Sikorsky S-58 engine startup

[@suresh1957]

That mechanic has guts - sitting so close to the rotor blades spinning a few inches above his head !

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Lots of space between the mechanic and the rotor blades

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@rinehard Yeah, instant death

[@davida.p.9911]

Nerves of steel! Up close and personal with the rotor head....sometimes there's no other way to inspect it.

[@suresh1957]

@Bertie Bollocks So true. But do correct me if I am wrong please - isn't ground resonance something that skid mounted helicopetrs are more prone to than the wheel based ones such as this old Sikorsky ?

[@bruperina]

@@VMCAviationVideos there are until there isn't.

[@omahuvisoongaro1207]

I do admire this fearless mechanic.

[@baddonkey6876]

Hell I was ducking when they did a closer shot

[@williammitchell1864]

Theo, fearless is a bit much, I've done the samething the mechanic is doing.

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[@rinobortolin4239]

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[@theMG174]

He’s checking to make sure the transmission is still leaking.

[@billclark5943]

Love the crunchy idle of the merged exhaust radials especially when cold. Sounds like a big block Chevy with a healthy street cam

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[@glennoropeza3545]

Much bigger than any big block Chevy V8, it uses the same Pratt & Whitney radial as a DC3!

[@nzrailmaps]

@@glennoropeza3545 It's a Wright Cyclone 9 cylinder

[@pilototraidor]

Very good job my friend!!. Beautiful classic helicopter. Thumb up!!.....Thanks for upload it!!.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thank You for the thumbs up!

[@buzzabuzza3494]

If this guy needs a quick hair cut he’s sure going the right way about it.Great video and that sound 👍👏

[@jagadeeshbabuk7914]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂nice comment

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Glad you enjoyed

[@geraldschilli8870]

Love these old Sikorskys with the big radial engine.

[@ftebbe]

its been awhile but, roll the eng up to 1600, then turn hydraulic pump on, then increase throttle to engage rotor and engine. Split the needles to engage the mechanical connection, then run it up to operating RPM. I'm flying the S64 and the S61 now. I would like the opportunity to fly the S58 again.

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[@jeroenjansen2709]

One guy standing at the tail rotor, the other guy standing with his head half a meter under the rotorblades. What could go wrong?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Not much, if they don't get too close.

[@davidharris7934]

I swear this helo use to be an aerial lift out of Winder, GA. I watched him fly A/C units on and off a shopping center one time. The S-58 remains one of the most desired helicopters for aerial lift. Some have been converted from radial to turbine.

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[@raulduke6105]

Mechanic deserves a medal!

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Haha

[@JamaicanMeCrazy]

Sounds like an old big block drag motor when at idle 😬

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[@alaskaboomer6143]

I spent a lot of time working those old birds back in the 90's. Thanks guys that was fun!

[@THEWRENCH343]

When I was a kid, my mom would take me to Laurel Plaza in North Hollywood, Ca. to watch one of these drop off and pick up mail sacks from the post office. Same color. Great memory. Great mom.

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[@lebaillidessavoies3889]

The guy working at 20 cm of the turning rotor .....

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, better than just 1 cm

[@currentriver4951]

Part of the job, it gets real exciting when u have to get up top and trouble shoot things

[@rookie1525]

without these guys who know if everything is ok just by the sound of a part. humanity wouldn't be where it is! best regards to the mechanic from germany

[@marko_cf]

Music to my ears! I watch this video in the mornings while sipping coffee to get me going.

[@paulperry8800]

Big balls on the guy, but I have to wonder what their plan was if the aircraft went into ground resonance. When prepping for a ground run, we always assumed the aircraft might have to lift; we'd never have started the rotors with a steering arm attached!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Interesting

[@jerryf4806]

@@VMCAviationVideossame thought🤔

[@sanjitdaniel4588]

He actually put his head into the rotor housing when it is running.... hmmmm. Balls of Steel.

