Very Nice ENGINE STARTUP and DEPARTURE, A400M, 54-01, German AF

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

They fire up the port engines first, and then the starboard engines. This aircraft has eight bladed props. I love the sound that the props make over the whine of the engines. That's what I love most about turboprops. In high idle and taxiing, the props make your basic "Box Fan" sound. In takeoff and inflight, they make the "Bumblebee" sound. The 60 cycle flicker of the TV or computer screen, creates optical illusions of the props spinning slower, or backwards. I notice that the props of this aircraft rotate to port. On the turboprops that I've flown on, including the DeHaviland Dash-8, the props rotate to starboard.

[@Sam-lw6mx]

Very proud to be part of the a400 developer team

[@mobius-1503]

How the hell does this massive sky whale fly like an acrobat

[@Sam-lw6mx]

@@mobius-1503 it is the newly designed engine

[@robertkerr3312]

A very impressive aeroplane and something Australia should consider for future RAAF purchases.

[@EpicWaterDrop]

+Robert Kerr I doubt the RAAF would use one, even though this is my favorite Military transport plane and I would love my country to have them. They use the C-17 Globe Master. But maybe some day they might which would be awesome!

[@MARINECORPS61992113]

+Timi its the same plane different engines and nose

[@snapdragon9300]

Well more likely RNZAF will be first, as we need to replace our entire airlift within 4 yrs. Austraila have had thier C 130 J models only 15 yrs or so. Ours with a few fuselage and avionics refits have operated since 1967.

[@TXs14]

The C-17 is not the same as the A400M by any means lol

[@leneanderthalien]

? the C17 is twice bigger and tactic transport only, so no comparable to the A400M (not the same missions range)

[@davidsadler419]

Not seen many videos of A400 start ups; and that one is quite outstanding. Hoping to visit Brize Norton next month and will be trying for an A400 flight.

[@MrSoeberg]

David Sadler And I like the sound of the starting engines of this aircraft. I hope it will succeed and wish you a nice flight in the A400. Grtz.

[@tobichallanger]

+MrSoeberg It does sound better than most aircrafts today but not as nice as the old DB 605 engines

[@tobichallanger]

+MrSoeberg It does sound better than most aircrafts today but not as nice as the old DB 605 engines

[@danielbetu]

Nice video!! It's pleasure to see large planes and hear the start of their engines, and finally see them take off!! But I don't understand why the dislikes, can someone please tell me? Thanks!

[@kolerick]

what blow my mind each time I see this plane is how the props blades are almost parallel with the forward vector and still manage to push forward the plane... I'd love to to see the physic of it at first, I thought that the blades were reorienting themselves after start-up but this does seem a little over complicated and prone for system failure...

[@HarryBalsark]

Blade angle changes constantly

[@MrShaundarch]

Nice. Luftwaffe and Iron Cross though, always reminds me of history.

[@Repented008]

+Shaun Donovan Hahaha! Ikr? Why they never rebranded, is a mystery.

[@Towboatin]

+EvilBonesMan_666 Because the Wehrmacht used the Balkenkreuz, and because the iron cross as a symbol was around long before Nazi Germany.

[@Repented008]

Captain Whisky Still...change can be refreshing.

[@MrShaundarch]

Schinkel designed the Iron Cross didn't he?

[@RJM1011]

It's not the same iron cross as used in WW2 !

[@overbank56]

Those look like very advanced props.

[@EstorilEm]

It’s tough pushing 11,000hp to a propeller and maintaining efficiency. One way is contra-rotating props, but it’s heavy and complex (ie TU-95) - technology has come a long way and advanced scimitar props are nearly as good without the drawbacks.

[@CharlieGordonRailfan]

I like the counter rotating props.

[@Lobo204]

Yes they are.

[@maurice5977]

no, they are not, they are variable pitch........

[@Lobo204]

Maurice Merritt watch the left engines start up, one is clockwise the other counter clockwise.

[@maurice5977]

the engines dont turn in the same direction , that is to counter act for torque..

