The Helicopter: Everything You Need to Know

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[@TheRezro]

Some plants do use similar affect like for example Tilia seeds. So those things on Chinese paintings, may not even by toys but people throwing some plants for fun. Of course later it was replicated as a toy.

[@substrate001]

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[@joesmith4494]

I've told Simon to wink if he needs help

[@paradisepipeco]

We now know that Da Vinci's concept of an _"Aerial Screw"_ never got off the drawing board because he lacked an essential ingredient, commonly known as the _"Rolling Donut"._ _(No need to thank me, I'm here to help.)_

[@trevorsmith4053]

My dad is a helicopter pilot, first in the army, then the national guard, and then medivac for our state. I don't have a point to make or anything to add I'm just really proud of my dad ❤

[@tan4uk69]

I bet your dad says "GET TO ZE CHOPPAAAA" a lot

[@theknifedude1881]

It’s really good to be able to feel that way about your father. I wonder how the trump kids feel?

[@theknifedude1881]

I saw a helicopter fall out of the sky back in the’60’s and have never flown in one. And don’t intend to, unless I am “LifeFlighted.” I carry the necessary insurance.

[@markkarasik2211]

@@theknifedude1881hopefully terribly embarrassed to be Trump kids

[@matthewpollock9685]

That's great that you're proud of your father. I hope my kids feel the same about me. I never served in the military myself but I've been a helicopter mechanic for almost 20 years. May I ask what kind of helicopters your dad flies/flew? Most of my time in the industry has been spent wrenching on Chinooks.

[@TauGDS]

Artillery would be a good one for this series, one of those things that everyone knows what it is but then when you think about it a bit more you realise how little we actually have as common knowledge

[@drakemartes937]

I’ve felt that exact way which has caused me to research early cannons and artillery

[@Accounting4Cycling]

@@johnnyfamoussame with the 105mm M119. Sure, there's 105mm mortars, but it's not even close to the same. As a former red leg, Arty is definitely King of Battle!

[@zaco-km3su]

Artillery tactics haven't evolved too much since WW1.

[@Accounting4Cycling]

@zaco-km3su that's a terrible take, and just outright wrong. Perfect reason to have a series like this!

[@TrinityCore60]

…so how early would he cover that from? Cannons were kinda early; they couldn’t have shown up too far after Gunpowder’s invention, which itself was around 1000 years ago.

[@JohnnyWednesday]

I'm starting to worry that Simon isn't allowed out of the studio

[@CrvrMb]

That’s okay! He makes more money that way!

[@SkyWolfPirate]

Hey don’t worry he likes it

[@diysecuritygear9594]

Simons dream helicopter isn't going to purchase itself!!

[@stevelee5724]

Don't let him out ! 😅

[@myaldeade]

But that's only because it's Capitalist Simon keeping him there

[@stephenwilkens3101]

Former OH-58D pilot here- mid-1980's tech, observation and light attack helicopter, if you're not familiar. The bit about early experimentation with arming them and the pilots having to eyeball it took me back and made me chuckle. You know what our "targeting system" in the 58 was? A grease pencil mark on the windscreen hahaha

[@brianmurphie7501]

😂 you're shitting me! ... you're shitting me? ... please tell me you are shitting me!🙏🏻

[@stephenwilkens3101]

@@brianmurphie7501 I shit you not, good sir! Haha I can't remember the exact count- 6 up and 4 over maybe?- but before we'd fly, we would count the bolts along the bottom and side of the windscreen to mark the initial sight point. Then, when you did your test fire, you made a mental note of where the rounds hit the ground in relation to that first point, gave the copilot the controls, added a new mark to show where you're actually hitting, erase the first mark, take the controls back, and boom, you're sighted in 😂

[@Switcharoo12]

That's some kick ass DIY​@@stephenwilkens3101

[@harlycorner]

Although I don't know what a grease pencil is, this sounds really interesting. Thanks :)

[@stephenwilkens3101]

@@harlycorner Like a thick colored pencil, but the stuff that does the writing is a lot softer and a little sticky so you can write on smoothe surfaces like glass, but is also easy to clean off

[@rstidman]

This feature-length video is a Megaproject of its own. Bravo.

