When I was around 8-9 years old, I got to ride shotgun in one of those old birds in 1971. As with the case of any kid that age, I loved to see aircraft up close and better yet, in the air. The operator of the bird was contracted with a orange grove grower to spray pesticide on the grove. The pilot and his buddy motioned me over to them. He asked me if I wanted to go up for a ride. Didn't hesitate and away I went. What a memory and experience for a kid to have. A pilot wouldn't dare the same scenario today. He would lose his license, or jail time.... maybe both. 51 years later, I often think about that day and how it was one of the best moments in my life....
@josemigueltobar1037
11 ай бұрын
Que maravilla, y que envidia. Este helicóptero parece un ser vivo , casi tanto como una máquina de vapor. De niño ejercían una fascinación como un monstruo.
@johnkauppi7078
8 ай бұрын
I'll bet that was fun. Hard to have fun in this over regulated world these days. If something is fun it's probably illegal.Then again I'm an Australian.
@Technically_classic
7 ай бұрын
@@johnkauppi7078I know. It was a shame when Australia went full dictator and took people's guns. You Australians are a special breed and your government is regulating and immigrating you to death
@1946jcb
Ай бұрын
rien à cirer de vos histoires !! ayez de la pudeur pour ne pas en tartiner les lecteurs !!!!!!!
@jims6323
Жыл бұрын
That engine sounds like it has a full race cam in it, totally BOSS!
@alparker8661
6 ай бұрын
Long duration, high lift racing cam.
@chuckmccollim
Жыл бұрын
Such a unique sound with radial engine power.
@rodrigolandazuri
Жыл бұрын
Rodrigo POLICIAL aquí a Huaquillas Huaquillas Huaquillas Vaquillas
@EASTSIDERIDER707
Жыл бұрын
Too smooth for Harley Davidson .
@bastarddoggy
11 ай бұрын
We all think of the thump of the Huey when we think of military helicopters, but this is a very cool sound!
@EASTSIDERIDER707
11 ай бұрын
@@bastarddoggy my barracks at Ft Benning was near the airfield. The sound of Huey and Chinook was ever present.
@KaisTheFireWarrior
8 ай бұрын
@@bastarddoggyany helicopter can thump, it's called blade slap. It's not isolated to one helicopter.
@JamesJones-gk5jd
Жыл бұрын
I could listen to that engine idle all day
@cvheugten
Жыл бұрын
Me too. The sound of my yought
@Asteroid302
Жыл бұрын
Tak samo mam
@johnkauppi7078
8 ай бұрын
Australia here. That has got to be the best sounding helicopter engine, ever. Sounds just like my old 8 ton Dodge wheat truck with its 361 big block V8. Twin exhaust system with short straight flow mufflers.
@stevecarlson9557
11 ай бұрын
I was an instructor while stationed in Germany. I was demonstrating a maximum p over takeoff when something came loose in the rotor head. I did a quick 180 & got back on the ground. RED XE'D IT. MAINTENANCE COULDN'T find the problem, fired it up, it went into ground resonance, flopped on its side and beat itself to death. Thank God no one got hurt. Nice old bird but every time I see one I'm reminded of one more day I cheated the grim reaper.
@sirswerve2493
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Big cam Musclecar starting! Love it! Long live the Piston powered vehicles!
@ronphipps8534
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.i had over a 1000 flight hours in the 34 as a crew chief with HMM 262.
@MikeBUSA
Жыл бұрын
Was that at New River? Many years ago, the entrance to New River Air Station had an H-34 at the entrance. I was stationed there for 4 years and thought HMM-262 was one of the squadrons I was attached to on one of my Med cruises. I was skids - HML-167. It was so long ago, I don't remember.
@ronphipps8534
Жыл бұрын
@MikeBUSA yes,it was at New River Mike. We would fly home to Bryan Ohio on three occasions. In the fall of 1962, we became a transition squadron. We trained jet pilots to fly helicopters They were not happy pilots.
@colinkulasik1128
Жыл бұрын
Did I hear that shifting gears? Does that have a multi speed gearbox?
