The Now Forbidden Special Forces Delta Queen Maneuver
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Chinooks are the workhorse of the US Army, and used to perform water landings in order to extract Special Forces. But why these helicopters don't land on water anymore, and what technique has replaced this capability, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs
00:00 How a Helicopter Landing on Water Impressed a Princess
01:17 CH-47's Chinooks were Designed to Land on Water from Start
02:37 What is the Now Forbidden Delta Queen maneuver?
05:22 Why Chinooks don't land on water anymore?
06:57 Helo-casting is an alternative to water landing
08:00 What does Helo-casting has to do with Ducks?
09:23 How do you extract Special Forces without landing on water?
10:57 Why the US Coast Guard doesn't land in water anymore
12:20 Landing on water is Risky
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hmm for me this coment is older then the movie
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As a Chinook maintainer and crew chief for the US Army, I would like to correct that the chinook is still capable of water landings and 160th still does practice water landings. As for the rest of the army no we do not preform water landings anymore. All in all though is a very good Video! 👍
I was hoping the Chinook could still land on water! Thanks for chiming in
The risk assessment matrix does not go into negatives. That and the down time needed for maintenance would count heavily against Co/Bat/Brig levels. No commander would allow for such silliness.
@@tobins6800is the risk assessment martix a pilot thing or a military thing. Saw that in FAA handbook but i wouldn't surprise it came from military
@@andrewcheng1998 I recall it from the Army. Not surprised Gov-wide
It's not a SOAR thing, it's an SF thing. If your outfit ever got picked to do a training op with them and they wanted to do water stuff guess what. I've rode zodiacs into the back of a national guard 47.
*So, what did you do today?" "Drove my boat into a helicopter." "Fine, don't tell me."
0:33 that has got the be the coolest jump ever
imagine having a childhood dream come true when you grown up.I want to jump on a boat from helicopter too
Yup, definitely cool points
It looks like it is dropping a turd lol
I was like OK so all I have to do to be that cool is to sell myself to the government, get trained to be a killing machine, and then specialize into helo water operations! Got it... gimme a couple weeks, I'll be ready! LOL
That video of the helicopter nose diving in the water and obliterating itself was insane
Yet totally unsurprising
@@RT-qd8yl just awesome that it was caught on video
@@asylumental12/15 made out alive
I Could not undestand how the pilot just go further and further ahead until the blades hit the water. It has to be some kind of failure
@@pedro.alcatra yeah exactly, or the waves maybe, I'm not sure.
Funny story- While surfing in the Pacific Northwest once, a coast Guard helo was drilling a few hundred yards away... when it was about 40 feet high, there was a guy sitting in the open side door- and the guy behind booted him out of the chopper!! Then we got to watch as a frogman jumped in and rescued the first guy, only to see him get tossed out again! Eventually we figured out that it was a training dummy of some sort, but, dang, it looked really, really realistic. Those guys (the real ones) are amazing in the water, especially with all of their gear. Very impressive even to us as seasoned bad-weather surfers (we thought WE were good...but they were pros.)
You should look into it. 😎
I am awed by what these Coast Guard rescue swimmers do.
Yeah, me too- especially after seeing that! There was a good vid on the channel 'Smarter Every Day' that covered their skills- not just (JUST? Lol) jumping out of helicopters into huge waves and storms, but how each of then are also specialists in rigging designing and manufacturing (sewing) their own geat, etc... Other than combat specific skills (which I'd bet they also have), they are kinda like SEALS, if seals focused only on crazy search and rescue stuff... I was a very good competitive swimmer, and later a surfer, and these guys could swim circles around me and my fellow surfers: So, I'm glad that the Coast Guard seems to be loosing it's outdated status as a kinda/sorta military force. Even on WW2, they were very important on convoy and rescue duties. Cheers!
Those yellow stickers on the Seaking are not to keep water out. They are overflow outlets for the hydraulic systems. The only reason they were used here was to prevent any possible enviromental contamination of the lake.
Yep. The CH-124s were known to piss fluids at randim intervals. I did see one flying in person only once. Any other time they were in bits & pieces.
Where do those fluids go / what happens when they can't drain out of those holes?
my guess, as a civilian mechanic is they fill up the scupper bowl, and overflow into the area below it, for example the transmission dripping onto passengers@@THE-X-Force
I worked on that exact seaking and did the preps for water landing..probly did the prep for that shot too... we absolutely used the tape to keep water out, along with drain plugs in the belly, we want to minimize water intake at all cost, safety and also a good protective measure as water landings were not great on the machine.... also we used the tape to write chuck norris jokes, that helo wouldnt take off without 1 chuck norris joke on it.
