15 MOST EXPENSIVE Helicopters Ever Made

[@SanghiDexter]

Being a helicopter pilot myself... Nothing brings more joy to me seeing these beautiful flying machines being covered here in an amazing video.. 😍😍 Great work.. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@claudethibaudeau2714]

Out of all the sounds in the world, I just love the sound of helicopters. I don't know why but when I hear one, I drop everything and try to find it then follow it until I can't hear it anymore. Such cool helicopters and just look how sleek they look. 👍🇨🇦💯

[@garymiller5937]

Really fantastic helicopters. Very impressive! 😊😊😊

[@Joohnny_C]

It s amazing the Apache has 48 years of service and it still is the best combat helicopter in the world.

[@GeorgeRuffner-iy7bm]

Lots of interesting information for someone who knows very little about helicopters. Thank you for sharing. 🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

[@ethanmillersmashups1103]

I love helicopters

[@luisellagobetti5731]

Video 📼 very Beautiful 😢😢😢

[@danielobrien1571]

How long and stunning do you keep your hair? I admire ladies that grow theirs that way, describe it please?

[@mac2626]

It’s an open secret that the Osprey is a widow maker.

[@philsalvatore3902]

It actually has one the lower mishap rates in the US Navy/Marine Corps inventory. The aircraft with the highest mishap rate is the C-20, a military version of the Gulfstream G-III/G-IV.

[@mac2626]

@@philsalvatore3902 54 dead not including Melville Island, and your implying it’s not a widow maker.

[@philsalvatore3902]

@@mac2626 Compared to what? I keep telling you that compared to other aircraft and rotorcraft in the US Navy/ US Marine Corps inventory, the V-22 has one of the lowest mishap rates in terms of mishaps per 10,000 flight hours. The CH-53 has a much higher mishap rate. You are ignoring the fact that the great majority of the 400 + V-22 fleet flies every single day, often from ships and in combat zones. The CH-53 has an absolutely miserable maintenance history and very low availability. They don't fly a lot of hours because they are broken and can't fly. We used to jokingly call the CH-53E the "static display". The V-22 flies a lot and the CH-53 not so much. As a result the V-22 might appear to have more mishaps but not in proportion to how much they are flow. You are more likely to die in a CH-53E, or a C-20 (military version of the Gulfstream III/IV) than a V-22. Two of the losses you mention (maybe 3 because we don't know why the USAF lost their CV-22 spec ops bird) were combat losses including one that landed hard, the crew survived and the aircraft was repairable but because it could not be retrieved from an active combat zone it was blown up to prevent it from being captured. I flew the V-22s predecessor, the CH-46, another so-called widowmaker because it had a high mishap rate among US Marine aircrews for a time. A lot of those crashed too, especially Marine Corps CH-46s. It was not inherently unsafe but the Marines sometimes abused them, violated the NATOPS and when you do that the aircraft just might kill you. The Marines were using a flight control mode that was only supposed to be used in a hover. The co-pilot would reach out and put a finger over the pitot tube to fool the flight control system into thinking airspeed was zero. They could zoom into a hot LZ and do a rapid stop. Only problem was it over stressed the aft plyon and soon enough aft pylons started breaking off. Not the helicopter's fault but everyone outside of the CH-46 community started calling it a "widowmaker". Boeing later came up with a completely different digital flight control system that was Marine-proof and no more aft pylon failures. The Marines also do a lot of flying on night vision goggles. I lost one friend because the ambient light fell below the threshold for the older NVGs they were using and they went black. Before they could rip the NVGs off and transition to instrument flight they hit a hillside and crashed. Is that the aircraft's fault? The non flying non military public doesn't know what we do with rotorcraft in an operational environment or just how dangerous that environment is.

[@philsalvatore3902]

The opening segments of the discussion of the AW-609 show video of the Bell V-280 Valor prototype that recently won the competition for the next generation medium lift rotorcraft for the US Army. Then you finally show images of the AW609. The Valor has a V tail and only the rotors and their gearboxes tip up for hovering flight. The engine pods remain horizontal. On the AW-609 the entire engine pod rotates from horizontal to vertical like the V-22 upon which it is based. The AW-609 has a high mounted T tail.

[@7029100]

and the final part of S-70 firehawk displayed a Sokol and Squirrel instead of S-70 😁

[@7029100]

alas AW609 has not been certified yet despite the claims in the video 🥲

[@CleanUp-36]

I really enjoy receiving notifications like "Someone liked your comment!" or "Someone has just subscribed!"-it truly makes my day!

[@philsalvatore3902]

So after showing an LA County Sheriff Super Puma on the ground they switch to showing a Mil Mi-8 or Mi-17 in the air. The three bladed tail rotor, lack of stub wings and main landing gear on legs instead of on a stubwing are the giveaways. They show another Mi-8 or Mi17 in blue and white later in the video. Then, oh look, then they show a big Mi-26 Halo leading a gaggle of what I think are Mi-38s, all while talking about the Super Puma.

[@50CeNTTTTT]

I just love it when I get a notification saying "Someone liked your comment!" or "Someone has just subscribed!" That really makes my day!!!!!💭👀😍

[@nobodynoonenowhere5609]

Ok ,good try. Sending you my ❤!