@ronphipps8534
Жыл бұрын
@colinkulasik1128 No gear box. There is a clutch that sits on the back side of the engine and goes on up to the main gear box that drives the main rotor. Sometimes the pilots during warmup will drop the engine rpm and pick it back up again to make sure of their clutch connection. This same clutch is used to disengage the engine from the main rotor transmission during auto rotation. I appreciate your questions.
@mpk2542
Жыл бұрын
Dad flew these in the Army. Awesome
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
Spent 8+ years wrenching flying rigging with one of these, Love the sound the rumble of the air frame and the easy feel on the stick, Check the fuel and fill the oil.😁
@merrittorius
10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 as long as she ain't dry right!?
@HongyaMa
10 ай бұрын
If it's dry, Someone dies!@@merrittorius
@chrishultgren777
Жыл бұрын
Still can't believe that bus can fly
@Wolfman1987
Жыл бұрын
That's because they built things to last in those days.
@johnreynolds1527
Жыл бұрын
It's a Sikorsky
@amramjose
8 ай бұрын
I believe it has a radial engine as powerplant.
@ПавелХатылов
7 ай бұрын
Может ! Это борт нашего президента ! Ми-4 называется .
@howardwmoore
6 ай бұрын
I remember years ago a fellow flew one down from Indianapolis in to Lexington ky to set an air handler A/C on the roof of a shopping mall
@nelson2503
Жыл бұрын
Used to watch them fly by when I was a kid. The Uruguayan Navy regularly flew these helicopters from Maldonado to Montevideo. A sight to behold and an engine roar to remember.
@barriefrench3371
Жыл бұрын
What a Beautiful Machine , could watch her for hours,thank you for the footage
@mukics1116
9 ай бұрын
Love radial helicopters, there in Eastern Europe in agricultural operations, have seen a lot of work done by a Ka-26. That engine sound always cheers me up.
@markwilliams7712
8 ай бұрын
The Ka 26 is a great helicopters. So adaptable.
@billtodd6509
Жыл бұрын
I was assigned to HMM 161 in Chu Lai and Marble Mountain USMC. Spent many hours patching those crates back into flying condition. USMC, 1962to 1967. Semper Fi
@merrittorius
10 ай бұрын
Welcome home Bill. Thanks for all you and the boys did. SEMPER FI.
@ryanwatts2880
2 ай бұрын
Semper Fi
@deanna0710
Ай бұрын
my brother was a pilot helicopter pilot of the UH 34D in Vietnam, too. He was at a place called Phu Bai. He was in the United States Marine Corps? Still living 81 years old and I’m glad to see your post.
@1320fastback
Жыл бұрын
For those wondering why it sounded like it was "shifting" while spinning up it was, sort of. It does have different rotor RPMs for different phases of flight. It is rated at 1,525 horsepower at 2,800 r.p.m. for takeoff. 1,425 horsepower at 2,700 r.p.m. for 30-minute limit and then 1,275 horsepower at 2,500 r.p.m. continuous.
@KINGVIC87
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info because I was just about to ask
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
Wrong - clutching for start only, A torque converter flooded then drained - switch on power up join needles roll off switch off sprag now powers the rotors
@georgekaplan6451
10 ай бұрын
@@HongyaMa that was really interesting. I learnt that only the other day from another video.
@HongyaMa
10 ай бұрын
Flew an S 58 with the Wright 1820 for 8 years , The free wheel clutch was engaged with fly weights and the torque converter matched shaft speed and engine speed , The fly weights engaged the mechanical shafts (autorotation clutch) and the torque converter emptied to a tank ready for the next start. Worked quite well.@@georgekaplan6451
@jerodjohnson6277
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like an old hot rod running. Sounds like he’s having to pump the accelerator pedal to keep it running then pressing the clutch in and shifting gears. Love these old whirly-birds
@thomashebert5907
Жыл бұрын
Apparently that's exactly what he was doing - "The UH-34D helicopter was equipped with a transmission that allowed for shifting between different gears. This transmission system enabled the helicopter to effectively manage its engine power and rotor speed to achieve the desired level of performance during different flight phases, such as takeoff, cruising, and landing."
