Robinson Helicopter R66 Turbine Full Down Autorotation

[@jondavidmcnabb]

You know someone is a badass when they make an Autorotation look easy!

[@gtm624]

Right. Aaaand well just lower the collective and land like I never did 😂

[@milesbrown8016]

Yes

[@Jusaxi]

Well that was rather smooth. DAAAMN nicely done!!

[@helipeek2736]

Not exactly difficult in 20kts gusting 26kts to be fair.

[@toberrdrawforc]

Says the dude who can’t.

[@LC-bv1gk]

best camera view, that's how is done, most people don't even know were to place their gopro most of the time, this was nice, it's like been there as a passenger or copilot.

[@pilotpeego1820]

Nicely done Mischa! You executed that auto rotation like a boss. 👍👏👏

[@robertharper6034]

Purchased a BC Helicopter T-shirt. Hope this helps in a small way during the virus shut down and keep the videos coming. Bob H, Oceanside, Ca.

[@PilotYellow]

Robert Harper awesome thanks

[@robertharper6034]

Pilot Yellow My wife and I were planning a Canadian motor trip this year until the virus hit. The trip was to include a demo ride at BC Helicopters, I’ll keep it on the itinerary. Stay safe.

[@PilotYellow]

Robert Harper aww that would have been fun. I’m sure we’ll meet soon.

[@mikepaz4870]

That was thoroughly enjoyable. Your camera set up and cinematography is simply outstanding, it gave me a visceral feeling to the point when you dumped power and collective , my hands started to get warm ....right on the verge of sweating :)

[@barefootbob1269]

Was always my dream many years ago to get my helicopter license was never in the financial cards. I was lucky enough to go up in a few different helicopters and take the controls for a short period on a couple occasions. Each time I think the pilot feared for his life. So now I live the dream vicariously through your videos. Every time I watch one I always wonder what kind of moron would give them a thumbs down!

[@Novadean1]

It takes at list 10 hour or so to understand helicopters brains how it works on the controls

[@barefootbob1269]

@@Novadean1 I understand the controls and I do okay my only real problem is not gentle enough on the cyclic so doing a lot of over correcting. Just needed to remember not my dozer or excavator.

[@THEfamouspolka]

@@barefootbob1269 DUDE....SKYDOZER!!!!!!! That would be badass!!!!

[@benjaminnielsen4288]

Getting inside the mind of thumbs down moron is definitely mind-boggling. No matter how good, optimistic, or positive a video may be, there is ALWAYS someone around to try and tear it down. I'll never understand it. They could find a cure for corona virus and sure as shit there'd be some asshole there to give it a thumbs-down. What a world we live in.

[@anthonypropst1818]

How true.

[@rdspeedfab]

That big wind straight down the pipe makes it nice!

[@moviestudioland]

Great auto rotation demo. And the video describing WHY it works with the clutched gear with the pins in it made me confident that it works as you described. With engine low RPM or engine dead the clutch gear will let the rotor spin. Brilliant. Thank you.

[@steveb1739]

Textbook Captain Gelb! Well done.

[@MikeBUSA]

Nicely done. Back when I was much younger and in the Marine Corps, I was an avionics crew chief (that was pretty rare back then - not sure it's even allowed anymore) on UH-1N Hueys in the squadron out of New River. I couldn't count all the autorotations we did. 90% of them were not full - only about 10' off the ground. But I don't recall ever actually doing a full autorotation on the runway. It was always on the strip of grass next to the runaway. It seemed to be a lot easier on the skids because of compliance and a little more ability to slide once we touched down. Even when we did what we called cut-guns - hover about 3' off the ground and kill the throttle - always on the grass because those were harder on the bird than anything else. Not a critique - just a difference. Yours was right on the money and that's all that's important. Any landing you walk away from is a good one. Well done.

[@nathanemilywillems9699]

The skid plates on the R66 are impressively tough, myself and other pilots I trained with did a lot of sliding down the runway practicing run on landings and full down autos and the wear on the skid plates was hardly measurable!