[@maurice5977]

correction, the props.........

[@normansufrin207]

Propellers on these babies are stunning

[@EstorilEm]

I’m lucky enough to have one at the Udvar Hazy air and space museum only 20 min away, I believe it was a test article.

[@RichardShelton]

A beautiful aircraft, and would be a good "tweener" with the Hercules and the C-17.

[@michaelogden5958]

Interesting. On the A400M (or at least this one) engines 1 and 3 turn counterclockwise and engines 2 and 4 turn clockwise.

[@danielmuller6454]

That’s the case on all A400M existing

[@danielmuller6454]

This configuration, dubbed down between engines (DBE), allowing it to produce more lift and lessens the torque and prop wash on each wing. It also reduces yaw in the event of an outboard engine failure

[@kurakuson]

It's amazing how something that big and heavy can get lift.

[@Jabba1625]

They still manage to load Gina Rhinehart on board a aircraft, so this should be no biggie

[@mirceapaul9724]

It's really making contrails in the sky?

[@loneaxolotl]

@0:29 Nice iron cross on it's forehead. Very nice footage. I love it!

[@nmspy]

(It’s called the Balkenkruez)

[@Vince-g8q]

​@@nmspy Eiserneskreuz aber okay laber weiter

[@pascalchauvet7625]

Could it be that the engines cannot be started seperately, which means that the props have to be cranked together with the engine right from the beginning of the engine start procedure, like on old turboprop engines as was the case with the Rolls-Royce Dart/Tyne?

[@EstorilEm]

I’m pretty sure the props are still a free-turbine design like most turboprops. They are VERY large engines though, and it takes a while to spool the large scimitar props on that shaft.

[@MakeeScience]

favorite Military Transport aircraft👍

[@mickboakes7023]

Great video. A very enjoyable watch. Regards. Mick.🇬🇧

[@bobdyer422]

It would have been funny if the crow had perched itself on the re-fueling probe. Excellent vid, gives the chance for model builders who have not seen the 400 up-close a fantastic look at her. Thanks

[@56hueycobra]

I Would Like to See the AIRBUS A-400M Turned into a GUNSHIP Like the Lockheed A/C-130H Model GUNSHIP With the 105mm Howitzer and 40mm Bofo Cannon and 25mm Gatling Gun 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@pascalchauvet7625]

Is there any aircraft of comparable size which is so incredibly quiet?

[@EstorilEm]

The new C-130s with scimitar props are quiet, but obviously smaller.

[@Narainseshadri1947]

I just want to know whether Engine no. 1 & 3 rotate clockwise and 2 & 4 anti-clockwise.

[@acrobaticcripple8176]

Watch the take off.

[@ahmettaskn5687]

They are counter-rotating props which neutralize the roll effect of each prop

[@McRocket]

Is it me - or these quieter then C-130's? Thanks for this.

[@HarryBalsark]

they really are very quiet planes

[@McRocket]

Which is surprising because turboprops are usually VERY noisy.

[@HarryBalsark]

+McRocket especially the low end drone doesn't exist on this plane wich makes it hardly noticable flying at low alt

[@evilload]

Those 8 bladed props make a big difference when compared to the 4/6 bladed ones on the C130's.

[@acrobaticcripple8176]

We get one occasionally over us in mid Wales. Don't think they're necessarily quieter, but a "smoother" sound. One can always differentiate. Lubberly!

[@rachelsaviation346]

The plane should have been called the Hercmaster

[@Gripenace]

Great and beautiful lifter :)

[@livelongandprosper169]

Wo ist das aufgenommen worden? Laage???

[@Hinarifansandmore13]

that thing sounds like my box fan

[@mitiusha]

Luftwaffe! Sounds great!

[@Maloy7800]

Luftwaffle sounds better. :-)))

[@mikeking733]

Like something from Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds TV Program. !

[@viamilitaris011]

Nice video . Beautiful plane

[@iginiobluevest9259]

A400M air force, front BLACK NOSE 🐨

[@dahuseventy]

No to savoy on physics, but can anyone explain why the propellers are spinning one way and the other the next way???