[@jamesmullikin4902]

This is my new favorite segment across the whistlerverse. I know these deeper dives are a significant undertaking to make, and not always the best return on investment. However, the result is fantastic and definitely appreciated.

[@hamubice1551]

This video is nearly a week old and has less than 100k views. Doesn't make me hopeful for more content like this unfortunately.

[@PiterDeVries668]

We are LOVING these longer form videos you guys (Simon & The People Under the Stairs)! They work so damn good for a good smoke sesh, or as background when wandering around in cyberspace... Ummmm...Wait, what were we talking about?

[@FLV.USA.CONSTITITION.2ND.]

By far my favorite megaprojects! I have spent years and years working on,,with or around most of the birds used during the 70's 80's and early 90's. And this was spot on! Bravo big brain! I know your writer's put these podcast together, but your oratory abilities are spot on!👍👍

[@melanezoe]

Simon, nobody else reads as well as you. I enjoy your voice. An hour and a half ! I hope you take breaks, then the editor performs seamless magic to put you back together without a breath. I hope. Enjoyed the helicopter history.

[@jcdock]

The number of multihour vid simon has put out this week has me struggling to keep up lol

[@mattywanders]

I've gotten absolutely nothing done yet this week thanks to Megaprojects. Not complaining, just observing. 🙃

[@route2070]

Wow, in 2 days, 3 videos combines for 7 hours in the Whistlerverse.

[@maxwirt921]

Plus the 7+ hour compilation video on Today I Found Out.

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

Kinda live for this, not gonna lie!

[@stephenwilkens3101]

Another benefit of FADEC: Auto relight. It can detect an engine failure, kick on the igniters, and adjust the fuel flow to get the fire burning again as fast as possible. The OH-58D actually had a counter built into the avionics software to let you know if this happened, because FADEC could fix an engine failure so quickly, you literally might not know it happened

[@2down4up]

Wait an hour and a half of Simon? Hell yes!!! Give me more!!!

[@badmedic6]

These long-form joints are solid. Reference-level works that I hope stay evergreen. Cheers the team!

[@RFK_wait4_2028]

1:24:08 Loved this, but how can you forget Ingenuity?!! The only helicopter to take off, fly, and land on another planet! Plus, I'm pretty sure it broke the speed record on its way to Mars, even if it wasn't under its own power😂.

[@RoggeRN4]

1:2:51 They don't count because of retreating blade stall. Great show as always, you guys make great content!

[@batatmi]

It's worth noting that the new tiltrotor, the Valor, is expected to be more reliable and safer than the Osprey. While the Osprey has it's engine rotate along with the rotor, the Valor has stationary engines, only rotating it's rotors. The helicopter's power plant not tilting greatly reduce the risk of having a fatal malfunction/failure.

[@LatitudeSky]

The Valor has not yet survived being canceled entirely. There are a lot of sore losers on the other side raising a huge stink. It's definitely not a done deal.

[@ahaduarefe-aine2141]

Well The Valor is not really a good choice, it’s a tilt rotor helicopter like the Osprey, it’s very loud like the Osprey and the way it was built is almost overdone. When it comes to helicopters, the louder you are the more likely you are to be shot down so I wouldn’t be surprised if it got cancelled.

[@ianshaver8954]

I am appreciating this new form of video, and hope it continues in the future. Would like to see a similar one on artillery.

[@damiensteinrich9677]

Served in the US Army with a deployment to Iraq from Oct 06 to Jan 08. I was with 1st Air Cav out of Taji. Just came to say I love the Chinook 2 were brought down during my deployment and everyone survived from those 2 instances.

[@joshiethemoose9009]

This is why Arnold said “GET TO THE CHOPPER”

[@dickiemcgeezacks9458]

Choppa

[@espn8-theocho383]

RUNNN... GOOO...

[@myaldeade]

And why the beer brewer said "WET THROUGH A HOPPER!!!" and they barley made it.

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

No, this is HOW Arnold was able to say, 'GIT TU DAH CHOPPA'!

