING! ONE NICE BIRD!

[@murdocktrashbag1609]

MORE THAN WORTHY of being Blown Up by AIRWOLF !!! It's Beautiful !!!!

[@LTDT_Coz]

excellent flight control and design

[@free533]

that's amazing.......it looks so real and perfect

[@RichardDrinkPepsi]

Lovely helicopter. Looks beautiful in the air. Bit expensive but looks way better in the air then a drone. Believe that chopper can lift a lot too. Good job! :)

[@Flyingwoodchuck51]

maybe only 5 to 10 lbs

[@mickeymch876]

I used to build and fly model helis, I still have 5 ready to go and one junk heli that needs parts (hard to find). I never did turbine, the most popular turbine engine at the time, I think, was the Wren 44 which cost around $5000 USD back in 2012 or 2013. I opted to stick with the electric which costs under $200 for a motor.

[@kenbirzneck]

awesome heli , nice build

[@MontyMotoBoy]

Looks and sounds awesome

[@Edubarca46]

Absolutely fantastic helicopter. Congratulations!! Unfortunately we couldn't understand a single word when the pilot spoke at the end of the video. It would be interesting to know more about this fantastic little machiner!!!

[@BOKI797]

Really nice video! You are a fantastic Pilot Enjoyed the flying! Marseilles, IL

[@Mr666san]

Awesome,, just like the real thing but harder to fly no doubt !!!! Well done, I want one

[@texfanusa]

Veeeery cool and turbine-powered, at that! Ought to be for the money, eh? {chuckle} A prime example of why I knoooow better than to get into such an "addiction" as r/c (I've too many irons in the fire as it is! LOL)! Always enjoyable vids, though, especially with the preflight prep and interviews. A nice way to enjoy my Sunday morning coffee! ;)

[@AnchorsAweighNarooma]

Major effort to bring to flight Iam sure, with few of us to give it a try...Many thanks enjoyed..

[@johnken62]

@happyhouse152 That's so fast and stables, i love this one.

[@M3n00b]

That thing is beautiful!

[@bankrun04]

You need to put a camera in that baby. awesome flying and coptor.

[@Jameswrightdavid]

Part of the thrill you get when RC flying is from the fear that you might crash! Especially after you land it in one piece - you get a sensation as if you want to high five yourself!

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

Without fail every time. 8 years later I hope like I, you still get that feeling. Blue skies

[@mlawrencemsc1]

That thing does fly nice.

[@Big0taz0]

Wonderful! Theodore "T.C" Calvin would definitely approve.

[@FastAsFunk]

looks stunning...!

[@playdeaths]

looks amazing

[@morganjefford]

I remember back in the 60,s I saw a bell Heli,in the window of the hobby shop,about that size,I thought that was pretty cool.For the time It was probaly pretty advanced for the time,I could be wrong.

[@joelcorchado5415]

only fools would condem such a creativity, period.

[@ASMRRALPH]

Nice Helicopter!

[@Midwest-RC]

Very Nice WORK!!

[@joelp19761]

That is pretty neat!

[@ConspiraciesareNOT]

that is a sweet model!

[@bossco09]

Wow that's an amazing ,well done......

[@marc_frank]

wow the filming style hasn't changed a bit :D

[@bonzo874]

skilfully flown

[@brettymike]

What a Sweet Bonza little machine! Who the hell would click the thumbs down button??

[@rileymalcolm6826]

Hey Bret nice flying

[@michel3777]

tres belle maquette!

[@briguy99]

Very impressive.

[@WarblesOnALot]

@xjet Whuff..! That's a SERIOUS Heligocopter Fantasy ! It's good it has a Civilian paint-job.. My old boss at Helicopter Promotions, Rosemary Arnold-Harris, was aboard the first Civilian Turbine Chopper (Hughes 500) on it's First US Transcontinental Flight... She had happy memories of the H-500... We flew an Enstrom F-28c, so maybe she had Turbine-Envy ? Ciao.

[@29adamn]

Nice job

[@TreasureGeo]

Beautiful

[@alidoenerali919]

Little Bird - Like a BOSS!

[@ThePostal67]

Boy, you could do a gross cartons of eggs with that beater! Nice!

[@sirob1fly]

Awesome Heli Great flight Obviously I'd love to have one, for now my Trex 600E in a AS 350 fuselage will do. Congrats !