[@ckeilah]

@@nathanemilywillems9699 thanks! I’ve been wondering just how hard it is on the machines. I’m hesitant to do full-down autorotations just for fear of adding extra wear and tear. It’s already EXPENSIVE enough just owning a helicopter! 😉

[@franekzh]

The r66 and r44 are my favourite helicopters!

[@kiwikeith7633]

I was pax in an Iroquois full down autorotation practice. It felt a lot more dramatic than that looked. as I recall it had the glide and trajectory of a brick but descent slowed right at the bottom as the skids eased into a field. One of those exciting never forgotten moments

[@3204clivesinclair]

Nicely done Sir. Stay safe.

[@Ghost812many]

Holy crapow man, that was textbook! Nice bit of flying sir!

[@chrisbowpiloto]

That doesn't look nearly as scary from the inside as it does from the outside! You made it look easy, nicely done

[@michaeltrimble2927]

The 44 and the 66 glide very nicely in autos.. full downs are almost a non event.

[@flyerh]

20 gusting 26 kts, Makes it really easy.

[@johnshackleton323]

At the beginning of your video I went into Google Earth and I located your airport and BC Helicopters as well and I tracked the whole flight while watching Google Earth as well. Gave a different perspective to it for me. Thoroughly enjoyable. Keep up the lovely videos.

[@epsonyk]

Awesome, bro! Keep moving forward!!! You do great job!!! 👏👏👏✊💪👍

[@palhein-reim7430]

Gifted instructor .... makes it look seamless

[@AussieVeteran71]

Love your rego GEAK (Geek) ------- good display of an autorotation

[@2is_BUGZEE]

Awesome job on the auto as well as your flare 🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾

[@jasonrwilkinson9216]

Hi Mischa, watched this a couple of times as couldn't understand what was 'wrong' but I twigged it's because you're flying from the right seat which is very rare in your videos as you're normally with a student or colleague and sat on the left. Nice auto! Keep safe!

[@conservativeokie]

You are a stud! Great pilot!!!

[@sebdiazs]

Hello Mischa, I like your videos very much , congratulation !! One question, I have an R66 I also use a GoPro hero6 with external mic connected at the military plug, the lemo I use on the Bose A20. External audio its very clear but intercom sound very distorted. Did you use any special configuration. Thanks

[@leonardodivinci804]

You must be a professional. Soooo Smooth! LOL. Always, great videos.

[@skaught7289]

It was nice to be able to see the pedal inputs on the video since they removables were left in

[@pthombeaux]

I'm getting so close to making the move to getting a helicopter rating because of these videos.

[@checkyoursix5623]

It's the most fun you'll ever have with your clothes on ...

[@nickzimmerman1447]

You need a Bell UH-1. Now they are a majestic beast. Like the Robinson's too, a guy in our area has a Robinson 44 think it was a 6 cylinder Lycoming in it. Rode with him twice, wanna go again this summer.

[@PilotPlater]

waiting to hear someone with a stuck mic on the radio saying "And guys don't forget to leave a like and subscribe" ;)

[@daviddiana180]

Nice job that full auto. I was lucky enough to train in a R22 and always loved the silence of the autorotation. That R66 looks like a dream to fly.

[@Sloth55Chunk]

R22 autos require a lot of work. When I got into an Astar those things just float. They're magical

[@zacharybyers]

Good camera angle for seeing when and how quickly you raise collective. Thanks for a great example video.

[@TimToussaint]

True. Very slowly actually.

[@moshunit96]

That went much better than the auto rotation video I watched before this.

[@osvaldoandresverdugoegan6651]

Awesome video of the autorotation ! Incredible

[@cmrhinehart]

You make it look easy! good job!!

[@Ransomhandsome]

A friend of mine died back in '92 piloting his R22 when it fell out of the sky.

[@naijapilotxmax6006]

May his soul Rest In Peace. I respect rotary wing pilot a lot.