[@shaf3006]

This type of helicopter had a brilliant service in Malaysia during the 1950s emergency, British and Malaysian special force use this helicopter to fight communist Chinese in the jungle

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[@christopherbrown3938]

Nicely done my friends !!!! Radial Sikorskis Rule !!!!

[@Martin-lo7tm]

I flew on Wessex helicopters which was developed from the S-58, it was normal to stand up and talk to the pilot when required. My biggest concern is for anyone who wanders down the back where the tail rotor will take off your head!

[@vernmorris8898]

Agreed. That must be why the banding was painted at different points on each of the tail rotor blades. The irregular pattern draws attention to itself while turning .

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[@maitlandmoore6426]

Bad ass. Thank you. I had this cranked up on my stereo system , felt like I was there . Still amped

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks for watching👍

[@nybotor1]

Fabulous video, and what a brave mechanic!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, yes, and he still has his head.

[@Reiv311]

You know it's a slim line between bravery and stupidity.

[@DarlanD88]

Most beauty helicopter ever made

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[@truthful3777]

Love and 8hate tthe look9 of this tadpole7 looks5. Wasted5 my time4 watching but No takeoff9

[@iapiaya]

And that's how you "Spoon" with a Helicopter!

[@Wilett614]

Hope that mechanic doesn't decide to stand UP while checking inside that cowling ! YIKES

[@ilovegoatsecks]

this is an original right? the radial engine? with a 2 speed gear box? sounds epic

[@currentriver4951]

I worked on these, what do you mean by 2 speed gearbox? never heard of it. There is a simple clutch connecting engine and main gearbox. Looks just like a torque converter on a car. Defin

[@ilovegoatsecks]

@@currentriver4951 every single video i have seen of these they have radial engine with 2 speed trans. you'll hear them start up, run 1st speed up, drop clutch, go to 2nd, then run 2nd speed up to operating rpm. for instance in this video from 2:23 to 2:53 it runs up, rpms drop, then another gear is selected, and rpms start climbing down low again and another run up of a gear. i will accept the fact that maybe it is a torque converter... but damn if that is true, it sounds sloppy as shit as how long it takes to switch between gears and the drop in RPM

[@currentriver4951]

@@ilovegoatsecks I definitely hear what you are saying, but ive also been in them during quick starts, and its just start and run up. Ill ask around to some of the old timers i worked with. It would be completely new for me to learn they had multi speed gear boxes. Sure as heck CH-53s didnt. Hearing them makes me miss flying on them, love them radials!!

[@currentriver4951]

@@ilovegoatsecks Sikorsky S58 Heli Rollout bei Meravo in Oedheim, KZbin this vid, it shows start up that im more familiar with, he throttles up with clutch engaged, gets to 100% rotor speed then lets off throttle, thats all thats really happening

[@currentriver4951]

listen to a t model start, everything is identical except power plants

[@JamesDavis-wb6kr]

Those old thumpers had a de op engine in them just like the :34’s many were converted to turbine twin packs

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[@williammitchell1864]

VMC Aviation, My dad used to own a couple of Sikorsky S-58 helicopters years ago and I remember that sound. I've been in them and around them. It beings back memories.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

What did he use them for?

[@williammitchell1864]

@@VMCAviationVideos Helicopter logging down in the swamps, he was the owner of a logging company from 1976 to 1994. He had a paid crew working tht log landing and in tht swampy areas. The name of company was Helicopter Lumberjacks. It was a white S-58 piston powered helicopter with one this red and one thin red line around tht helicopter with tht company title and the logo on both sides of the tail boom. N8503J was the number. But he didn't own them both at one time, he would use the insurance coverage to make another purchase, his were Navy surplus, then he used tht insurance coverage to purchase the H-19, he had about four of them but not all at one time.

[@migfsx]

RESPECT BIG BIG EGGS! white shirt guy!

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[@deaftodd]

Hats up to the mechanic!

[@SouthernRailfan]

Engine sounds excellent.

