This video is about to blow up after today

They're not joking when they say a  Helicopter is trying to kill you as soon as you start the engine.

I'll never fly a helicopter but this seems like an important thing to be aware of

Speaker: "As an Army helicopter pilot, you must understand mast bumping"
Me (a highschool teacher): "All right"

As a UH-1 helicopter pilot, I can confirm the proper way to avoid mast bumping is to always be playing Fortunate Son at high volume

As a kid I witnessed a helicopter accident were the entire rotor came off the helicopter.
    I remember very clearly the helicopter pulled up sharply then leveled quickly At the time the rotor separated from the aircraft and the chopper fell to the ground rolling up side down just before impact.
    I rode my bike to the crash site but there were clearly no survivors. That is one thing I wish I could unsee.
    Now, finally after 40 years I know what happened. It wasn't an Army chopper. Just a civilian.

This ancient video is actually more useful and well made than what they are currently teaching in flight schools. This is truly life saving stuff. I can never thank you enough for posting it.

I miss when PSAs assumed the viewers had >80 IQ.

I don't know why youtube recommended this to me but I watched all 20 minutes.  The man has a voice of an angel.

anyone who uses a pocket protector knows what they are talking about.

Forty years later and this video is still relevant 👍

As a helicopter pilot myself ... this is still one of the best and simple videos out there explaining mast bumping.

YouTube's algorithm ain't asleep at the wheel today!

I took a shot every time they said, "mast bumping".
I'm at the hospital in the ER right now  😵

Mast bumping gave me nightmares while I was in flight school.  I was very cautious when flying stateside. Then when I arrived in country my unit IPs threw a lot o myf timidness out the window.  Combat flying is different than stateside flying.  Now I'm just 72 and wish I could be back in the cockpit.

RIP those aboard the NYC chopper 4/10/2025. 🙏

Here to learn about this since that tragic incident in nyc

Got many hours in Hueys, mast jumping probably caused many crashes in Nam where a sudden downward forward stick control input to follow the terrain was done to minimize targeting from the ground..But even after all these years no one knows for sure

I know nothing about helicopters or the military, I don’t know how this got in my recommended, but I can’t stop watching

The reason we’re all getting this recommended, is because of that viral wreck of that Robinson helicopter crash.  Mast bumping is going to be most likely the cause of the accident, and this probably will save many lives of future helicopter pilots.