[@Ransomhandsome]

@Duke Brooks (WGMD) Here's the details: aviation-safety.net/wikibase/35996

[@TheJamesmcdiarmid]

So sorry to hear of your friend’s passing. I’m a surgeon too and like your friend I used my R22 to commute around for work. I owned and operated an R22 beta II from 2002-2004. It was a fantastic machine to learn in but the low inertia of the rotor system meant that as the pilot you had 1.1s of reaction time in the event of power loss. I upgraded to an R44 Clipper II (with hydraulics and fuel injection) which I owned from 2004-2009 and which was far more forgiving to fly - it kept me safe despite my appalling flying skills.

[@Ransomhandsome]

@@TheJamesmcdiarmid Thanks for sharing you story. In a peculiar twist; perhaps 17 years after the accident I was spending 4th of July at my aunt and uncle's house and their neighbor and his wife, whom I'd met several times, happened to be there as well. At some point the conversation got around to the fact that the neighbor was a helicopter instructor at John Wayne airport, which lead me to bring up my friend, Dr. Passoff, and the accident. He responded, "Todd Passoff?" Surprised, I responded, "Yeah, did you know him?" to which he replied, "Oh yeah, I was his instructor." I was floored and really intrigued. I asked him what he thought had happened, and his response make a lot of sense. He said something to the effect of, "I'm a helicopter pilot. My job is to fly helicopters, so when I'm flying I'm doing my job and focusing 100% on flying. Passoff was a doctor who happened to be a helicopter pilot. When he was flying his helicopter he was thinking about being a doctor more than he was about flying the helicopter." That was his theory and I felt it made a lot of sense. Ironically, the morning I learned of the accident I immediately remembered my Bible reading from that morning: James 1:11 "For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away even as he goes about his business." He was 42, with a beautiful family. They'd just moved into a sprawling 2.5 million dollar home in Newport Beach. Such a tragedy

[@TimToussaint]

Interesting reading, Randsom Wear. It fell out of the sky, right? So your friend, a celebrity doctor, was flying for work in a helicopter that would have cost him 115,000 dollars (if indeed he bought it new), while spending USD 2.5m (in 1992 money!) on a house (presumably for his wife). He then, wanting to pull the heater control, by mistake pulled off the mixture control, at 150 ft AGL (saving a R22 from that height admittedly is a tall order). Crashed and died. Then the family (presumably his wife) sued Frank Robinson for having put the heater control too close to the mixture control (despite the mixture control being protected by a ‘guard’, exactly to prevent such error) and making another 4.5 mio dollars out of it (in 1997). Maybe he should have spent more on his dream helicopter, and less on his mansion (I avoid saying again here “his wife” because I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings). A Jettie for a couple of hundred thousand dollars more maybe could have given him a better chance to survive that situation.

[@ehudgavron9086]

Beautiful. Thank you. Ehud Gavron CPL-H Tucson AZ

[@Wolfhound_81]

Very smooth, love it!

[@91rss]

Good stuff, we learned the acronyms On entry, RMBAM Rotor motor Ball airspeed Mayday and at 100 ft ARAS? I think Airspeed Rotor area clear and skids straight, If memory serves, Forces likes acronyms cause you dont forget em 40 yrs later. Hot days over asphalt was something to watch. You would be coming in over cool grass and levelling off over hot tarmac and not have the lift you expected. and your suddenly a rotor tiller.. ask me how I know..

[@sickboy481]

We were taught RBSS: Revs (rotor rpm in green) Balance, Speed, Spot (Find a clear space in range)

[@dennismirante9528]

Seems much smoother than I remember doing them in an R22 many years ago. My recollection is it was like falling like a rock.

[@TimToussaint]

It’s not an R22.

[@ganthrithor]

It's an R66-- heavier blades than a 44 and a lighter airframe, so say nothing of the comparison to an R22-- and its blowing 20-25kts: the thing barely requires pilot inputs to autorotate well in those conditions. Even an R22 almost feels accommodating with a 25kt headwind :P

[@kickassman3924]

I always thought of getting my Helicopters License, Although its hilariously expensive and a lot of loans for your schooling you'd have to take. But overall it is my dream to fly a helicopter.