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[@SouthernRailfan]

@@VMCAviationVideos 👍

[@scottprendergast2680]

Actually the mechanic is a good 8 inches shorter than when he began working at sikor skyline

[@scottprendergast2680]

Thanks for the highlight and nice ❤️! Don’t know you personally but love you- Always a lover of helos I enjoyed this incredible compilation and video- love u guys and gals please take care of yourselves during this Corvid horror- and when it’s over this summer let’s live as if it’s our last day loving one another with respect/ ok? I am a loyal subscriber now

[@Draxindustries1]

Don't understand what this guy is doing?? Theres only the gearbox under those covers. Theres absolutely nothing you can do under there with the blades turning.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I don't know, he is doing something😳

[@jagadeeshbabuk]

@@VMCAviationVideos 😂😂

[@yf222000]

Damn! He was so close to that rotor. 😲

[@Reiv311]

I'm not a pro but this looks like totally against the safety policy.

[@mr_nice.]

Just rename the video "The fearless mechanic" and boom.....million views

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[@m3photo726]

A main blade tracking session wouldn’t go amiss …

[@DSKim-ej5uf]

Very good ! 좋은영상 잘보고 갑니다. 감사합니다

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Thanks!

[@EEE-1409]

Piston engine. What a classic!

[@truthful3777]

Love and hate the look of this tadpole helicopter..

[@daniellima2973]

What is this motor in front of the aircraft? Or is that just the exhaust

[@scottprendergast2680]

Piston power is so primitive

[@currentriver4951]

Primitive, but i always felt safer in 1 of these, than their modern big brother the CH-53. Radial engines very very rarely just up and quit, will give lots of notice something is wrong, not so with jet/turbine engines.

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[@namilolos]

What a cool video. Watching that mechanic do his thing with the chopper struggling against the restraint ... would love to be there.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@anotherdave5107]

Let me check the alignment of the decapitron adjustment.

[@richardvera9385]

🤣

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, too funny👍

[@STARDRIVE]

That´s one big cooling fan.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

It was a hot day😄

[@billybonewhacker]

And the stupid S.O.B. award goes to......

[@hmm1617641]

Is there a rotor brake in that old bird?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Good question

[@planesworldaviator]

Nice video

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Thanks

[@johnpiggford9145]

I've spent many years as a helicopter mechanic, and there's no way that mechanic should have been on that transmission platform with rotors engsged

[@jerryf4806]

I’m a very old Navy helo driver AND SAFETY OFFICER…😖…no way having a guy doing that!!

[@scottprendergast2680]

Do the bird the bird the bird the bird do the bird bird bird

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Okay 🤨

[@88SC]

VMC Aviation Videos From Full Metal Jacket. @0:26 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYKodaKghb9qj6s

[@michaelgera4971]

There are so many ways (other than the obvious) that could have gone wrong.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

importantly, nothing went wrong

[@robertsistrunk6631]

😬 me waiting for the decapitation

[@johncasor9698]

i worked on AH64 Apache for 7 years... What fun... A/C Was not good lot of problems ...

[@f.d.miller3903]

You call that just 36 in. From completely losing your mind.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha 👍

[@mistofoles]

Can it fly ?

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Nice catch!👍

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Thanks

[@edwinkania5286]

Sounds like a dragster

[@tombof]

S-58 Great design 👍 Thank you for uploading the video 😀

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Welcome 👍

[@tombof]

@@VMCAviationVideos Nice to meet you 😀

[@johnellis6028]

The Vietnam books I read says it was difficult to fly

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[@EVELYNEMIL]

Phenomenal.

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Thanks

[@jaminthevanuk296]

15 to one tail rotor

[@LCMNUNES1962]

S58 SIKORSKI TURBINE NO BRASIL PETRÓLEO PLATAFORMA PETROBRÁS

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[@doc3584]

3:24 OOPPPPPS

[@pfarraldcash6095]

Sky horse

[@Thomas1980]

Great Video!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks for watching the video!

