I Broke Cleetus McFarlands Helicopter

[@therealjimmysworld]

Go right now to hillsdale.edu/jimmy to enroll. There’s no cost, and it’s easy to get started.

[@calfeggs]

Man, I miss flying helicopters. I can't wait till I can afford lessons again.

[@OutrightPower]

@@therealjimmysworld well, with this promotion, I say goodbye to this channel. I cannot support a channel who takes promotions from such a terrible organization.

[@farmdwg]

Way to go Jimmy. Hillsdale is a great school.

[@motha_trucker]

@@OutrightPower thanks karen

[@369motoman]

​@@OutrightPower bye bye 👋 you won't be missed

[@rebuildrescue]

Take it easy on my helicopter Jimmy 😂 Excited to see you finish your helicopter ticket Brother.

[@biteme0973]

Hey look rebuild rescue. noice bro

[@hawkuser604]

Jimmy, if you thought airplanes were expensive .. welcome to helicopter world! I was a helicopter mechanic for over 20 years on Bell 206's, OH-58's, and UH-60s. The maintenance and costs are insane! Not to mention that helicopters are NOT airplanes.. whole new animal!

[@joejohn5398]

@@hawkuser604 what’s your opinion on his statement about grease having to be all over the tank as an indicator for sufficient lubrication?

[@douglaschaffin3782]

The lack of grease fittings may be a good way to ensure that the tail rotor is taken apart and inspected.

[@VoxOptimatium]

Excellent!

[@marvindebot3264]

That is exactly why it was deleted, visual inspections were being ignored for the easy way.

[@douglaschaffin3782]

@@marvindebot3264 that was my guess.

[@keithexum7312]

I have maintained a lot of these. You don't mess around and let things go. Also keep up with your (TIMES.) When you do the 24 month re grease/inspection you can find a lot.

[@safeflight9189]

Even with all the silliness that you bring Jimmy (which is part of the fun), it is great to know that you still do things by the book.

[@simeon2851]

Why he is still alive.

[@rowdybroomstick6394]

I didn't think he had a choice

[@alexmikhael5061]

stuff is in the book for a reason.... AQP for GA ...... and all that stuff WILL HELP YOU STAY LIVING!!!

[@rickc303]

The 'silliness' makes these videos unbearable to watch

[@brianpowell2298]

The homestarrunner light switch rave was a forgotten memory jump scare!

[@BTheBear]

Yeah, but “The system is down.”

[@1BadZ]

Strong Bad!

[@FloridaFrank2010]

It is GREAT that this was noticed and fixed on the ground, else it could have been much worse. Loved the detail of the maintenance - thanks!

[@mrbmp09]

As opposed to fixing it in the air?

[@ik04]

Love the TH-55/H-269 Shweizer! My favorite helicopter and I have thousands of hours in Large, turbine helicopters. Great trainer and super fun to fly!

[@jamesmerrill9446]

Congratulations, Jimmy! Solo man! I love watching your videos, keep them coming!

[@justinthomas2538]

More of this content please! Heli Yeah!

[@CathySummers-w4s]

Something I learn today! Beautiful helicopter and Congrats on solo! 😊

[@Rlkent62]

Helicopters are a Blast to Fly. LOST my Brother in March 5 2019. He flew a MD500 flying Utility Maintenance “Cutting Limbs near power lines in the Mountains”. Sprag Clutch broke due to a Motor Mount that broke and over stress the Sprag Clutch. He was low level and wasn’t a whole lot he could do when it started spinning. I know he hit the pickle button to drop the saw and went for the trees instead of wires NTSB ruled Helicopter failure on 5 points. My Brother was cleared, “No Pilot Error”. He was a Damn good Pilot. CFII and Chief Pilot. Im a fixed Wing Pilot so we would kid each other, Me, the old Helicopter cant fly it just beats air into Submission was my favorite. All this said, don’t take maintenance for granted, the motor mont that broke was “SUPPOSED” to be checked every annual, but was very hard to get without removing Motor. I believe the Maintenance Log was Penciled whipped, but I can’t prove it. Also during NTSB examination there was rust that had been sprayed over on the Mount that broke. ???? Any how Jimmy, enjoy. You’re living the Dream. 🛫🚁 I’ve done my duty. My mission. Tell everyone. Johnny K 🚁

[@ty2148]

Being an A&P, I suspect they removed the grease fittings not to cause inconvenience, but to force an inspection. Even though its just routine maintenance, just the process of removing, cleaning, and regreasing would uncover possible disasterous problems.