[@gtm624]

Get a small one. They are called ultralight. Some you don’t even need a license. However I wouldn’t recommend flying without training. Or go to a flight school for an introductory flight. That costs a few hundred bucks.

[@pimuce]

Good job man

[@rovers141]

Are you talking about making a career out of it, and are you from the US? If you're young and healthy, and American then the military is a great option to get the training for free. You can either join the army and fly as a warrant officer, which would require the least amount of schooling due to the fact that all other services require pilots to be commissioned officers, and that means holding a 4 year degree and then going to officer training depending on which branch/service it is or become an officer through that service's academy, which is typically 4 years long. Or you could join any service and go into any career field for 4 years in order to earn the Post 9/11 GI Bill (I would suggest the Air Force, they treat their people better than other services and there's a ton of easy career field options), that will pay for all expenses of flight training as long as you do it through a university, which could be a 2 year community college or a 4 year university depending on if you want to earn a 2 (you can actually do it in 3 semesters, so not quite 2 years) or 4 year degree in aviation. If you don't do it through a university, the VA will still pay for it but they require you to have a private pilot's license first, and that can cost you 10-15k. Or you might be able to take flight lessons using TA (tuition assistance) while you're still in the service. TA pays for college expenses for active duty service members, I'm not sure if it covers flight lessons or not though. This is just what I've learned about flight training over the last few months of research. I'm an Air Force vet, and will start training at a community college this fall, some of this I wish I had known MUCH earlier 🤣. It's either that or work hard, live like a monk so you can save up the money, or if you're lucky you can do it through scholarships and grants. Either way, if it's your dream then do it. Go pay for a discovery flight at a local school TOMORROW. Just about every school offers them, they're only 350 bucks for an hour at most, and it will give you the motivation you need to find the money to get it all done!

[@jeanmathieu553]

Very instructive, I love flying, the science behind

[@stealhty1]

Flowlessly Yellow Pilot, thx for share

[@thekorky27]

Wow! Nicely done!

[@davidwallace5738]

Great job buddy! Thank you!

[@zaimpasovic6069]

Verry nice job. Bravoo.

[@Back2Africa_Overland]

My CPL(H) expired years ago, your video brought back memories of doing this in a 1st generation R22 without correlator...

[@TimToussaint]

When the engine is off, it doesn’t matter whether you have a correlator or not. Actually, all helicopters have correlators (incl the old R22), but not all have a governor (I suppose that’s what you meant). As a matter of fact, in a practice autorotation to the ground, you actually have to disconnect (override) the correlator

[@BobABooey.]

Toss a couple of sandbags on that empty front seat when flying solo, it makes a huge difference and helps keep the nose down.

[@ArizonaAirspace]

That was a nice auto to the touchdown.

[@anthonyspadafora1384]

Wow these new helicopters make it easy. I was trained in a Hiller UH12C with wooden blades. 45 degrees real fast and little inertia stored in the blades

[@seanriley1603]

You make it look so easy.

[@davidrobins4025]

Very well done.

[@TheRailroaddan]

Well done

[@frankienv3906]

Great Job, now back to the couch everyone..lol

[@BenA-bu1cz]

That blade has alt of inertia. Good Job!!

[@johnepaalat1469]

Smooth touch down. Good job.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

Very nicely done!

[@Jerem5728]

Great video, thanks ! What is the airport, and what are the twin turboprops in the background, looking like DC-3s ?

[@jimcarter6669]

That thing has some decent lift to it!

[@lebojay]

@Jim Carter It was designed for piston power. Putting in a turbine to create the R66 was an afterthought.

[@HeliHolic]

That was sweet. love it Mischa

[@sendittacticsoutdoors]

Great auto 👍🏼

[@DanielMigneault]

Could be interesting if seen from the ground too but i liked that demo sooooooooo much!