[@bobmiller7502]

love you happy/hippy allround,,

[@Deion245]

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[@davids6533]

I like the videos, and they're much more enjoyable to watch now that the guy don't drop his voice at the end of a sentence. That really killed it for me, so thank you for not doing that, at least in the past few of these videos I've watched. : )

[@philsalvatore3902]

King Stallion flyaway cost is now a lot more than $90 million. It is closer to $120 million, up there with the F-35B. Cost per flight hour is similarly staggering. And obtw, when I flew the BV-234 Civil Chinook for Columbia Helicopters circa 1990-91 our Chinooks were rated for 28,000 pounds on the cargo hook and we hauled loads that heavy all day every day. So much for your over priced King Stallion!

[@waynefloyd2680]

Military. Air wolf. Mach 3 helicopter. Moffett.

[@Leopez02]

I believe United States America's helicopter where The president of United States (Joe Biden) traveling in USA is one of most expensive helicopters. Helicopter helicopter. 🚁🇺🇲

[@venkteshchalwadi7931]

Very good news

[@mateusznycz5166]

AH 64 Originally produced by Hughes Helicopters. Such a small correction. :)

[@vincentjoseph5726]

I like it when you say..... expensive... The word is for those who can't manage.....(???????)

[@mrirace926]

My Ford Escape can fly if I take it off a cliff fast enough.

[@SanghiDexter]

@mrirace926 How do you land though 🤣🤣

[@muggsscrat2452]

As long as you land in the water, just like shet, it floats. Just busting your chops. Rarely do I get a chance to dust off that old joke.

[@jrphillip1458]

lmfao

[@P-J-W-777]

The first helicopter on the list nh90 looks like a modern mh60 Blackhawk if it had originally been designed within the last 15 years. I would say the ah64 Apache is coolest aircraft on this list especially considering how long ago it was designed and put into service. It was a technological marvel. However that wouldn’t really be fair to this list considering it really doesn’t fit into the same category as all the other helicopters on this list since it’s only role/function is combat. I like the looks of the Bell 525 and EC135 the best.

[@kennethalpvik7255]

Nice video but misleading title 👍🏻

[@jacoblahr]

Sometimes i wonder... do some chopper co. design their chopper to resemble sharks or fish at the front🤔? The V 280 Valor is better btw

[@anjiPrince-kb2fq]

I love helicopter uppuleti anjaneyulu

[@topnotch6907]

KA-52 Alligator >>>>>>>

[@tgsgardenmaintenance4627]

No Merlin or Mi-26?😮

[@philsalvatore3902]

"Hygiene convenient flooring". Oh my!

[@limuelquiachonaguilar1483]

Sarao helecopter frm philpines made frm sardines can😅

[@dhanmani143]

Wait how can Russian helicopter use Prestwick engine

[@philsalvatore3902]

Not any more. It is a helicopter without an engine now.

[@travisfield5380]

This channel has numerous ERRORS in its voiceovers in several video, which should be rather obvious to the producers. The AW609 has a max speed of 316 mph, not 587.

[@superwout]

Yoy do not have the slightest clue you are showing Mil Mi-17 s while talking about the Super Puma, huh? Ridiculous making a video without any knowledge about the subject.

[@babalonkie]

Only two short clips of the similar Mi-17 were shown... every other clip was the Super Puma. Once again, they look similar... however the landing gear, windows and tail are the only visible difference. Puma however has much more lift and failsafe's than the Mi-17.

[@superwout]

@@babalonkie I am an absolute retard and still I see the difference

[@philsalvatore3902]

@@babalonkie Towards the end of the segment on the Super Puma the video showed a big Mi-26 Halo (a helicopter the size of a C-130) leading what looked like a gaggle of Mi-38s. But don't feel too offended. Locally there was a flyer advertising a dance to celebrate the birthday of the US Navy. On the flier were images of the MiG-29. I guess someone confused the Fulcrum for an F/A-18.

[@babalonkie]

@@philsalvatore3902 I am not offended lol, the OP was offended. The S Puma looks like several Russian Choppers and this channel has a habit on filling in blanks with the closest thing they can find. My point was there was a lot of Super Puma clips...

[@philsalvatore3902]

You talk about the Sikorsky Firehawk variant of the S-70 Blackhawk, but you show video footage of a Polish PZL Swidnik W-3A Sokot carrying a "Bambi Bucket". What gives? The Firehawk has a water tank faired into the belly and uses a suction hose hanging from below to suck water from lakes or tanks. If you don't know the material then don't make the video.

[@JohnBAmuno]

I need a helicopter please

[@JohnBAmuno]

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[@anjiPrince-kb2fq]

Uppuleti anjaneyulu

[@joeliz4324]

toyota camry is the most valuable and reliable......

[@venkteshchalwadi7931]

Join

[@ERNESTBASS-h2o]

I have flew 11 of these . used one to rob a pharmacy once, dumped a bail of manure on my ex wifes house once . okay I'm scared to death of heights ill never get in one but these are all dreams of mine if I could fly one

[@frankisdal630]

Garbage technology 👍

[@piotrsolinski9758]

How about Lynx?

[@trevorhart545]

Westland Lynx used by more Navies than just about any other Anti-Sub and Anti Ship Helicopter. Also missing is the Augusta Westland (Leonardo) Wildcat. Very obvious omission is the Augusta Westland EH101 Merlin. Agree with "759Ai" that the NH 90 has been a disaster, Super Puma has its critics but the Eurocopter Tiger Attack Helicopter is the biggest failure, just ask Australia which wasted a fortune on this failed aircraft. Australia also has decided that the Eurocopter/Airbus NH-90 was a waste of money.