[@johnnunn8688]

But they could specify an hours time to grease and a time to inspect; save a huge amount of manhours?

[@Buellsrule9659]

Not that 13 years is much but in my 13 years only places I have see syn-tec used is on splines usually adapter splines from drivetrain systems. Never a grease fitting for syn-tech. WTR grease though yeah fittings

[@Buellsrule9659]

@@johnnunn8688they do 😂 there’s flight hour based inspections and servicing and those are def apart of the flight hour maint

[@edwardstephens247]

Thank you for your service, young man!

[@bobmoyer8864]

Look at you and Griz bringing in the expertise and knowledge.... and then advertising knowledge at Hillsdale College..... go Jimmy, go..... love the episode.... what a fun to fly helicopter. Do we get to see you in your Golden Eagle soon? Love this content and glad to see safety first in all things. Bob

[@brokendowndog]

Congrats Jimmy on your helicopter solo.

[@hobo1452]

Way to go! Congrats on your solo. You're going to be a well rounded pilot by adding a rotary cert., not to mention adding some new places to fly that that a fixed wing can't go to.

[@benjaminlann]

Way to go Jimmy! I didn’t expect the solo at the end! Very nice 👍🏻

[@OcotilloTom]

Congrats on your solo, I was a machine gunner on a Sikorsky H-34 for 6 months during 2 tours in Vietnam. It was interesting. T. Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71

[@majorrimaha4437]

Congrats on the solo Jimmy, I remember my first solo back 1996 in the same aircraft type, the excitement, the adrenalin rush, im almost 20 years down the track and the feeling never leaves you.

[@jessejames14]

I used to do training in a huge 300. So this video brings back memories one time, while doing practice autos at Whiteman airport, near Sun Valley California, when I chopped the throttle engine quit, I told instructor you got it and we did a full down on the taxiway & skidded to stop. Know I know what skids are for! any landing and you walk away from is 😊 good landing, the instructor said.

[@alfadanhighperformanceoutb8416]

Brings back memories! I learned on the 269 and was cut loose just after 6 Hours of instruction. Back then I was young and took to flying helicopters easy. It is definitely much more challenging than fixed wing ten fold. On my first solo I literally thought I was going to die. My instructor was heavy so when I pulled up into my first solo hover the controls were completely different. The centers had changed due to a new CG plus the heli was much mor nimble with 250 pounds less weight. She was a blast to fly when solo and light. Nice heli but I will only fly turbine helicopters now.

[@daisyduke1659]

TH-55A. What a great/fun Helicopter to fly. Flew it in Army primary flight training in 1969. Above The Best!

[@dhyde9207]

"Helicopter" ... a collection of spare parts 'flying' in relatively close formation.

[@normdingmore8521]

@@dhyde9207 😂

[@chrissugg968]

A million moving parts rotating around an oil leak waiting for metal fatigue to set in.

[@Enz3d]

bunch of worn out parts flying haha

[@ytzpilot]

Sums up why I don’t fly them, also because I live in New Zealand the helicopter crash capital of the world, winds and weather through our mountains and helicopters don’t mx well

[@mikeg7843]

Finally.. back to the actual content that got me following this channel. Now keep it up. When ya gonna tell what’s the deal with the mig and some of the other planes

[@Flatnate]

lol the Cheat reference.. yep .. there was a pirate radio techno station out in the country up here and techno was the shop jam for years.

[@armigersmith1925]

Jimmy, so glad to hear that you've discovered Hillsdale online courses. We need more fully informed citizens in our Republic. You should also checkout The Hillsdale Dialogues with Hugh Hewitt and Dr. Arnn President of Hillsdale. They cover all of the Western Civ History and Philosophy, if you go back far enough in the series. I've been listening sense it's inception, to many years to count. Love your channel always entertaining!

[@Steve8587]

Love this chopper. If I ever cut off my beard I’m doing a stash like you. Perfect.

[@NWSquatch121]

Awesome Jimmy!!!! Helo pilot!!!🎉

[@hotcols1171]

As a Heli-only pilot, loving more helicopter content on YT! Great content - and showing the real side of being an owner-pilot too! Thanks!

