What sort of take off was that at 5:25?
Max performance take off you say … I say bollix.
If you're going to do one of those, you sit in the hover and check all is well before undertaking the exercise, not just hoof it all in from MPOG! No wonder it went Pete Tong!
Hover check ??? ... he had just landed 5 seconds earlier , everything was working fine , and yes, it was a max/perf takeoff demonstration for a friend at the airport , and that went fine too .... the problem happened after he eased off power the fuel rate dropped too low and caused a flameout ... the idle screw was set too low.
He owns all the land and farm equipment he flies over in the other videos and the long narrow path through the forest leads to the hangar where he built the helicopter . best wishes.