@SJRich1975 So where did you get your BS? I hate when people just randomly insert misinformation and people just accept it and even praise it with "likes" and "upvotes". Y'all are really the cockroaches of the information world.
This video gave me flashbacks of going thru the Dunker training in the Navy. The Dunker is a mock-up of the helicopter cabin that trains us to get out of a submerged helo. While upside down and blindfolded.
Indeed, we had to do similar training before going off shore. Although we didn't use blindfolds, since the helicopters would only fly at daylight hours. But the survival rate would probably be a lot lower in the North Sea, than the swimmingpool we trained in:-).
that sounds painful tbh
You have to train this also when you want to go for work on a oil or gasplattform. It was one of the cooler part of the safety training. Also turn it upside down and get out. Especially if you are the only one who can swim during training in Abu Dhabi
There was a brief clip of the dunker at 1:12 to 1:17.
You have to react in a couple of seconds to: Upside down, blackness, and very wetness. What was that escape procedure again? That lever's down here? NO Up there! And I have to pull it HOW HARD! And it SHOULD work? OH NO! On THIS helo, there's NO LEVER! I havta pull that INSERT in the window seal, like, ya know, like in a bus!
Kind of cool there’s well known but forbidden jutsu for helicopters.
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Dont be this down bad bro… You gotta stay strong@@Innocent-il8bf
There was a helicopter pilot who flew tours of San Francisco. His tours spent a lot of time flying over the waters of SF Bay, and one thing you should know, these waters are very cold. He was contacted by a sales person who had a system that would mount onto the skids of his helicopter and allow it to perform a water landing. He didn't think he would ever need the system, but in the end he was talked into buying it. After having it installed, on the very next flight he suffered an engine failure. activated the system and landed near the Golden Gate Bridge.
these are inflatable floats, either skid mounted or fuselage mounted. they are put on any helo which normally flies over water, particularly single engine. actually twin engine as well because the second engine normally only allows a controlled landing. anyone who doesnt have floats installed is an idiot. aircraft insurance premiums go down with htem even
At 10:00, I've done this in Panama back in 1998 at the US Army Jungle Training School. We were trained how to do SPIES with 5th SF Group or Special Insertion and Extraction System, and yes it is as fun as it looks. Imagine flying 200' above the ocean and jungle at 60+ mph under a Blackhawk!
IDK how you would ever find roller coasters fun after experiencing that. It sounds insane.
@@SuperCatacatathe coaster “new york new york “ in Vegas is still pretty fun👍😁👍
0:12 This video should've been sponsored by Flex Tape lol
Exactly what i was thinking lol
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I've never seen Flex Tape sponsor any KZhead videos other than their own.
I was only researching the amphibious capabilities of the CH-47, SH-3, and even the CH-53 roughly a week ago, so this video's upload date is very well timed. 👍
I have watched for a year, and you never fail me
He put out a lot of bad info in this video, so...he did today.
Finally!! A video that actually explains the consequences of doing cool stuff. There is A LOT of maintenance involved with water operations
I love how during the sponser, at the top right of the screem, where it has NWYT's logo, it changes to say ''Not What Opera Think''
11:14 it looked like the tail rotor hit the water
It did
I once saw a bird do a cobra maneuver, that was when I realized how pilots came up with that
Bleeds allot of energy. Making you vulnerable and less range for your missile.
@@Tonius126 Missiles are usually the least concern for birds.
@@stejer211 usually. Even for birds, the odds of being struck by a missile at any given time is never zero
@@n_tasI raise you Randy Johnson
@@stejer211 they do have to worry about the peregrine falcon which is the bird equivalent of a missile diving at 200 mph/320 kph.
My Nephew is a aviation mechanic for the marines. He was actually in an episode of a tv show recently. It was "How Did They Fix That" season 2 episode 4. I never knew how many hours of maintenance goes into each hour of flight.
This video is criminally under-rated.