[@avalanche9026]

Yea. Sounds real good. Nice machine. Got some bolls

[@PatHaskell]

I guess I missed the start up at the beginning .

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[@MililaniJag]

Folding tail? Did they all have a folding tail? Brewster, WA who knew!! Cheaper if the mechanic would just buy a ceiling fan to cool off! lol. My fav old chopper is the Husky out of Olympic Flight Museum. Get a TURBINE!! lol! Cheers!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

The 58's are cheap to buy and operate. The cherry season is short and they are in a hangar for 10 out of 12 months a year.

[@MililaniJag]

​@@VMCAviationVideos Must be cheap. Looks like 6-7 parked at Brewster on google. Assume they use them to dry off cherries? Seen vids of a little R22 drying cherries. Waiting to see em PICKING cherries by Helo!! lol. Thx!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

@@MililaniJag Haha, picking cherries by helicopter might be slightly difficult

[@MililaniJag]

@@VMCAviationVideos Sure it would include inverted flying! Cheers!!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

@@MililaniJag Yes 😀

[@AslanBehar]

25-30 years ago a Helicopter just landed to an empty area and suddenly a child inside the helicopter open the door and began running. His mother just got out to catch him but did not realize that the engines are still running and back blades chopped her head.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thats sad☹️

[@ftebbe]

So, at 5:05 in the video the tail wheel seems to be bouncing, thats not normal. I flew the S58 round motor for 1500 hours in the late 80's early 90's doing construction work, mostly air handling equipment and steel work.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Interesting, I noticed the bouncing tail wheel too

[@vicenteorozcosantacreu]

Ese mecánico está absolutamente loco.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha

[@DocRockTheDj]

Hey! Can someone hold my beer while I reach down into this gearbox? Owwww shit! My fingers....oh well I got 5 spares on my other hand 😬😂🤣

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Disclaimer: No mechanic was hurt in the making of this video😄

[@fabianbolado1266]

Muy bueno !!

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[@imbetterthanyouis]

must be a hydraulic mechanic ,,,,,,,,,, he has the plumbers crack for it !

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha 👍

[@Xennox2]

Do not raise your hand:)

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, not a good idea.

[@davidhaduck2854]

Grouchy helicopter

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[@Baribrotzer]

I was thinking, "Brewster, NY? No. Brewster, WA." With those mountains, it had to be the one in Washington.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Correct

[@8Pointbuck]

What does this thing remind you more of, an egg better or a locust? Does the mechanic have butt crack?

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😳

[@rogerdavies6226]

Changed my mind, think I'll walk

[@ftebbe]

So this is a High Stack, Bent leg machine. It never left the ground, darn.

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[@roydora]

Are they supposed to hop like that ?

[@leerilea1709]

Is something out of balance?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Maybe, I'm not sure

[@leerilea1709]

I realize there is some vibration but the tail is nearly coming off the ground. Cool video.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

@@leerilea1709 Haha, yes, it's jumping pretty good

[@bnghjtyu767]

Well it's an old helicopter

[@leerilea1709]

@@bnghjtyu767 so? Lots of old helicopters dont shake like that. That kind of shaking tells me somethings out of balance

[@56WagonWheel]

Is that bounce in the tail caused by tail rotor drive shafts? Is it normal for this machine?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I'm not sure but I think this is normal

[@currentriver4951]

No it is not normal, something is pretty bad out of balance, a little worse and it wouldnt be flight worthy to me.

[@56WagonWheel]

current river so is it just the blades out of balance? Or can bent drive shaft do that? I don’t suppose it would last too long if the tail rotor driveshaft was bent.

[@currentriver4951]

@@56WagonWheel I've seen a tail rotor out of balance do that, but bounce is usually quicker. I really doubt bent shaft, it definitely wouldn't last long. It could also be a mount bearing for the driveshaft. If i was really looking i would concentrate on tail fold and airframe integrity, if everything else checked. We had a CH53D that bounced so bad, nobody would fly it, and we spent close to a year trying to find problem. Sometimes it's just them Gremlins!!