[@ctdieselnut]

Imagine if what Schwarzenegger had in mind was that pile of crap at 15:26 😂. That thing makes me laugh every time I see it. Why anyone thought that design would work is beyond me. "Get to the choppa!" - cut to that thing with benny hill theme playing.

[@errantalgae]

the V-22 has the same failure rate if not better than the C-130 and UH-60 did when they had the same flight hours, sadly one of the most vocal online supporters of the V-22 did die in a crash in one, but the man loved the aircraft and it is just as safe as any other aircraft of such complexity with such low flight hours total

[@SuperpowerBroadcasting]

Helicopter ambulances are an amazingly epic invention and are saving so many lives that would have otherwise been lost. Long live the helicopter 🚁!

[@zaco-km3su]

@@ACME_Kinetics A van ambulance is probably going to cost over $30.000 also.

[@LatitudeSky]

Civilian medical helicopters spread during the late 70s in parallel with the dramatic rise in hospitals with trauma centers, which in turn owes much to the old TV show Emergency which compiled a whole bunch of EMS concepts and put them into a drama that people looked at for entertainment but it was in fact a blueprint for making emergency response a thing, in particular focusing on the Golden Hour to get an injured person to care. Helicopters were a major part of making that a reality.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

​@@LatitudeSkyMaybe in the US but definitely not worldwide.

[@KaiserV-2]

Hail helicopter! My it live long and prosperous.

[@CowboyCree63]

Love the heavy lift portion, I'm a former Marine Corps CH-53E mechanic and currently a CH-54/S-64E helicopter mechanic, heavy lift is in my blood!

[@Elon6of9]

Phenomenal video and learning experience

[@BustaHymen]

I thought I knew not a lot, but at least pretty much, about helicopter history. Turns out I was wrong. Thanks for this informative video! 👍

[@bmxerkrantz]

19:45 you didnt account for gyroscopic precession. fore/aft rotor pitch changes creates a side to side movement. this 90 degree offset is normally built into the swashplate. so the swashplate tilts fore/aft, but the effect is applied 90 degrees offset to the blades.

[@SeauxNOLALady]

I sometimes wonder if Simon is human, or a biomechanical hybrid that doesn’t sleep or require rest of any sort. That’s why he can put out multiple videos nearly every day on so many channels! If he is indeed human, he has a work ethic that is exceedingly rare… One can’t help but admire him and his dedication to creating content that educates the world about numerous topics. Is there a type of award for KZbin creators similar to the Oscars? If so, he deserves a lifetime achievement award! Thanks Simon for the great work you do and for keeping me entertained and informed and teaching me about things I never would have learned otherwise

[@The_RC_Guru]

He likely works less than 40hrs a week actually. He pays a team from his KZbin income to create the content and to edit the videos. He’s the face and orator but they do all the actual work. He’s done well to create his persona and now is able to ride on it.

[@andylikesyourkite]

I'm working hard at getting my commercial helicopter license at the moment. I've always loved these machines

[@turbolevo8703]

Good luck.

[@icantthinkofaname987]

I see the videos themselves are megaprojects now. Megaprojects²

[@yakacm]

Saying helicopters development has stagnated, is to ignore drones and UAV, and even RC helicopters, because there has been massive leaps in the electronic that control vertical flight. While I wasn't really expecting anything about RC helis, the development of drones over the last 20 years has been phenomenal, so much so that they are now part of everyday life.

[@triggerpointtechnology]

As a dual rated pilot, fixed wing and rotorcraft, I have to admit that for pure fun, you can’t beat landing next to a waterfall and fishing for native browns 45 minutes from your front yard. But if you need to go somewhere, you need 200 knots.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Huh?

[@JohnYoung77]

And you didn't show Airwolf!!! Now that's the coolest chopper ;)

[@darthtac]

Lets not forget Blue Thunder. A very under rated film well worth a watch.

[@JohnYoung77]

@@darthtac Agreed, loved that show also, but I still think Airwolf just about edges it ;) :D

[@paulelverstone8677]

Superb. A really enjoyable deep dive into one of the coolest machines ever. I remember as a kid playing Top Trumps with my brothers and hoping that I had a Huey Cobra or Westland Lynx or Hind D in the hand. Fabulous memories...