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
Wrong - It is only for rotor engagement after starting - Your left hand controls the throttle - Taxi and flight is done at top of the green - I spent 8+ years flying one before 9-11. @@thomashebert5907
@ronjonson26
8 ай бұрын
@@thomashebert5907it doesn't shift gears, the pilot is engaging the clutch,my dad was a helicopter mechanic and was very familiar with these helicopters
@thebaddestogre-3698
Жыл бұрын
Thats a rare sound nowadays! How cool is that!?
@danielballario1615
Жыл бұрын
The best sound
@spacecat7247
11 ай бұрын
Always liked them. I remember the pink one on rip tide. King bees used them to great effect. Tough as hell and reliable too
@rossbabcock3790
Жыл бұрын
There's a memory! Flying into an LZ in the damn thing is....exciting!
@JeepWrangler1957
11 ай бұрын
I was a Crew Chief of a UH-1 USMC 1974-78 HMLA-169 and HMLA-369. These were our predecessors. I would trust the UH-34 any day over the Osprey.
@storiesfromthedepthsofspac6413
Жыл бұрын
Several decades ago, when I was quite young, Popular Science had a front-page article about one to these someone was marketing as a family camper. I love the radial engine, and if I were rotary wing qualified, I might just have to have one of these.
@rothbj1
10 ай бұрын
I remember that article!
@txmuddigger
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like a '81 Suburban starting up on a 20°f morning.
@frtdog
Жыл бұрын
Flew that in Germany in the late 60's. After spending a year in Hueys is was, shall we say, interesting. But it sure was a workhorse.
@williamford9488
Жыл бұрын
Music to my ears!
@ronwade5646
Жыл бұрын
That monster engine is in the front, like a motorhome and there is a two piece drive line inbetween the seats that goes to a differential then another truck style drive line vertical to the main rotor on top. You should get inside one of these, it's a real hoot!
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
A single shaft with damper couplings on each end -
@oscaraguirre602
Жыл бұрын
Hi good morning thanks of share your video,,, spectacular sound,,, splendid aircraft,,, amazing helicópter SIKORSKY,,, CONGRATULATIONS and have a good time,,,
@sp33dp4reak
Жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you very much for sharing
@FPdesignfab
5 ай бұрын
32 cylinder radial beast!
@stebstebanesier6205
Жыл бұрын
Remember the T.V. show "Riptide" in the mid 80's, with the pink helicopter they called "Screaming Mimi." Man that show was bad, I do however remember they would always recite the helicopter pilots prayer before the would startup the Mimi,"God bless this helicopter, especially the pistons." Which is funny because I'm pretty sure the helicopter used in the series had been converted to gas turbine.
@marcj3682
6 ай бұрын
I enjoyed that, having only discovered this beautiful helicopter from the 60s
@METALITHrevetments
Жыл бұрын
Bird is the Word.
@ginggur17
8 ай бұрын
Sounds lovely.
@jeroenjansen2709
8 ай бұрын
Beautiful sound!
@danr7616
2 ай бұрын
Sounds like an old Dodge cold start lol love it!
@katey1dog
Жыл бұрын
What a beauty!
@JD-gt7il
7 ай бұрын
That’s the best sound I’ve ever heard in my life lol ❤
@michaelogden5958
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@BrewCityChaser
Жыл бұрын
This is super cool.
@deksea
8 ай бұрын
Magnificent exhaust note
@leegreen140
Жыл бұрын
King bees never rest
@milesbrown8016
Жыл бұрын
Old boy of the skies…..👍🏻
@chrishelms1967
Жыл бұрын
Not so sure Id be anxious to fly in something that sounds like my Grandpas 64 Buick
@aussienscale
Жыл бұрын
What an absolute beast !!
@topperman4541
Жыл бұрын
I swear in my head I heard the theme song to the tv show Riptide when it started up. If only it was pink it would be the flying me me!
