The machine belongs to Derek Mcgarity, according to one of my sources he blows hot and cold on selling it !

IMO a D will out lift an E. They are lighter, and I personally dont like the panel on the the E, takes up too much room/visibility and I think the instruments are positioned better on the D.

Dont know what an F will lift, though have heard that the transmission becomes the limiting factor.

at sea level a D will lift 1000+ pounds with wind on its nose and cool temps. I have picked a 1300 pound drill piece , with the thing stripped, and MINIMAL fuel. You are not going far with that kind of weight.

For less than 3000> msl and cool temps , you cant beat the angry egg. For anything above that, the need to move loads far, or hot temps go As350B2/SA315.
RB

some 600 info
 

what is the running cost per hour extra over a jetranger
210-254 for mx/hour

how fast a they full fuel full pax.
around 125kts

what would i expect to pay for a 8 year old machine ok spec.
high time 620-720, mid time760-910 low time 1-1.1 mio (blue book)

how many pax??????
 

How many passengers really fit in a 500 in regular configuration excl. pilot???

Well I did once have 8 plus pilot in a C model...;)

BM,

Did it smell nice afterwards?:yuk:

4 people Pilot + 2 up front and two in the back.


Doing tours in the thing is horrible, fat and old people cant get in and out of it. "Its ok granny, just jump on me ill catch you"
rb

3 up front in a 500 series helicopters is extemely uncomfortable and arguably unsafe as it is too tight to allow for freedom of movement of the cyclic because your arm gets wedged up against the middle passenger. the only way around this is to contort your wrist so your hand is almost in front of the cyclic (very uncomfortable and also arguably unsafe) or only allow kate moss sized pax in the middle seat. the choice is yours:hmm: .
3 pax total is the only way to go, especially during colder seasons as heavier coats make a huge difference in such a small space.

I like the squeeze in the front, mind you only attractive women are allowed in the front ! As for touring it may be small but beats the pants off a 206 into a 30kt wind - you are still going faster than the motorway traffic !

500's
 

Does anybody have any good pictures of Hughes/MD 500's in flight?:ok:

http://www.helikopterpilot.dk/upload...tor/H500_4.jpg

http://www.helikopterpilot.dk/upload...tor/H500_3.jpg

These are for sale by the way.

I´ll add the link http://forsvaret.dk/FMK/eng/Sale+of+Helicopters/here. Maybe not allowed but I am in no way affiliated with the seller! just for your information.

Saw my first Hughes 500 photo in the late 60s as a teenager, love at first sight. Anybody know where I could get an endorsement on one in Australia?

I think Aeropower use them near Brisbane, you could try there.

Will

Interesting machine the 500. The 500M, the military version, is flown from the right hand seat whereas the civil version is flown from the left. Because of this, in Ireland my boss who only had a right eye, lost the left one in the Isle of Man TT, managed to get the 500M on the Irish civil register as he could only fly in the right seat. He was allowed to fly provided he had a pilot in the left seat to monitor the Ts & Ps!!

I quite like this one.... it is my shot, but I still like it!
http://www.pbase.com/mikerice/image/60301579.jpg


or try Airliners.net & get some more....


http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0868953/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0885007/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0990985/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1009954/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1034797/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0929778/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0851550/M/

Nice pic of G-ORRR there. Dont think you'll get to photograph it in flight any more though :

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225247

:ouch:

500D Checklist...need one!
 

I'm looking for a pdf of the start up and shutdown procedures for a 500D.
Thanks in advance-
Rob

www.mdhelicopters.com go to the publications icon and you have access to every flight manual and maint manual

MD500 seating layout
 

Does anyone know what seating layouts there are for the various models of MD/Hughes 500?
I know you can get 3 front 2 back in the E model, but is it possible to get this layout in a D model? The only ones i've found so far seem to have 2 front and 3 in the back - which means a sore neck for whoever gets the middle seat...

I have been flying both D and E models lately, and both have had the 3 front,2 rear seat config. Same with the old C model and Notar i uesd to fly.
Never seen it the other way round though.
So yes, you can have it like that in a D model.
Hope that helps.
Hughesy