[@melvic4]

A GoPro on it somewhere and you'd get the best bird eye view ever :) sooooooooo cool :) I want one :)

[@stephenhathaway269]

melvic4 you don't need to spend very much at all on an rc aircraft just to carry a gopro

[@stabes70]

RIP Brett.. You built and flew wonderful helicopters

[@SteelWheel240]

This is so cool, but is so far out of my price range! I would love to build a nice BlackHawk, throughout the course of my R/C escapades, and use it for filming some cool R/C Adventures. Thumbs up!

[@belgarcia7036]

Gn

[@tamilan2825]

Nice work

[@artsmith1972]

"i was having a good day with the R/C club, at the airfield, then I took a chopper blade to the knee..." :-/ All kidding aside, pretty amazing- great design detail, loads of power, so fast... very impressive !

[@trumpetman514]

I am currently building a 50 sized Century Mechanics, Hughes 500D Scale Helicopter. Nitro fuel....I would love to put a turbine in it......but my club won't allow them. It is an AWESOME hobby!!!!! ( but VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE)

[@sept1850]

Love it!!! Look like its real!

[@kenbirzneck]

very nice , thanks

[@EhnTeePee]

manjunk427 is right! Epic to see this one flying. So many vids are of "warm-ups" and "servo test" etc...

[@MrRican341]

My personal opinion, this is the most sexy heli ever.

[@sgsawant]

You made it bearable.

[@NiCadHeliPilot]

Tokoroa? LOL that ain't too far from my neck o' the woods =^.^= Nice heli, by the way.

[@hunterd78]

the jet engine is not providing the thrust, it is only making the rotors turn, so the tilt of the blades IS actually what makes it move.

[@mustafacan1834]

bu helikopter muhteşem idare edenlerde çok güzel kumanda ediyorlar tebrikler

[@blackmantis35]

Killer stuff....wow !

[@renfeildlight3473]

I wish I were that hamster lol that would be awesome. I've flown in a civilian helo and its like a magic carpet ride.

[@didod99]

Nice helicopter..I like this

[@choward874]

So awesome this thing probably cost as much as my truck so I don't imagine I'll be getting a jet helicopter anytime soon,that's sad too I want one just like this I recently learned how to fly 1 so I really want one bad now

[@MrJeeFreak]

yery nice, good flight

[@jamesyak52]

My favorite helicopter .awesome

[@TheLipRipp3r]

Very cool!!

hastasıyım bu makinelerin... :)

[@Maxpow33r]

Geez i wish my budget was as big as u guys

[@choward874]

thanks ill check it out!

[@namNguyen-yb4ud]

very beautiful toy

[@choward874]

Awesome!

[@AlliDelta]

Needs the Magnum theme tune on this video. There was one of these in that show : )

[@ArmyMedicRN]

You know you got money when you have an entire trailer just for your RC stuff

[@mad2877]

really cool this is amazing

[@alfares8045]

Very nice

[@MrGoldenmarin]

a very smart baby could have real fun in this

[@tipman98]

Excellent!!!!!!

[@happyhouse152]

@shooteraod This is a Vario Hughes 500E powered by a Jetcat PHT3. Research about vario and have a look at the other helicopters they have. This sort of model would cost upwards of $15000 with high quality equipment

[@mausamrajput5309]

thanks for this video

[@igo4mako]

It looks easy to fly.Maybe I'll get one. Think I should get some experience before taking off? Like I said, he made it look very easy!

[@kevinwtchir]

very nice i would love to have one of these.

[@YouthfulElf]

Just like the real thing! Only smaller!

[@47ronin61]

Would really love to build a 50 scale "Huey UH- 1D Iriqois".... fully detailed....YEESSSSS!!!

[@kenbirzneck]

nice machine...thanks

[@phonetic808]

Very Cool

[@StefsEngineering]

It's just a RC helicopter, Chill. Those are around since the 80ties... @ Xjet Nice model and nice video!

[@antonyh37]

Absolutely Beautiful! I want one, lol.

[@miGsKills]

That thing could lift a baby!

[@teneilp]

Sooo nice.

[@toasttsaot]

So thats what I look like on video? Thanks for posting this. I didnt really get a chance to see the heli flying as I was too busy stiring the sticks! What a buzz to fly. Cheers to Colin (the owner) for building this project.... Skycrane next.....?

[@motokid032]

Spelled "Mcdonnell" Douglas wrong on the door lol.. Other than that..Sickest RC turbine MD500E i've seen in my life.