@stevehaller6332
5 ай бұрын
Hearing a wright R-1820 radial crank up is awesome. I think the later models were equipped with turbines if I remember correctly
@thegreencat9947
3 ай бұрын
There are 2 H- 34 " CHARLIE" restorations in my town. I love them.
@ronnieka3309
10 ай бұрын
S58 radial one of my favorite helicopters
@tremplador
22 күн бұрын
unexpected sound !! :))
@markianecat1093
9 ай бұрын
I like the sound.
@200865mark
Жыл бұрын
Last helicopter that used a radial engine designed for ww2 planes
@ReviveHF
Жыл бұрын
And tanks as well.
@corkey131
Жыл бұрын
Oh my... this is good.
@usmcscuba90
Жыл бұрын
Flew in these until the 46’s came over. B Co First Recon Bn, out of ChuLai in 1966.
@aj-2savage896
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be awesome to see a CH-37?
@ronphipps8534
11 ай бұрын
When we got the engines from O&R, the engines we all built up and ready to install on the helicopter. The engines were benched check before we got them.
@BF-kn9ih
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a big block chevy marine engine w/thru hull exhaust at idle.
@wernerpanchenko6542
Жыл бұрын
They were training helo in the 60s when I was stationed at Ellison field 68 super helos
@PenDragonsPig
Жыл бұрын
I always like seeing Westland Wessexes but that old piston job sounds cute.
@wodnastj
Жыл бұрын
"KING BEE" !!!!
@alparker8661
6 ай бұрын
South Vietnamese flew these at my stage field back in 69/70. Hooper Stage Field, Fort Rucker.
@timm9842
6 ай бұрын
Flew in these 1969 pensacola fl airsea rescue. great helo Harley Davidson sound. 😊
@oldthudman
Жыл бұрын
This and the previous model used a front mounted radial engine...Later a turbine powered model (S-58T) was used by many military and civilian entities.......The LA Sheriff's Dept used a S-58DT until fairly recently (IIRC).......Don't know if it's still in their fleet or not....
@leneanderthalien
Жыл бұрын
Turbine powerred was very rare, the most had the radial
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
Sheriff screwed the pooch and got a Puma - The two airframes were bought by Heli-Flite and the other fliers went to Bruster WA drying cherries
@ovalwingnut
Жыл бұрын
Yeah baby! Now that's a HELICOPTER. They don't fly. They beat the air into submission, like the Gods had intended :O)
@davida.p.9911
Жыл бұрын
Looks like the front would be too heavy. 😅 "She may not look like she can fly, but she can!!"
@Splattervision-qh1sd
2 ай бұрын
At start-up, sounds just like a Plymouth I used to have with a 440 big block.
@colinelliott8768
11 ай бұрын
Nemo grew up. BIG! And sprouted rotors when he hit puberty. Try fitting him in a fish tank now buddy.. Awesome machine!!! 👍👍
@hollywoodghostbusters9869
8 ай бұрын
The Choctaw is so cool!
@Jhihmoac
Жыл бұрын
No wonder they called them, _"Mean Marines"_ ... Getting troops from point A to point B in those non-turbine engined relics - Almost like a bus that flew! Big ol' radial Pratt & Whitney (or Wright) in front below the cockpit that made it sound different during start and full power-up until you switched the rotors on line! They still use them both for military and civilian duty, although many now have been refitted with more modern computerized controls and turbine engines...
@billrook6165
Жыл бұрын
She's an old HMM-362 Ugly Angel.
@richarddegen6184
Жыл бұрын
yup, I was in 362 1966/7 and was a gunner in YL37
@stealhty1
5 ай бұрын
Awesome
@konabro3500
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the souped up Ford Galaxy back in 1970.
@WOODY11780
10 ай бұрын
YL-37 Flown by the Ugly Angels in Viet Nam ...... Semper Fidelis Forever !!!!
@charlesshaft639
Жыл бұрын
It's the same engine as the B-17 bomber the Pratt & Whitney double wasp 18 cylinder 2000 HP radial engine! This engine can operate with cylinders blown away by gun fire !