[@Micromanfan]

All the answers are here: io9.gizmodo.com/why-do-wheels-sometimes-appear-to-spin-backwards-1593807400

[@simondr70]

Exactly and that's only the A400 that does that .

[@CrazyForCooCooPuffs]

no

[@shi01]

It's to counter the roll momentum the props produce. It's simply based on newtons principal of action->reaction. If the probs would spin all in the same direction, they would generate an opposite force on the airframe. For instance if all props would spin clockwise, the airframe would have an tendency to roll anticlockwise. And the annoying thing is that the tendency varies when the poweroutput is changed. The effect gets stronger when more power is demanded. The solution Airbus has choosen for the A400M is one way to get rid of this effect. An other way is to use a contra rotating propeller like the russians did in the TU-95. But contra rotating props are heavier and more complicated to produce.

[@leneanderthalien]

@@shi01 contra rotating props are heawier and a bit more complicated, but increase significant the efficiency ...this solution was not choice from Airbus only because they are much more noisy...see the AN70...

[@Johnny64ism]

Anyone notice Engines 1 & 2 spun clock wise Engines 3 & 4 spun counter clock wise...or is that just me

[@Rick2010100]

all spin clockwise

[@ВетреннаяРека]

Айробус А400М Атлас ✊👍🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@enochpowelghost]

i could do with one of those engine fans to make my scrambled egg.

[@Saf4San]

Those are called propellors or in short props not fans

[@R3QMEDIA]

The audio sounds very similar to the turboprop simulator game

[@56hueycobra]

Is the Eight Bladed Props On the AIRBUS A-400M Hamilton Stander Props?

[@leneanderthalien]

the propellers are french, built by Ratier Figeac

[@deaxynalcober1412]

I want to be a military pilot, Is it weird of becoming a pilot if your afraid of heights?

[@intercity2256]

I am pretty much scared of heights, because I couldn't climb a 3meters wall, BUT, I love being on a plane, on a plane you don't feel the height.

[@77HarleyRider]

No problem...just don't look outside the windows...

[@zamanhussin5015]

No problem, it's different when you're standing compare when you're at ht

[@overbank56]

Which is quietest? Turbo prop or, hi bypass turbo fan?

[@leneanderthalien]

Bypass turbo fan, but the efficiency is much better with a turbo prop, the highest is with double counter rotative props like AN22 and AN70, but they are very noisy because air shearing between both props : hey are never supersonic, like whe read in some comments...,the only supersonic props was on the XF84H Thunderscreech and the supersonic propfan experimental engines: all was EXTREMLY noisy, the joke was about Tunderscreech: this aircraft doest need weapons, all ennemies at ground are killed from the noise in a low pass...

[@jimfowler5930]

Und wieder...liebe ich alles! The A400M does not have counter-rotating props-----just eight blades starting feathered, usually, and the video frames/second rate make the blades look counter-rotating. Check other videos of prop-type Flugzeugen and see this fps oddity. Love this, and all Luftwaffe -types!!

[@HarryBalsark]

Jim Fowler they are counter rotating

[@rasadhossin2084]

Very nice like

[@Davidsavage8008]

American C17 gets higher quicker but give the Germans credit for them blades.

[@EstorilEm]

The C17 costs TWICE as much as the A400m, which has more advanced integrated systems and is a bit more efficient. If cost isn’t a factor, you can achieve some pretty incredible performance metrics (even for an older aircraft.)

[@FyreSturmOfficial]

If you look closely you can see Benji hiding in the grass.

[@macoi69i]

Now I found the origin of the c400 sound

[@swisschocolat001]

Fr

[@arnon-jaya]

thanks

[@theroach2204]

7:52 bird wanting to die

[@Blime2913]

Goodness grasious! How flipping beefy are thoses turboprop engines an prop blades, They must be soo frigging powerful!..How many flipping Prop blades can they eventually fit on to an engine, I should think if they go beyond a standard 8, The powerplants would essentially become UTF Engines/ Unducted Tubofan Engines or TurboProp Fan engines... I also would be surprised if the power plants it has on right now are a kind of simple UTF or TPF Engine solution.. Couse they sure do look like they are!. 😊😆😎⛅✈💨💨➖.