I seen these maneuvers before. I was surprised when American special forces was practicing in my country cause we're friendly but not that buddy friendly. They eject the boat off the chinook while in the air. Then the forces below would take the boat for a ride then the chinook went low enough for them to pull everything back in. And they did it several times. They practiced by the bridge so I had a very good view just sitting by the balcony and watch them train
That's a nice cargobob right there
If only the cargobob could perform water landings and scoop up boats 😭
Fun memories. Done Helocasting from CH-46 (Phrog) & CH-53. Day Hollywood to Night CE inserts. SPIE recovery from Water is the best as long as temps are above 80°F. Wet clothes flying under a Helo is quite chilly. Semper Fi
Great vid. That ad transition was smooth as butter
0:34 the guy that fell out 😂😂
Holy crap ive ridden on Chinooks dozens of times, had no idea they were so water resistant and could land on water so easily
They can stay on water as long as there is fuel, when the engines shut off, that is when the clock really starts.
NEC8215 here. I can tell you the salt is more of an issue in a hover and affects all exposed surfaces. head and tailrotor included.
Just living by the water is bad enough enough. Have a soft wire wheel permanently in a drill press for cleaning corrosion off parts. Free All works great too. Better than WD40
@@pitchforkpeasant6219 right? three years in the Corpus Christi salt air cured me of ever again living by the beach. To be fair; Hurricane Allen also was a contributor.
@@RooEfx. Yeah. Hurricanes have a way of doing that. 😂
Just saw a short of one hover and scoop up a little boat the other day. Wild.
Just Wow.. They're amazing.
I like your voice, it’s calming and friendly.
Fire sponsor transmission, earned you to watch it
I really love this new approach to making your videos! It kinda reminds me of some old school Discovery channel stuff with the subtle comedy and the background music. 10/10
Love your videos, great job
Bro, that ad plug was smooth 😎
I know the Chinooks will float. In the 1970’s I was working on a Offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. We were working over a hundred miles from the coast. Chevron had a few Chinooks, two single rotor a one double. I wasn’t on it but one of the singles had engine trouble and landed in an inland canal. It floated just fine. They sent a crew boat out and pull it back to the heliport. CreWboats are boats, the most common are about 110’ long with about 40 seats like a Trailways bus. They can carry some supplies also. I always felt safer in those. The smaller helicopters would go down like a rock and the rotors would get you if drowning didn’t. Back in those days it seemed like every week one was going down. A lot of times they’d never find anything. I saw one body pulled up once a diver had hooked onto and he must have had 1000 shrimp eating on him. I wouldn’t eat shrimp for a while after that !
Like that, didn't know about this amazing feature
I was a helicopter engineer in the Royal Navy and we had a Seaking Mk5 land on the water at sea with a suspected fuel issue. The ship I was on raced closer to it so it could just take off and hop onto the flight deck but a wave hit the tail rotor and destroyed it. This goes to show you how dangerous landing on the sea really is and this was done as a last resort. I still have the pictures of the helicopter in the water.
What a great video! Where did you get all this footage? It’s almost like you are making videos FOR the US Armed forces! Regardless how you do it, great job. Thank you. Your videos are always so enjoyable and informative.
Thanks! We spend a lot of time looking for the best footage available 😊
Great, informative video 👏
Some civilian helicopters, like those used to fly to offshore drilling rigs, als have inflatable balloms for water landing. But in their case it is more as a safety feature, giving the occupants more time to ready the life raft if they go down over the ocean
The zodiac into the chinook was preformed in one of the first missions in the original COD MW 3. Damn I miss that game
nearly 10 years before I was on a beach in Egypt and 3 Chinook was flying over us..first and last time I saw these heavy machines and I will never forget..seakings or SAR helikopters I see many times here in nothern Germany
FROST KEEP UP WITH THAT ZODIAC!
The Chinook is a good design, I thought it was being phased out, I’m glad that new ones are still being built.
Are they? They are the most awesome helicopter ever. Was curious if they’re still being made
yes. military still builds them. there is a civilian version Boeing 234 thats currently produced. its flown by about 20 different countries and atleast 3 overseas companies have licenses to manufacture them @@pitchforkpeasant6219
Thanks Will, you did bludy well with the Sea King, Love the Chinny too, more than Hazza's ride, but don't tell him I said so Eh!
Awesome video! 👍🩵
Thanks
Always waiting for you to say "it's not what you think"
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The French Navy SA 321 Super Frelon was designed to land on and take off from water. We used to practice that regularly, albeit on fresh water lakes.
Great video
The only aircraft that can have a mid-air with itself.