[@garyggarner7738]

Wonderfully done!! Love Your Videos!

[@jcnme2020]

Excellent Job Brother ! Stay safe my Friend

[@can5projects563]

another great video hope you guys are fine stay safe

[@randyk7699]

#1 fan in California.

[@topofthegreen]

Copters are just cool!

[@panama-canada]

Very smooth!

[@joedejesus6363]

Nicely done👍

[@berndl]

Very skilled!

[@brettself]

Awesome video bro.

[@JorgeGonzalez-zh5xp]

I can only imagine how cool it is to do a full down auto. I learned in the R22 but school policy no full down autos, so never really touched the ground.

[@sebdiazs]

Hola Jorge Full down autorotation with 15kts or more on the nose it’s very easy. Completely different situation it’s no wind auto Saludos Fly safe kzbin.info/www/bejne/inalgImOZdB8mc0

[@Whirlynerds]

You made that Auto look effortless ;)

[@jeepcj7dude]

Mischa. Times are tough...Fly safe!!!... If you need anything from Precision heli-parts Canada let me know. We are not far away.

[@leoaero1948]

You made it look so smooth damn👍👍

[@kikupub71]

Beautiful

[@smb5655]

I wish I had an r66 standing by ready to go and do a quick run around.

[@nandyg1]

nice! my son used to fly out that airport. cheers!

[@chuckulmer409]

Knowing how to do this safely pulled my bacon out of the fire in 'Nam

[@DeathPredator]

Your name sounds familiar to me. What unit were you in?

[@luisvalderramos6757]

@@DeathPredator sorry to interrupt here, but he is a damn good soldier. usafocsalumni.org/class-pages/63d-bios/ulmer-charles-h

[@sgreene8081]

Awesome. Good job

[@andyuk5]

That was smooth!

[@gireesanp7783]

SUPER VIDEO

[@ibtm]

You have been running the business now for a while, are you happy with your results? Have there been any big surprises you did not anticipate, other than COVID!

[@bcgrittner]

Nicely done. I have piloted fixed wing in real world. My rotary wing experience has been Bell Jet Ranger 206 simulator. My autorotation experience was pretty minimal. It was also pretty so-so. I'll try to follow your example next time.

[@ryancarroll3961]

Perfection

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the video.

[@ddtddt8493]

Smooth dude smooth

[@marcobravov]

Awesome dude!

[@terrymjinks]

Excellent

[@indyjons321]

"Winds 180 at 17 gusting 26." daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang

[@shakooro]

That is a really slow auto rotation! The whirly bird I flew would fall out of the sky like a rock!

[@NPR47]

That looked smooth for that machine VT

[@davidwallace5738]

Great job and video. Thank you sir for posting.

[@ToastToTheFam]

beautiful !!

[@dwightbernheimer331]

Showing you I pay attention. When you are in a left turn you don't look over your right shoulder that much. I guess my head was on a swivel too much then. Just saying when I was turning left I'd be looking left right left right left, when I was turning right I'd be looking right left right left right. Maybe that was just my instructor LOL had a Robbie 22 and an Enstrom. Now it's just paragliders for me, at almost 80 years old. Can't tell you how much I enjoy it. My daughter said I was too old to fly helicopters LOL Almost as much as I enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting.

[@mikerope5785]

ok definitely want to learn helicopter if I become wealthy, the inputs look so natural and flow-state. For now a motorcycle is the closest to flying I can do.

[@gravis00]

Simulator screen was crazy clear! Is that like 20k screen?

[@jpsbirohar8317]

Awesome boy, love from india

[@Testpilottim]

Nice auto brother.

[@invictusbp1prop143]

My buddy that’s a pilot said the first time he did this he had a very strange and very nervous conversation with himself about how friggin absurd and totally bizarre it felt to initiate

[@albert.2848]

Love helicopters. Flew on Mi-2. But I am actually don't understand how to control main rotor cycle by this strange handle. So unusual. Is that comfortable ? Thanks !