MD-600 Startup and Takeoff [S03]

Where: Ashland Municipal Airport, S03
When: June 1st or 2nd, 2018
Runway: Parking Area
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas / MD Helicopters MD-600
Registration: N60BK
Operator: Unknown
Route: S03-S03
Recording device: iPhone 6s
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[@xnavyro]

Beautiful chopper!

[@RS-pq5mo]

That guy in the shorts must've REALLY been pissed !!!

[@benjamin7114]

Turbine engine, no tail rotor technology, six blades .... why can't we all have such nice things.

[@erikbunty2016]

That's one heluvacopter.

[@LatitudeSky]

Patents. The NOTAR patents are expensive and there is almost nobody asking for NOTAR machines. They just don't care. The 600N is also known to be an acquired taste to fly. There are pilots who love it and roles where only NOTAR does the job.

[@stresswes]

I agree.

[@lorenpostma3675]

Brim Aviation Ashland Oregon. We’ve flown with Ryan and it’s a blast. 👍👍

[@mkultra501]

I read a statistic that said 50% of MD600N’s that have been built by MD (86) have been destroyed in crashes…

[@stresswes]

No way, that is not true.

[@user-vl5mh7jl2v]

Beautiful Takeoff. I am taking lessons in a Robinson R44. Best regards. Marianne from Sweden

[@chippyjohn1]

Don't fly Robinsons if you value your life!

[@robertburns3014]

My dream helicopter!

[@vinaymulukutla358]

I've noticed that it is one of the few helicopters with a six blade main rotor. I know that the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion also has a six blade main rotor as well and a couple of Kamov helicopters from Russia do as well.

[@jatindersinghasr1]

There is no tail rotor in this helicopter. How its possible bro

[@vinaymulukutla358]

@@jatindersinghasr1 This helicopter uses a NOTAR system which was developed by it's parent company, MD (MD Helicopters Inc.). This means there is no overt tail rotor. Instead, this system is powered by an internal fan in the tail to create a massive volume of low pressured air and the air exits through slots in the end of the tail, producing something of a propulsion/thrust effect to counteract the torque effect produced by the main rotor.

[@jatindersinghasr1]

@@vinaymulukutla358 thanks for information bro. First time I have come to know about this. Otherwise I have seen that where there is no tail rotor, there are two main rotors on the lifting shaft.

[@erikbunty2016]

The old S-64 Tarhe, otherwise known as the Skycrane, has a six-bladed main rotor, as do the AH-6 and MH-6 Little Bird helicopters.

[@vinaymulukutla358]

@@jatindersinghasr1 I think you maybe referring to the Boeing V-22 Osprey which is used by the US Airforce. It is something between a plane and a helicopter. I sometimes think of it as a plane with massive propellers on either wing but it lifts into the air like a helicopter but then those tilt and it flies like a plane powered by turboprop engines. The other fascinating type of helicopter for me is the Boeing CH-47 Chinook which is best known as a tandem rotor helicopter and is instantly recognisable. It is the only tandem rotor helicopter still in production and is used by Air Forces all over the world. The Indian Air Force continued to further modernise their inventory by ordering several as well as AH-64 Apaches.

[@user-rk9wm6rn3b]

Very quiet compared to rotor and smooth

[@SurfCityVideo]

MD has built some great helicopters. The MD600 is not one of them.

[@jatindersinghasr1]

There is no tail rotor and only one main rotor. How its possible. Otherwise when there is no tail rotor, there are two main rotors on the same shaft.

[@mfrplanespotting]

Don’t take my word for it, but I think it has something to do with blasting exhaust from the turbine out where the tail rotor would be to emulate the forces a tail rotor does

[@jatindersinghasr1]

@@mfrplanespotting just now someone has told me that there is a fan inside the tail which throws the air outside from the end of the tail. After that, I have noticed that there is a big hole at the end of the tail. Most probably air comes out from this hole. You can also see that hole.

[@LatitudeSky]

​@@jatindersinghasr1The fan is inside the body of the helicopter. It is what makes the high-pitch shriek noise as it takes off. The fan blows air down the hollow tail and it exits out the duct at the end. This design is significantly safer than regular tail rotors. There is no danger of people walking into it or hitting trees. The same system is used on the bigger MD900/902 helicopters. All of them make that signature shrieking noise. It is a wonderful advancement in design. It will be adopted by other companies once the patents expire.

[@andrewscott6062]

​@@mfrplanespottingyou're dead on it

[@user-rk9wm6rn3b]

A ducted fan runs in tail cowel and the end is open and rotates from pilot side to close position controls yaw

[@toomanywaystofall]

damn missed the shot....