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That island in the opera sponsor is an icelandic island not norwegian and its named Bjarnarey (bear island) and its the next island over from the loneliest house in the world. The island is located in the Vestmannaeyjar arcapelico south of iceland, that building on it isnt a house its a hunting lodge/summerhouse for 50-60yo hunters who drink beer and watch sports. Source: i live in vestmannaeyjar/Heimaey
That bit with the old guy on the island is actually produced by Opera. I suspect they say Norwegian for some marketing reason. But that’s just my guess.
Perfect intro catchphrase. 🤣
The reason the Coast Guard doesn't water land the HH-52 and HH-3F helicopters is because they're retired from service...
Thanks,this one of air craft I would like to operate with other.
when i was a kid i saw one land in the lake at the dog park. i live in kc and we have a lot of those around here.
Thanks!
Thanks very much! ❤️
Sorry. I was a crewman in H-46s in the US Navy. We never put tape on the aircraft before practicing water landings.
I'm a military fanatic. I'm 51.3 years old and I never herd of parking a chopper in the water. Great video!
Youe knowledge is unbelievably limited then.
I didn’t know that the CH-47, 53, and 46 were all capable of sustained stints in water! I guess it makes a lot more sense now that I think on what they were capable of!
The french SA 321 Super Frelon was also made to be amphibious, but in fact water landings were only in case of emergency .
I served in vietnam and seen a UH-1 attamp to do a 360" over base camp blackhawk. Came in full speed went high with single fuel,pump pink smoke appeared then fell fliped backward but cought rotor speed . no crash.10th calvery ankhe.
WC Home brother . I always marveled at the bravery of those hook guys hovering over some FSB lifting out guns or delivering buff's, ammo and shit . There were a number of jobs I am glad I didn't have I.C. On a Hook or Crane crew . Riding up on some piece of heavy equipment clearing for a new FSB . Manning a " little bird " , and I hated conveys !! I was in a Armoured Cav unit in the FRG pre- rvn . I am glad I wasn't assigned to a armoured cav unit in RVN !! doc BG lll Corp 25th .. recon , leg and Blue .
I like your videos
Well now I'm shaking off the memories of that rotor wash while being in the water. Oh, and grounding out. Something rarely mentioned outside of the military. According to the rumors, the discharge can be strong enough to incapacitate a person or even kill them. Don't get me wrong, it can be brutal but deadly? Perhaps in a perfectly unfortunate scenario, but I doubt it. Enough to incapacitate? Sure, but still it would have to be extremely rare.
the dude jumping into the boat before it was out of the helicopter, had me dying.
You do want to keep the helos out of salt water if you can help it, but fresh water is another story. You hear reports of helos taking dunks into fresh water lakes. This could be training for emergency landings and not every helo type would try it.
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I like watching these because you see the operators in the Zodiacs duck real low upon reboarding like they know that there was somebody who didn't duck that one time
The SPIE rope is reminiscent of Nixon's "orderly retreat" from Cambodia.
Yellow Tape Company missing for promo 😂😂😂
The technology of seaplanes is close to a century old. With all of the technological know how available today one would think that someone, some where, would be able to design a "Sea Chopper".
8:00 Reminded me of flares from a fighter
CH-47 and S-61 crews: "We all float down here!" 🚁🎈🎈🎈
Wow! I didn't know that there is a lake in PEI.
Looks like moveable propellers and a better sealed cabin would fix all that , if the cab can be completely sealed and able to just be switched at any time it can make cheaper maintenance
Yeah, but all the stuff needed to achieve that adds weight, cost and complexity, and that still wouldn't solve all the issues. Better to change how you do things so you no longer need to land on water to achieve the same results, which is what they've done.
@@n_tas in a world covered by a lot of water , I would hope they invest on finding out a better solution other then pushing soldiers even more.
@@murrloc1859 Until it becomes a massive problem. Good luck convincing anyone to spend a crap ton of money on something so seemingly pointless. Convenience is saved for civilians. This is what these brave men and women are trained for. Also, in any battle involving water, this is why the US has the biggest carrier taskforce in the world.
I have no idea why I laughed on the 3 ducks part 😂.
anything can do what ever they want but for something’s you can only do it once
Now you can see why theres still a role for Flyingboat amphibians. Russian Berievs, Chinese River 🐉 and Japans Shin Mewas. Plus the Canadair/ Bombadier spin off's which though used for For fire fighting could be borrowed/modified in a scenario requiring a smaller scale operation.