[@trayolphia5756]

1:28:57 I don’t care how many times I register to it - the straightfaced delivery of that line, and the unique wording makes me laugh like mad Simon, you are a blessing to the world in so many ways.

[@D_U_N_C_L_E]

Great video, would love to have a mega project on the iterations of spy satellites throughout the cold war and beyond 👍

[@gangfire5932]

"The turbofab engine was an invention of the four members of the Beatles back in 1962, shortly after Ringo Starr joined the band, and the moniker 'the Fab Four' was coined. But lacking UK Part 66 Aircraft Maintenance licenses (required for performing maintenance on aircraft there) they never did anything with their invention except sell their drawings to Rolls-Royce, who created the first turbofab engine, the Revolver." -- Cliff Clavin

[@warrenchinn4114]

Fabulous. But no mention of the Fairy Rotodyne (compound), the Cessna CH1 (highest piston helicopter record) and, nNO Bell Jet Ranger!? Guess ya just can't include everything 😊

[@_Hodgepodge]

I've noticed none of Simon's channels do timestamps. I'm assuming it is to increase watch time, but on videos like this, I feel it is pretty necessary.

[@darthtac]

Great video Simon and the basement team. Am the only one who would like to see a video on the CL-84 Dynavert? I think the only thing wrong with it was like many good ideas it was too ahead of its time.

[@jamieknight326]

Absolutely love the long form videos. I pop one on when I wake up in the morning and listen along as I gently boot for the day :)

[@gerardlotzii6807]

They did forget the stealth helicopters. Not much information out there, but it is a revolutionary advance in helicopters.

[@maximusdeminimis7917]

Great video. Loved the long detailed format. A couple of observations. The FW 61 was built to be a proof of concept vehicle. The airframe, with its tractor engine, was a modification of an existing FW training airplane. Its resemblance to autogiros was only that. The "propeller" with is fixed pitch and limited diameter, was optimized for engine cooling and contributed no measurable thrust. If it did, the machine would not have been able to hover given the high power setting required to do so. One other detail, a turbo shaft engine is also considered an "internal combustion" engine. Both Reciprocating (piston) and Gas Turbine (turbo shaft/prop/fan/jet) engines are classified as "internal combustion". But I think we all knew what you meant. Anyway, nice work Simon, keep em' coming.

[@thebrokenengineer]

I love the "TurboFab" engine! Nice slide @48:13

[@zaco-km3su]

Turbofan. He says turbofan.

[@thebrokenengineer]

@@zaco-km3suI was talking about the slide not what he said, it is just a typo but it is funny...at least IMHO.

[@R0bobb1e]

You had Da Vinci's Screw rotating the wrong way! ;p

[@shanewallace1126]

😂Bugged me too.🙃

[@ArizonaJoeHines]

I served in Vietnam in 1970 with a combat engineer outfit in the central highlands. We had helicopters assigned to us, including gun ships and medivacs. One Sunday afternoon, the Huey gunship exercised its guns into a waste area next to our base. What you hear is a loud buzz and what you see is the copter being forced back by the accumulated recoil of its miniguns. We had a company out in the far boonies constructing some fortifications for Montagnard irregulars. They were resupplied entirely by air. The huge Chinooks would hover over our pad while we hooked a cargo net full of supplies out to Bu Prang where the cargo net would be unloosed and the Chinook would go on its way without having to land at either end of the delivery. They had a tremendous prop blast, hence the hovering. I happened to be at Bu Prang during a Chinook delivery. The prop blast stirred up a tremendous cloud of red dust. (Clark Gable starred in the movie Red Dust in the early 1930s about a rubber plantation. They had that right.) BTW, Helicopters are very loud, you have to communicate through the helmet radio.

[@Ubique2927]

BC & AD…… Has Simon and writers listened to us? Yippie.

[@rogerpenske2411]

No room for Christ rejecting reprobates in my life, either.