[@ianteratai9661]

A 400 M , keep flying. ! .

[@Christopher_Adler]

One of these things flew over my house at like 200 meters, and gosh it's incredibly loud and scary af But really cool too

[@glenn1411]

Sir, you need to slow down the recording speed of the camera its "freezing" the propeller blades here its too fast ,thats fine for fast moving jets but shots like this you need to show the blades spinning naturally propeller blades on recorded film should just be a blur, the camera speed here is freezing them "still" it doesen look natural. take a look at the instructions for your camera there will be alternate slower recording speed's you can switch to that are slower for shots like this with propeller aircraft. kind regards.

[@dxb8086]

+Glenn Reay Nonsence. The framerate doesn't matter during a startup, where the propeller drive constantly changes from 0 to 864 min−1 -.-

[@IrishManJT]

Very nice.

[@ruiutomy1]

Beautiful but very expensive.

[@jjaus]

The props DO contra-rotate. Google is your friend...

[@spleensthecat8776]

Counter rotate.. Google is your friend

[@spleensthecat8776]

There's a big difference between counter and contra rotating propellers

[@RJM1011]

Looks great thank you for the video. :)

[@rangganuganu3115]

amazing plane

[@melvyncox3361]

Nice video there mate!

[@MrSoeberg]

Thank you, always nice to hear. Grtz.

[@snapdragon9300]

Yeah, Its on the list for a replacement of our RNZAF C 130, i hope it makes the cut, and treasury doesnt run interference.

[@nmspy]

Basically a newer c130

[@leneanderthalien]

nope the A400M is totaly different, and much bigger as a C130 ...the size is between C130 and C17...

[@ПеткоИванов-ъ8и]

C-400 ! SPECIAL OPERATION

[@ПеткоИванов-ъ8и]

not M400A !!

[@R3QMEDIA]

It's A400M

[@irdischgalaxie3597]

Wow Bravo Germania ,ich liebe Dich , Gruß vom DeuKkoatia !!!

[@fabiorafaelramos4421]

OU ENTÃO UM DESSE NO JOGO DO TURBOPROP FLIGHT SIMULATOR

[@Mydoorman111]

TFS Moment

[@anandkhumar04]

My mother is the a 400

[@ПеткоИванов-ъ8и]

TURBOPROP FLIGHT SIMULATOR ANDROID GAME

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

*Nice but it doesn't outperform the C-17.*

[@MrSoeberg]

+Escape for Mankind It is more a enlarged Hercules. Grtz.

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

MrSoeberg *You're right, it falls between the C130 and the C17 in size, performance and price. So it fills a Niche.*

[@bobalobalie]

Escape for Mankind Well, prop engines are more efficient per mile and EXPONENTIALLY more quiet than a jet engine, which is perfect for combat use. Such as air drops and Airborne troop assaults.

[@leneanderthalien]

the C17 is a strategic transport, the A400M a tactic transporter who need to be much more flexible and rugged...

[@user-yd9rm4ds8c]

Takes what a Hercules can't to places C17 can't. That was a promotional motto. Salud!

[@overbank56]

The one thing if like to see this thing do, that it may never do, is at least land vertically. And tilt _the engines 90°

[@jorgesiqueira7317]

E põe Bonito nisso

[@Android-16-js6dn3ml2z]

I really like to see the heavy cargo planes of the Hercules type on the beach landing and flying up. Why does this scene remind me of a beautiful scene I saw in the past when Hercules Air Force planes brought doctors and nurses on the plane with drugs and food for the displaced from hurricanes, typhoons and earthquakes in other countries. I found politicians with the military and aeronautics making flights with Hercules planes to other countries carrying water, food and medicines and doctors and nurses to help the homeless and people in need of special medical care. We must make more Hercules planes that could land on the beaches because statistics indicate that there will be many hurricanes and typhoons and future earthquakes in the future and also tsunami because of the increasing pollution in the world that is changing the planet's climate.

