cool day at work

[monsterspeedfreak]

We hired a helicopter to spread fertilizer on our cranberries today.
He spread 15 tons on 150 acres in two hours, that includes three fuel stops.
Just thought it was kinda cool.
Specs:
Hughs Jet 500
seats: 4
lifts: 1400 lbs of payload
engine weight: under 200 lbs
Horsepower: 425
Top speed: 125 mph "no head wind".
Fuel consumption: 40 gals of jet fuel per hour.
Fuel cost: 1.10 per litre CDN
spreader capacity: 500 lbs
Cost to hire: 800 CDN per hour
Cost to replace blades when needed: 50,000 CDN for 5 blades.
engine over haul: 30,000 plus CDN
Operator income 100,000 plus CDN per year
Operator experience: 3 years
Initial cost of Helicopter: approx 1,000,000 CDN
Time for pilot to obtain licence: 6 months
Cost of training and licencing: 35,000 CDN

Just some interesting

??? I was asking the pilot.
The amazing part I thought was that the turbine engine weighs just under 200 lbs and makes 425 HP.
The owner of the company has 16 of these helicopters and is currently fitting one of these motors into a boat.......yeeee haaaaaa.
Wonder how fast the Bus would be with one.

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

another pic: loading the spreader.

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

and another

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

one last

 

[Big O]

Good job landing that chopper on the bucket of the skiploader!

 

[NightStalker]

Time for pilot to obtain licence: 6 months[/QUOTE]
Damn, that's fast for a CPL ... took me over two years to get there ...

Nice chopper ... did ya go for a ride?

Btw: you'll find that most turbine engines are very light, because they are practically hollow. And it doesn't take a big one to produce shitloads of torque ...

 

[Lazerblade]

I had five hours flying the MD 500 Defender when I left Corpus Christi in 1990. It's the same helicopter but a different version and made when the company was own MD.

I was a twin engine Huey pilot at the time. UH-1N.

The 500 is a incredibly fun Helo to fly.

 

[PaceMaster]

Fun with "chopper" I was hoping you were going to drop one from height....you know a "chopper" HeHe...Pic's of the aftermath...

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

Good job landing that chopper on the bucket of the skiploader!

I didn't even notice that it looked like that.
Too funny.

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

Time for pilot to obtain licence: 6 months

Damn, that's fast for a CPL ... took me over two years to get there ...

Nice chopper ... did ya go for a ride?

Btw: you'll find that most turbine engines are very light, because they are practically hollow. And it doesn't take a big one to produce shitloads of torque ...[/QUOTE]
Might have something to do with his dad owning the company....I don't know.
No I didn't go for a ride, had to much work to do after he left.
He'll be back in three weeks though and said any ntime I want to........

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

Fun with "chopper"  I was hoping you were going to drop one from height....you know a "chopper"  HeHe...Pic's of the aftermath...

lolololololol

 

[bravrifl]

Just some interesting

??? I was asking the pilot.
The amazing part I thought was that the turbine engine weighs just under 200 lbs and makes 425 HP.
The owner of the company has 16 of these helicopters and is currently fitting one of these motors into a boat.......yeeee haaaaaa.
Wonder how fast the Bus would be with one.

Check this one out Bill.



http://www.rideontv.com/episodes/CRN0005/leno.html

 

[monsterspeedfreak]

Just some interesting

??? I was asking the pilot.
The amazing part I thought was that the turbine engine weighs just under 200 lbs and makes 425 HP.
The owner of the company has 16 of these helicopters and is currently fitting one of these motors into a boat.......yeeee haaaaaa.
Wonder how fast the Bus would be with one.

Check this one out Bill.



http://www.rideontv.com/episodes/CRN0005/leno.html

Ya....that's pretty cool alright....checked it out on tlc a few months back.
Pretty insane.