[@renaissanceman7145]

VERY well done video. Helicopters have always been of great interest to me so, as you can imagine, I've read many books on the subject. This video does a first rate job of informing the viewer of the history and technical advancements of the helicopter. Well done!

[@deplorablekunt]

I didn’t notice the mention of a helicopter’s maximum speed where the rotor breaks the sound barrier as half of it moves faster than sound as it moves forward along with the craft.

[@KarrierBag]

I was rescued in Dec 1989 by RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall after I fell off a 200ft shear drop off a cliff in St Just in Cornwall, 10 climbers couldn't get me out as the tide came in and I had 'bounced' into an alcove, so helicopter (the biggest they have) came to pull me out, was very dodgy apparently, I have no memory of anything that happened, woke up 4 days later in hospital in Truro, Never been on a helicopter since and I have no memory of when I was on one which is annoying BUT they saved my life, will love em forever.

[@davidanalyst671]

Simon really missed out when describing the future blackhawk replacement. The real point of the V22 is that it goes 100 mph faster, and goes over 100 miles more than the public figures for the blackhawk, loaded for combat. and even further when shuttling from base to base. The blackhawk will be replaced, the V22 is the future, the Raider X is not as fast and cant go as far as the V22.... Also don't forget that the V22 and the osprey both have redundant gears so that if one engine cuts out, the engine on the opposite side can turn a gear all the way through the plane and keep the other propeller spinning. While the plane will have to slow down, the v22 can still make it home on one engine on a level flight. Which reminds me, you never addressed redundancy. Things like the blackhawk have two turbines just to make sure that even if one cuts out, the other can at minimum provide a controlled landing

[@zaco-km3su]

The V-22 won't replace the UH-60 Blackhawk, the V-280 will. The V-22 and V-280 are 2 different aircraft. They are not helicopters.

[@SpecVengeance]

Love the content! I am always super excited when a new vid drops!

[@gregniel]

Their idea for the helicopter came through observing seeds. . . At least in a roundabout way.

[@jackofsometrades6727]

I've only listened for a minute or two, but how did this audio get past production? It's like SImon is speaking to me from two to three feet away in every direction at once. AHHHH! He's clear, but oh my God is it maddening. ninja edit: no; I do not mean like it is center-stage where center is between speakers on my head and the sound appears from nowhere. I mean it is like a reverb or delay.

[@montyhinton4971]

Simon is the man. Or It at least one of the individuals in the smaller percentage of the total number of the mass of individuals or groups identifying as content creators who in the total number of each individual as a part of that total number in the top one percent, he personally as a member of the whole, as a member of his generation, as a member of his genre, as a member of utube content. And as the representative of the effort produced by his personal support team and the face of that result. He is the Man.

[@notvaporlocked5479]

Simon is a man at the peak of his game. Well done sir!

[@stephanredding3558]

My dad was a cobra mechanic during his time in the army. Stationed in Germany in the late 70s and early 80s

[@AreUmygrandson]

My brother is a flight medic for an air rescue team in Texas. He was recently taken on as part of NASAs rescue team? Not sure what its title is but he is basically part of an medic team whenever they do crewed launches

[@rand26100]

"Jury-rigged" is actually "jerry-rigged." British soldiers admired the ingenuity of the Germans in making repairs and adapting hardware and weapons in unorthodox ways, and so the term "jerry-rigged" entered the general vocabulary: similarly, Allied soldiers began collecting German "jerry cans" wherever and whenever they could find them and eventually started manufacturing their own copies.