[@더불어터진당아웃]

저걸 뱅기라고 사라고 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@ПеткоИванов-ъ8и]

43 21 start 1 2 3 4 MY GAME go start real wtf??

[@خالدالشهري-ح7د]

C-130 king sky

[@jesseslade3084]

Detroit red wings

[@Hossman757]

Not a fan of Airbus aircraft AT ALL, however, this one is quite nice.

[@MrSoeberg]

A nice aircraft or a nice video? ;-) Grtz.

[@Repented008]

+Cameron Little The problem with Airbus is too many cooks in the kitchen. Conceptually though, their birds are awesome. They should just export their ideas to America. We know how to get things done, no fuss. Lol!

[@wudruffwildcard252]

It is the same problem as it is with the dreamliner. You said it, too many cooks.

[@jameshood6167]

Let's take a crash course an stay on the ground.

[@cesarandresrojasrodriguez6756]

Diana

[@jesseslade3084]

Los angeles angels

[@chloetobin5879]

Yhhh

[@jesseslade3084]

Rosie red mascot new look 2025

[@СашаСоколов-б8и]

Прикольно

[@ПеткоИванов-ъ8и]

👊👊👊👍💪C-400 💪👍👊👊👊

[@jondoe9669]

German spruce goose

[@marcdunord]

825kmh max... pretty good for Aindustries to finish 2nd 50 years after the tu95's (still going strong!) first reached 950kmh (with 1k-hp more per engine). Time for the A400 to go double-counter-rotating and become the civilian turboprop airliner that finally send the gas-guzzling f...g jets packing!

[@Exodon2020]

Yeah, but that speed came with its own downsides: A literal fuckton of Noise produced by the Counter-rotating blades. It's said that a Tu-95 passing the Ocean between Greenland, Iceland and the UK was perfectly audible by the Sosus-Array NATO mounted on the seafloor to spot Soviet Submarines heading for the open Atlantic. Being a nuclear Bomber the Bear could also be afforded to be a pretty slender design compared to the "fat" Atlas - which needs the additional meat for Cargo Capacity though.

[@SatishsrinivasanLp]

Bird at 7:58

[@victorschepers6286]

Dislikes since it is not American i think😢😉🇳🇱🇪🇺

[@ibmvietnam9790]

viet nam dinh doc lap blow up half space ships

[@edulemang3921]

Kayak balingan nya gak muter..

[@irfanismady1521]

Asia first country has A400M :Malaysia

[@Luckyamor]

It's to look like koala 🐨

[@micahgotracksplays340]

César AT Nobre cuz the black nose XD

[@berilberilbrianoctofianman2031]

Waahhhhhhhhh

[@blocksland817]

if you play TPFS it just looks fake the engines look fake if you play TPFS

[@ProxolodRu]

No good

[@Vinnay94]

Not my proudest fap...

[@abecoulter18]

Jerky camera operator. No smooth panning

[@lailamonika1319]

Aial .añimal

[@Emilia-gf9kp]

Z

[@СлавичкаМалижонок]

Украинский Ан-70 лучше!!!

[@williamosoriopineda1247]

Palestina liberación

[@sherwinsalvatori6997]

Swam of beeeezee

[@trumpsupporter745]

Wow at least one of this europe crap is flying :D

[@Maloy7800]

I don't know if this plane is good or bad. I suppose it's good because Germans and French have never made a bad plane. But MY GAWD, it's ugly!!!

[@steve1978ger]

I like planes, but the history of the A400M is nothing but one big scandal. Fraught with huge technical difficulties, built an order of magnitude over budget at taxpayer's expense, to support foreign wars with questionable public support. Collecting that money and burning it on the spot might have been the better alternative.

[@ВолодимирПшеничний-ц5е]

This is AN-70 from Ukraine. was stolen.