How does a Military Helicopter work? (Pave Hawk)

Understand the news story by downloading the free Ground News app at By threading multiple perspectives from thousands of publications around the world, Ground News simplifies the news cycle and makes media bias explicit. Video Summary: The Pave Hawk is a modified Black Hawk helicopter owned and operated by the United States Air Force. It’s meant for combat search and rescue. It usually has a crew of 4: pilot, co-pilot, and 2 Special Missions Aviators. Main parts of the helicopter include rotors, fuselage, cockpit, cabin, tail, stabilator, and the tail rotors at the very end. Refueling the helicopter can done in the air by using the re-fueling probe on the front right side. The there are two guns on the side - it’s called a GAU 2 Mini gun. The helicopter is powered by two Turboshaft Engines and the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU). Moving the helicopter is done with the controls inside of the helicopter: the Collective, the Cyclic and the Tail Rotor pedals. The Pave can also be folded up and fit inside of a larger plane for transportation. Thanks to Air Force pilots “Floppy“ and “Stew“ for their help in creating this video. ⌚Timestamps: 00:00-Intro 02:20-Main Parts 02:43-Fueling 04:21-Up front details 05:05-Inside the Cockpit 05:51-Mounted Guns 06:41-FRIES Bar and Hoist 07:29-Chaff and Flare 08:12-Engines 09:42-Main Rotors 11:37-Swashplate Assembly 12:57-Gyroscopic Precession 13:40-Flight Controls 15:42-Folding Up 16:29-Retirement 16:48-Ground News 17:44-Watch more animations 💻Follow me on social media: Patreon: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Tiktok: @jaredowenanimations 🌐Sources: - HH-60G Pave Hawk Walkaround Tour - HH-60W Jolly Green II Walkaround tour - How to preflight a Blackhawk - M134 Minigun: The Modern Gatling Gun (YUH-60A UTTAS).PHP UH-60 Black Hawk Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions Learning to Fly Helicopters by R. Randal Padfield 🎧Here is some of the gear that I use for animation: Graphics Card: GTX 1080ti CPU: i7-8700k Motherboard: Asus Prim Z370-A ​​ Microphone: Samson Go Mic Mouse: Logitech G600 Chair: Staples Gaming Chair 🟠This animation was made with Blender 3.0 (Cycles Render) 🎵Music (): Legend Tells by Cody Martin Inception by Falls The Grid by Cody Martin Taking the North by Cody Martin 3D models that I purchased for this video: #b3d #helicopter #military