[@NickyTheGaymer]

Dude, I've been high this entire time watching this mega project of a Megaproject. NGL, great episode fact boi. I forgot where I was, but your voice guides me through the trip

[@sarlesnate]

Simon: "Over the next 90 minutes or so, it's a long one..." Me: Gets a little too excited

[@dougwalker4944]

love this guy. missed a bit in the future segment. drones and uses in planet exploring, like mars

[@matthewsecord7641]

Love the video Simon and crew thanks. Gotta get back to it. ❤

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I am a bit amazed that I watched the whole 90 minutes. Simon Whistler sure can read quickly. His diction and voice are distinctive. Overall he is one of the greats amongst many presenters of novel and fast changing technologies. He has a lot to be proud of. I'd try to see if I could VO any production anywhere near the charms of Mr. Whistler. Prodigious output from Simon is unparalleled. He must really want to work at what he does. I'd like to hang out with him and talk about all things that interest us as it is debatable now if we will make it through the bottleneck as we skim the lake of misfortune, mistake, stupidity knowing without any doubt there is no time to go off anywhere to find yourself. Youths had better forget about fun outside of work. All the fun you are to have had better be at whatever destiny you chose. Where is the next greatest threat? You can be certain it is a litany of crisis overload events from dawn to dawn dusk to dusk. It is an end to history not because there is nothing new but because there is so much happening to write it all down hoping to make enough sense of any of it to call it history is clearly impossible a task. At least that is the situation for the great majority of us. Strength, Wisdom, Beauty, Humor and Spontaneous Affection. Simon Whistler obviously maintains these values and from his vantage point not only observes and relays the great events his working writer partner and contributors he finds or find him he sits there at his spot speaking to me in my spot so fully alive the both of us and then the all of us. He out does Walter Cronkite who came to us also daily and then as the man making The Big Picture. I am the Transendian. I am the founder of Transcendia.org. I must get through to Simon Whistler to the point where he knows what I see of the past and present and future and enjoys the hold up that is just something grabbing our attention in the Spontaneous Affection Category. Something we could not plan to see, I saw yesterday a scientist say we'd know in 2025 if the new big to know asteroid was coming on the trajectory of doom. Well how about that. It is bound to happen. An asteroid hit our world and killed the Dinos and so wow we have snuck in and become aware one more. A how about that. We really want to control our own destinies and kill each other off. We cannot have this asteroid just show up and get in the way of our greatest military minds. Damn straight we will not allow this weapon of choice in the scheme of things far as universes are concerned, you know, you know what is big. Regolith is fun to say. It is just rocks instead of an asteroid with a number as a name. The great baseball player bred to stand on the Moon wearing magnetic soled. shoes. The whole of the world will watch the game the whole team will get to throw the pitch, their best pitches. The game of a long time coming. and long time. Oh dynamite. Oh DyNOMight DY- DI-No-Might. How about that? Pleasant Pleasant, comforting and some will claim there is a supreme being because the US Presidential Election will already be over. The most well equipped defensive apparatus, and a military that must have something to do to entertain the population with a great countdown Mr. Simon Whistler is nominated to tick off day after day and then hour by hour and then minute by minute. FDR's voice over as narrated by Seth Meyers back from impressions school will also get to take up. I see the both of them now laughing. What if there is a strike out? The ball of regolith not so well designed in texture doesn't even hit a glancing blow and the Countdown is prolonged.

[@zacharywilson7146]

Are you on Thorazine? What the hell

[@jcahill7560]

LOVE you in Philadelphia. Once again, Well Done!

[@TheShiA]

Omg ilu Simon, I have been waiting for thisss

[@bjaymac1712]

Love the long form videos.

[@miscbits6399]

Not mentioned about the Mil V12 is that it was intended to ship ICBMs around, avoiding having railway lines giving away the location of launch facilities

[@cmelton6796]

The real megaproject is having every single channel on KZbin

[@anthonyfrench3169]

I absolutely love these videos when the whole team can stretch their legs and really get to the meat and potatoes of the topic their covering.

[@blackdog6969]

Only about 20 minutes in but a fun fact for everyone; David Unaipon (Aboriginal elder on the aussie $50 note) was an inventor and tried to patent a design for a helicopter similar in design to modern ones towards the beginning of WWI. While it didn't go through, a relative of his recently worked with students from a university to recreate his intention by replacing the rotors on a drone with boomerangs to study his theory for early helicopter flight.

[@dewaynelaprad5649]

I would love to see a video on the real-life Dune Ornithopter. It was an experimental plane France was working on before WWII.

[@mattyladd]

Really enjoyed this one. Thank you!