I see some of the duct tape holding it together. But no bailing wire or bubble gum?
Sling loading an ordinary boat--or a specially designed boat--could work for these purposes. When it comes time to procure new helicopters, one could be designed with a detachable hull. Some hulls would be for delivering soldiers to land, some hulls for delivering onto water. Hulls could be as simple as a box/raft or as complex as a functional boat or APC or... a box with command equipment. If the APC idea sounds stupid, it is. I'd settle for light vehicles. But if I wanted an air assault APC I'd have one designed that landed separately from its armor package. Basically, one lift brings the hull and a second lift drops off a box frame that's holding the armor package and that the APC hull can drive into, have the amor or ERA plates bolted on or, if you're fancy, automatically welded on with thermite or something. Would these be as effective as IFVs? Nope. But nothing air assault or airborne is ever as effective as its armored division counterpart.
This would make the perfect Mission Impossible stunt for Tom Cruise!
Ive seen videos of helicopter blades hitting the water and the result was extremely violent
That mission from the original Cod modern Warfare 3 did this maneuver and its so cool
A friend of mine is in the Navy. Regarding the safety of the Chinook, he told me that in their "escape from a submerged and inverted vehicle" training, they always use a Chinook as the inverted vehicle. He said there's a reason why it's always a Chinook that's inverted in this training. 🤣
Ha! Exactly what I thought! But for real, taking a heli out of service every time it practices a water landing is not efficient for certain. I'm sure they didn't completely seal the bottom for good reason, but seems like they could have re-engineered the hull in the later updates to resolve those issues.
It has to do with the materials that aircraft are made of. Stainless steel would be great, but it is heavy as hell compared to other common metals. Aluminum is the primary metal used in aircraft construction. Magnesium is used where great structural strength is needed, but where weight again, is a critical factor. Both of these metals though, are highly susceptible to corrosion, especially in a salt water environment. I spent 20 years in Chinooks. Did the “forbidden” landings with the SF guys at Bragg from 81-84 (196th AVN Co “Flippers”). Later was stationed out of Barbers Point NAS, HI (B-214th “Hillclimbers”) 89-92. Corrosion control was a constant nightmare. I don’t remember if we did any water landings, but even just being in the ocean spray from hovering required extra maintenance. Every aircraft got a good scrubbing down after mission complete. Miss those days. It was a pain, but it was also fun.
@@kennethcollins7665 glad to hear your experience. You definitely were in during an interesting period. I understand the corrosion issues, I was thinking more about the water intrusion. Though, I guess when used for rapid egress, you actually need it to not float, so that's explain why they didn't go that far. Probably better to start with a clean sheet design based around composite anyways though if someone was to seriously consider creating a new helicopter for water operations.
Cool
So forbidden I've seen the SBS do it regularly out my window 😂
Canada contracted out to sikorsky to develop and build the Sea King, but apparently a lot of people hate it. People say we should just gotten some tried and proven US helicopter with all the bugs fixed, before going for a "custom solution" lol.
Good night guys its nigth time for me in the Philippines
8:38 I think you missed one F** A Duck
I did a fresh water landing as an FE at Ft.Bragg (years ago). Not fun. She got heavy real quick.
You know the real reason that the Coast Guard doesn't land those helicopters on the water any more? They've been retired for 30 years. Also the CH-46 has been retired for about 4 years as of the making of this video, with the MV-22 Osprey completely replacing it.
Fun Fact: For the CH-46 the US Department of State uses them for embassy missions around the world so it’s still in service just not with the military.
Lost them in the middle east - So they're gone too @@mistap9115
So does the MV-22 have water landing capability? Other than the 3.27 per 100,000 flight hours I mean.
nope.@@Reddotzebra
@@mistap9115 The video is about the Chinook in military service. So the info for the CH-46 was about the Frog in military service. If you want to get down to brass tacks the Huey is still being flown outside the military and the CH-54 is, too.
The "Maintenance Department" does not dictate the types of missions performed by the Aircraft. Noted concern, sure, but the mechanics fix the aircraft, they do not decide the types of mission.
At the scene at 11:10 the tailrotor Hits the water. Another risk at water landings due to less distance to the „groud“
Other countries employ the Chinook, just because the U.S has stopped doing something, doesn't mean to say every other country will follow suit.If the manufacturer has issued safety directive then it will be followed unless there is a safe work around that an Air Force's engineers have come up with!
How do you know what I think?
Choices were made