@Alpa6c
Жыл бұрын
Wright R-1820 Cyclone
@edgarriveros2521
Жыл бұрын
Nop...This CH-34D "Choctaw" powerhouse is the Wright R-1820 Cyclone with 1 525 SHp or Shaft Horsepower...
@johnshockley7921
Жыл бұрын
It's actually a 9 cylinder radial engine, spent 4 yrs. In the Marines in HMM 361,163,362 .
@billpotokar360
6 ай бұрын
...with that start-up sound i'm visionating mid 60s monster truck cab and a extra long hurst shift knob...
@cho2jzfe90
Жыл бұрын
The sound of Freedom
@paulnobleii4239
11 ай бұрын
Sounds just like when I used to jump start Darrell Waltrip's stock car back in my day lmao.
@tracedog27
11 ай бұрын
I always thought these things looked like giant menacing grasshoppers.
@jeffbridges666
Жыл бұрын
Wow 👏
@justjames9775
Жыл бұрын
As rasty as those sound on startup, I always wondered how well one of them would run with modern fuel injection.
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
Single injector for priming a two barrel fuel servo on top...
@Freelinemodificator
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a enggine truck with 3speed transmision before take off.
@wwarn1739
9 ай бұрын
I watched them as a kid at Mcas Tustin, my pops was a career Marine, helicopter mechanic.
@josephbarlow969
Жыл бұрын
When your out of 34's your out of helicopters
@richarddegen6184
Жыл бұрын
I flew as a gunner on this same UH34 in 1966.......HMM362!
@user-ex4si2md6r
11 ай бұрын
My friend was a Corpsman in Vietnam and he said that he had a dust off in a Sikorski UH-34 Chocktah and rounds were coming up through the bottom of the fusalodge 😧
@jazzrengue
Жыл бұрын
It sounds more like a dragster than a helo! 😂😂😂😂😂
@jb-ik8sj
3 ай бұрын
I havent been to the EAA since 76
@Paiadakine
Жыл бұрын
We jumped out of a pink one of these in the 80’s at perris
@soonerjontheconservative636
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like an old tractor.
@stevencarrollscorpio
11 ай бұрын
Real men flying around in a copter that sounds like a super sized Harley.
@cptjfk
11 ай бұрын
Looooove it!
@WhiteOwlOnFire_XXX
8 ай бұрын
My most favorite helicopter ever.
@zman919
Жыл бұрын
There is no way I'd.get in that flying bus engine!!😂😂😂
@petervoyt24
9 ай бұрын
dayum what kind of cam is in the helo ?? LOL
@Jaguar79gt
Жыл бұрын
the sound... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@mohammedcohen
Жыл бұрын
...these big radial engine powered helicopters sound so strange to our ears after 60 years plus of gas turbine power...
@darkracer1252
Жыл бұрын
that's cool. switching gears to get the rotors up to taxiing speed. and then later probbably a couple more gears higher the headspeed is fast enoegh to take off.
@richarddegen6184
Жыл бұрын
no gears, hydraulic clutch,,,,drive shaft to transmission reduction gears
@ervinthompson6598
11 ай бұрын
It uses a B-17 engine -the Wright R-1820 Cyclone !!
@thomashebert5907
Жыл бұрын
TC 2:13 - Does he actually shift it into a higher gear? wild "The UH-34D helicopter was equipped with a transmission that allowed for shifting between different gears. This transmission system enabled the helicopter to effectively manage its engine power and rotor speed to achieve the desired level of performance during different flight phases, such as takeoff, cruising, and landing."
@HongyaMa
Жыл бұрын
No - the clutch to spin up the rotors is a torque converter type, switch on fluid goes in - Roll throttle up join needles, Roll off throttle and sprag clutch engages shaft- roll throttle up , Switch off torque converter drains of fluid - and run up to flight idle and warm the engine up and then go fly. Note: ground run the engine before engaging clutch. The engine hates the cold😁
@ianjacob4049
10 ай бұрын
XOXO love you too so much
@longboardfella5306
11 ай бұрын
So I know nothing much about the engine. Anyone explain why it misfires so much on initial run up? I get that the engine is cold but why such coughing and spluttering? Was that usual with all such radial engines?
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