[@currentriver4951]

@stromsky58 i would say thats more than a bit

[@funkyspaceinvader]

Who would want to switch jobs with that mechanic? I know I wouldn't!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Why Not😁

[@mrgumbook]

I wonder what's the purpose of those baffles in the exhaust pipes.

[@currentriver4951]

@stromsky58 make good hand and body warmers!!!

[@F0X_H0UND]

@stromsky58 Sound's to me we gotta remove those flame dampers then.

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[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, yes👍

[@josealeixo9398]

showw de bola

[@Hugh1966]

What’s that thing got in it , caterpillar dozer engine ?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

D10 engine😄

[@currentriver4951]

Wouldn't happen to know what happened with all of St Louis Helos inventory?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

No idea, sorry.

[@James-ze1ni]

surely thats not health and safety compliant?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Why Not❓

[@racheljennings8548]

Sounds like a Grumman Bearcat

[@VMCAviationVideos]

No

[@ChuddleBuggy]

Looks like it has a clutch just like a car. Does it have a multi speed gearbox as well?

[@nzrailmaps]

Clutch is provided mainly to allow the engine to be disconnected in case of failure, which allows the rotors to keep spinning as they autorotate to a landing.

[@ChuddleBuggy]

@@nzrailmaps thank you, makes sense.

[@WakeMarine]

Nice. I grew up there. Big Bend graduate "03"

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[@Glen.Danielsen]

I wonder how the Wright radial engine is cooled?

[@johnmcphail2726]

It's air cooled, of course - it's a big radial???

[@Glen.Danielsen]

@@johnmcphail2726 In B-17’s, the whole radial was exposed directly to cooling airflow. In the S-58, it’s fully hidden with a few vents.

[@johnmcphail2726]

@@Glen.Danielsen there's a big fan in these sikorski's.... takes air in the vents on top and on sides.... snarks? - what? www.heli-archive.ch/fileadmin/images/Elicotteri/Sikorsky_S-58/S-58B_inbord_profile_6404261_HAB.jpg

[@noshsreqd]

@@Glen.Danielsen Big squirrel cage fan on the flywheel pulling air through the vents just below the windscreen and ducted over the cylinders.

[@Glen.Danielsen]

@@noshsreqd Ah, thanks Nosh. 🙂

[@KolyaNickD]

I wonder how it engages the rotors without stalling - presumably it has to change gear a few times before takeoff rotation speed...

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I don't have the answer to that

[@nzrailmaps]

Cars need multi speed gearbox primarily for a wide speed range. In a helicopter the rotors run at the same speed all the time it is operating so a gearbox is not needed to give a range of speeds. The clutch is engaged on the ground when the load on the rotors is lowest and never disengaged unless the engine fails. There is enough engine power at the point of clutch engagement to achieve this without stalling the engine.

[@noshsreqd]

There's a fluid coupling or torque converter between the engine and transmission that allows for engine startup and bringing rotors up to speed, once rotors are turning then the engine is idled down to allow the one way clutch to engage and then it is positive direct drive for flight.

[@eugeneoreilly9356]

One off my all-time favourites those S58,s.

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[@mickeybowmeister1944]

These Indian mechanics came up with the idea of ejection seats for their choppers, never took off!

[@robertworcester6824]

Sikorsky actually did develop ejection seats for helicopters in the mid 70’s. My dad was in the test phase of it. They used rocket sled at Holloman AFB as I recall. Pyrotechnics blew blades, glass then seat, in that order. There’s a cool video of it on KZbin.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, wonder why

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[@stevebaker4303]

Was he leak checking something in the dog house?

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don't know

[@robertchinnock8017]

Here in Australia we have acoupe of these at our hars meseum but not running but hope it does soon

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