[@FrazerBoorman]

The most cohesive and accessible explanation of the physics behind the helicopter I’m sat thinking “ohhhhh, that explains why I experienced what I did on DCS 😅 probably didn’t have the antitorque rotor running? Idk Love the work of yourself and your team! (Though while I’m here, I’ll mention the backing music of the “ the unknown “ channel could use a little variety. The memes however are top tier xoxo ) Drink whenever Simon mentions Stargate! 🤪😜

[@ekscalybur]

Look at that Chinook. Look at it's introduction date. It's still flying. It's also still the fastest helicopter the US Army flies.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

Factboi : i have done timestamps for the 3h CC episode on *Bonnie & Clyde* ; the 2h WG episode on *Putin* ; the 1h30 DTU on the *Holocaust*...and now this Where are my free VESSI ??? Anyways, here's the table's 0:55 - Chapter 1 - Early attempts 4:35 - Mid roll ads ads 5:55 - Back to the video 18:50 - Chapter 2 - Inter war & WWII development 37:15 - Chapter 3 - The helicopter in WWII 45:30 - Chapter 4 - The helicopter comes of age 1:07:20 - Chapter 5 - Later innovations 1:27:55 - Chapter 6 - Records 1:31:05 - Chapter 7 - The future

[@gordondouglas2971]

Can rockets be next? I enjoy these long episodes about specific vehicles.

[@darthtac]

Oh yes please.

[@prestonwardlow9167]

I enjoy this long video much more than the short 15 to 20 minute videos.

[@erikklein7618]

I learned something new thank you I know a great deal of aeronautics but I didn't know what a turbo shaft engine was

[@gpaull2]

🤔

[@markbowden1827]

If the main rotors break up in forward flight mode, They would Would sever the cockpit from the cabin.

[@carlsoll]

Awesome Part about Sikorsky & Turboshaft Engines :O

[@richardbiddle4186]

Another cracking video Murray.

[@janheimrichswart4077]

Interesting video, thank you very much. Under the attack helicopter section, you forgot about the South African Rooivalk, which started development in 1984.

[@TOMLINBISH]

Best get the popcorn in for this video! 🙂

[@jl3039]

I appreciate the low key addition of British slang

[@TheFanFoundation]

Helicopter! Helicopter!

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 😀👍

[@RetinaBurner]

You completely missed the Sikorski X2. Quite a beast.

[@GuntherRommel]

Awesome video, Simon

[@DeeSuperDario]

The toys came from them observing a two petal leaf with a cental stem that when falls drom the tree would spin and glide down to the ground like a helicopter propeller. You can find them in Canada as well.

[@AJL15N]

@megaprojects In regards to the Cheyenne, the US Air Force used the Key West Agreement to kill it. Under the Key West Agreement it divided roles between the branches and with the A-10 coming out, the USAF claimed that the Cheyenne would step on their feet since they had the Close Air Support role. Also, could you guys do a video on the ACH-47, a group of CH-47s that were heavily armed for close air support in Vietnam.

[@emas5306]

I could swear I saw this two days ago. Honestly 😮

[@emas5306]

Ahh was the top 10 helicopters 😂

[@ArathirCz]

Two 90-minute videos in one day? (this one and decoding the unknown's "Why is Holocaust Denial Still A Thing?") You are spoiling us Mr Factboy. Thank you, love these deep dives!

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@michaelmoelmann]

Love the long form videos!

[@filmcapacitor]

Simon, do one on the invention of the equalizer and then get rid of those resonances, please. Love your videos, but it's like someone is practicing the pan flute or blowing into an empty bottle in the background

[@davidgermain]

i think you missed the industrial use , logging, power line maintenance and construction. fire fighting, cattle farming

[@lowellleland]

I enjoyed this!

[@mercator79]

Would a conventional drone be considered a helicopter? DJI type format, but there are some human-capable prototypes out there (Jetson One, HexaLift) that seem to be the next increment of heli tech

[@billotto602]

You didn't even mention the Sky Crane (I think it was called that) that was used by power companies to install high voltage towers across hundreds of miles of forests & I believe was used by oil companies on their rigs at sea !