[@floridaripper817]

1:31 looks like the belts could be replaced. Maybe it was a shadow but a couple looked split or coming apart 🤔

[@keycommander971]

My Platoon Sargent always told me if your doing a job for someone always add a few of hours on. So if u run into extra difficulty’s u have them extra hours to give u space. He was good at tips like that he was also good at punching u in the face or gut and giving u extra 81mm mortar equipment to carry or pushing lorry’s around camp to show off in front of NATO troops. Thanks to him I’ve now had 5 back operations and got medical disability after 15 years in the British Infantry deployed my life

[@josephroberts6865]

I wonder why your left seater was wearing an HGU 56P flight helmet with an ANVIS mount and battery pack on it? He must be either local police or national guard pilot. And Jimmy, you’ve got to hunch over some to allow your right forearm to rest on your leg. It makes the small minute cyclic corrections much easier.

[@communalnoodle1356]

Jimmy, what 90s beats are you into? There's ALOT of us out there - you're around my age, we all loved it back then no reason not to still love it haha

[@GarryFishermusic]

Well now we all know just “what could possibly go wrong .

[@Jigsaw407]

Specialized Grease = Regular grease with a different label and price tag. 😄

[@marvindebot3264]

Not this time, it has a very specific additive packege.

[@tonytrumble]

Thank you for your service Joe!

[@joshc7091]

Ford uses a similar if not the same drive shaft grease

[@michelbernardin6814]

The Rubicon (river) is in northern California. The entrance to the trailhead is is Georgetown.

[@markdavid4773]

Thank y’all for y’all service 🇺🇸

[@Mohawk21-oi1ni]

And YOU GOT this from CLEETUS..... THAT WAS NOT NICE!!!! YOUR REPUTATION PRECEEDS YOU......HIS IS LEGENDARY!

[@knowledgeispowermediaprodu7094]

Bro, I'm 51 and I'm there with you *100%* on the 90s techno. Hell yeah brother! I really enjoy your channel! EDIT: and synth...😎

[@breakupgoogle]

synthwave is life 🍻

[@justinhobart8747]

It'll be fine... What could possibly go wrong.... Now we know... 🔨🤪👍

[@randyvargas-Naiboa]

Heck yeah bud! Amazing to see you flying that copter! Makes me want to finish my hours and fly

[@maxium4x4]

My first in a Bell 47, felt like trying to control a Bowling Ball. Keep up the good work Jimmy.

[@shugardad]

The Hiller Killer here lol. Rotorcraft are just so much fun to fly though! I stuck with airplanes.

[@KevinSmithAviation]

Great video Jimmy. Cool to see you flying that beast solo. Keep up the excellent work. Safe skies my friend 🇺🇸🛩️

[@erikglad9975]

Jimmy, could you place a grease fitting in to service the tail shaft ?

[@hornesbee]

Awesome Jimmy ! ! That had to feel good piloting that chopper by yourself !!

[@blingspsycho]

FINALLY!!!!! Bring on more HELICOPTER CONTENT!!!!! Can i get a clear PROP!!!!!

[@gnagyusa]

LOL. No kidding about the grease. I have an Enstrom 280FX and every time our mechanic greased up the main rotor hub, that thing was spitting orange grease all over the place at the first flight after maintenance.

[@hayneser1]

Hey jimmy, it was great meeting you at sun and fun. Had the booth next to where you gave a presentation. The maintenance shop I run works on a lot of schweizer helicopters if your ever looking for maintenance we are at F45 in west palm beach. Happy flying.

[@garyjones6914]

Yes Jimmy you close to the Rubicon Trail when you were in Auburn (KAUN). Trail runs from the Rubicon Springs to Lake Tahoe.

[@markoaks8694]

Helicopter drive shaft lubricant is $90.00 per tube. If it is for aircraft use, quadruple the price. If it has FAA approval it is expensive.

[@patchmack4469]

life made real easy when you got someone who really knows how things break when mishandled, you can learn so much in short time, and always useful to have the long arm of a broom handle, essential

[@ronald8673]

Solo ! Congrats !

[@thomaskennedy4130]

The Prodigy - Poison (95EQ) has been my chill track this week.

[@0101-s7v]

3:08 3rd thing… I totally got that one right. LOL

[@pauldillinger2286]

Good job flying the helicopter Jimmy.

[@jhaedtler]

tighten it till it strips and back it off two turns!

[@AZAce1064]

My friend Jerry Foster used to fly one of those in Phoenix for Channel 10 news. He would visit elementary schools, film news and save lives here in the valley. Sadly he passed away last year but if you’re interested in his life story you can buy his book. It’s called Earthbound Misfit. And yes he was a fan of Floyd. I learned a lot about that helicopter in this video. Nice job👍🇺🇸

[@georgew.5639]

All that listening to the news does is stress people out. Most of it is not the truth. 😊

[@MaxSterling01]

Congrats on the solo. Awesome accomplishment.

[@BUILDYBUNCH]

Awesome solo flight.

[@avebru01]

Jimmy CONGRATULATIONS on your solo!

[@edendunes]

Never let go of the cyclic low above ground??? Glad it's fixed. Safe flying Jimmy

[@breakupgoogle]

Bro your workshop routine is just like mine down to the techno. big cup of water, endless edm and get in the zone. also dear strongbad.

[@psilver063]

Dude I’m so so dang proud of you and your accomplishment! I wanna see more!!!

[@mrwilson7617]

So cool to see Cleetus' chopper making others goals attainable.

Congratulations on your first helicopter solo!

[@alrad5686]

Great to see you solo in the Copter. Totally different experience than flying airplanes. Well done Jimmy!

[@0326Hambone]

As an automotive guy, if someone told me my driveshaft was sloppy, making a clunking noise, and their solution was to pack in grease, I wouldn't believe them.

[@varleyfitch6544]

Congratulations Jimmy on your solo.

[@gregoryrizer]

Could of heard a pin drop when he said your holes to big. Lololol 😅😂😂

[@edbrown2061]

Fng awesome learning to fly helicopters. Opens up more possibilities. Good job Jimmy.

[@stevendavis7416]

And the first thing you do after you fix whatever it is, you’re working on is make the following statement to your friend, “hold my beer and watch this. “

[@Rilch]

that tube of grease was expired buddy.

[@jamesl776]

Perhaps you cant read it expires july 2026🤣

[@cspeigner]

Well Jimmy, that didn't take long! Them things ain't supposed to fly anyway.

[@ohwell2790]

Never fly in a machine where the wings go faster than the fuselage.

[@SI-lg2vp]

That solves that. It's a no tail rotor Hughes 300 helicopter. So what could possibly go wrong Jimmy?

[@ValentinoDagher]

I bet cleetus is proud!

[@davetearle364]

Impressed with your solo young Jimmy :>)

[@normplatt7549]

Thanks for sharing Jimmy!

[@CherokeesJeepLife]

Congratulations, hard work pays off.

[@justinb1488]

I second the 90's techno!

[@Bumblebee4788]

Congratulations on your Solo Jimmy, Was my dream to fly Helicopters in the 70's when in Highschool... Dream never came true, unfortunately.....😢

[@joeretired4552]

Jimmy, if you don’t buy it - Break It! 😂

[@capicolaspicy]

Seems ridiculous to eliminate a simple grease zert and now require pulling the entire shaft for grease. Since it does also make it easy to do a complete inspection of related parts, and it IS an aircraft after all, maybe it's not such a bad change lol. I'd still be tempted to install a fitting for easy top-ups, and maybe pull the shaft every "x" number of flight hours?

[@SlipFitGarage]

Congrats, Jimmy! 🙂

[@unclejohn5012]

Completely forgot you had this thing! Maybe we should get more videos on it?

[@hawkdsl]

no

[@unclejohn5012]

yes

[@UndBeebs]

maybe

[@robertborchert932]

Jimmy! You’re now a rotor head! Congratulations. It’s a different world, similar in many ways to fixed wing…but you know what I’m sayin. I really miss my days in the UH-1H but I had a chauffeur. Former Brush Monkey.

[@wessims5534]

Thanks!

[@therealjimmysworld]

Thank you!

[@DunnDifferent]

The cheat! That strong bad episode is my all time favorite lol

[@nielsdorhout058]

Nothing wrong with lubing up the shaft 😂

[@philipchampagne3586]

That’s awesome jimmy, almost a heli pilot!

[@archieswado2559]

Im a heli maintenance apprentice in Aus and that grease gets soo messy sometimes its a pain but also works really well

[@John-hw3ds]

Hell Yea Brother! Congratulations on the solo.

[@kilgree]

The Cheaaaaaat! We did not put that in for you to have light switch raves with.

[@gcrauwels941]

You soloed !! Outstanding !!

[@HongyaMa]

That's a plastic damper and that is normal YOU DO NOT GREASE IT - Only the end spline couplings are greased

[@clydemckenzie3933]

Congratulations on your first solo flight.