RC copter video (amazing)

[Jonesy]

Look at what this dude can do with this little copter

right click, save as.....56Kers beware

http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~sivann/pub/Uploaded/alan_vegasfunflydemo_2004.wmv

[NTPRacing#19]

that looks fake.

[sickmojave]

I crashed my first one 20 mins after I got it, bought a second one and never finished putting it together.:( that guy has spent alot of time with a radio in his hands:eek2:

[sickmojave]

Originally posted by NTPRacing#19
that looks fake.

looks very real to me. I have seen alot of them fly inverted but never that good.

[NTPRacing#19]

they can fly inverted??? i dont get how they do that since the whole purpose of a helicopters blades is to force the air beneath it. more i watch it the more i believe its real. that guy needs to get a girlfriend or something lol

I can do that...:o

[sickmojave]

Originally posted by NTPRacing#19
they can fly inverted???

yes with the newer radios and even some of the older ones, you have an invert switch that will reverse all the controls except the throttle. so what it's doing is changing the pitch on the main rotor so it pushes air instead of pulling.(there's alot more to it than that. I'm just keeping it simple;) ) like I said I have seen what some of these guys do with them but this guy is way over the top. I'm sure the the AMA(ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS) would frown on what he is doing due to the safety issues involved . One little slip and both of them guys could be in bad shape real quick.

[Guy400]

It's definitely real. My buddy at work flies RC jets and I've been to a couple of airshows and the heli guys fly upside down like that all the time. But I'm with sickmojave, I've never seen anyone fly one that good.

[SnowFlake]

Thats sweet, Id crash one in one second if i had one.

-pat

[elite ATV1]

Originally posted by SnowFlake
Thats sweet, Id crash one in one second if i had one.

-pat

Me 2 Lol
could someone send me the Vid. b.c i got 56K and it'll take me like 10 years to download it
trautman@fast.net

[GoOn3]

fun to watch, he makes it look easy. I would get more pleasure taking money, tearing it up in pieces, taking a piss on the pile. I say that because if I bought one I would crash it and be major mad.

[elite ATV1]

guess not????????:confused: :confused:

[NTPRacing#19]

thats crazy then! im a believer now. daum boy has got to get a girlfriend for sure

[chucked]

I WANT ONE!!

i want a remote control airplane...a decent one

[JTRtrx250r]

Thats pretty impressive! from what I do know about them..they're the hardest to fly:eek2: :huh :cool:

[RiPPiNiTuP7]

he has talent, thats for sure:eek2:

[popo]

Thats nothing. I do worse than that every night chasing crooks in my whirlly bird.

Man the shaft on that engine must take a beating.

[Jonesy]

So popo, how much of that can you do in your full sized version?

[popo]

Originally posted by Jonesy
So popo, how much of that can you do in your full sized version?

The side spins for sure. Rapid climbs and desends and the auto-rotation.


The inverted stuff no way! To hard on the clutches.

[seatec]

I fly rc helicopters too (xcell and raptor) and i tell ya, what that guys is doing is unbveliveable hard. only one other person can do that as far as i know and that is Curtis YOungblood.
I learned to inverted hoever rolls loops and nose in hover on a heli simulator. worth every penny.

thats probabvyl all he does is play on the simulator...I know they really work

[seatec]

i used t also but when i go fly the real thing like my xcell id sh%t in pants anyway. something unnerving about seeing a $1500 toy flying upside down 5 feet of the ground.

[popo]

Heres some pics of our birds. We have the largest fleet east of the M.S. River.

7 Hughes and 2 Bells. And prob the cleanest hanager.

[popo]

Our unit fly's 24x7 weather permitting. Each bird goes up for a 2 hour mission, than down for 2 hours for fuel etc. While another goes back up to cover.

A typical pilot can log 6 hours a night as PIC working 4x 10 hour shifts.

Popo do you fly the birds or just ride shotgun and spit on cars:confused:

[Jeffksf]

Up in Cleveland we call em "Ghetto Birds"

How do they get'em out of the hangar? shouldn't they be on a dolley?

That R/C chopper is amazing, I found myself wanting to see it fly normally at the end of the video though:confused:

[popo]

Originally posted by Jeffksf
Up in Cleveland we call em "Ghetto Birds"

How do they get'em out of the hangar? shouldn't they be on a dolley?

That R/C chopper is amazing, I found myself wanting to see it fly normally at the end of the video though:confused:

Yes we have drop dollies that attach to the skids that raise them up about six inches to tug them out side.

Rico, no shot gun, spitting out the open door fly's right back at you. Learned that a few times chewing.

[crazybuffalo]

imo i think its fake cuz i dont think it can fly backwards but thats just mo;)

[seatec]

Originally posted by crazybuffalo
imo i think its fake cuz i dont think it can fly backwards but thats just mo;)

Nothing fake about that vid. those RC helos can do anything you can dream up. they are very agile.

[Jonesy]

popo where do you fly out of? That hanger looks like you could almost eat off the floor. Nice pieces of machinery you all have there.

[JTRtrx250r]

Originally posted by popo
Our unit fly's 24x7 weather permitting. Each bird goes up for a 2 hour mission, than down for 2 hours for fuel etc. While another goes back up to cover.

A typical pilot can log 6 hours a night as PIC working 4x 10 hour shifts. what do ya do if ya gotta piss?..bring a bottle or what?:confused: :blah:

[LTandRaptorider]

Originally posted by JTRtrx250r
what do ya do if ya gotta piss?..bring a bottle or what?:confused: :blah:

Every now and then you'll see a spray coming out the piss tube underneath... :eek:

I always get the cyclic and collective mixed up... :confused: :o

[popo]

Originally posted by Jonesy
popo where do you fly out of? That hanger looks like you could almost eat off the floor. Nice pieces of machinery you all have there.

Columbus, Ohio. Yes the floors are pretty nice. At $12.00 a sq yard to paint them they should be.

JT, It always rains on clear sunny days. :D

LT.
- The collective is a helicopter's primary altitude and power control. Pull up increase's the climb, push down you go down.

- The cyclic controls the helicopter's pitch and bank attitude,forward and reverse actions, and turns.

[popo]

Pic showing our MD500E, ready to go for weekly flight details

[popo]

Just a bunch of buttons and dials. The monitor on the right is the flure sytem, as well as the observers light controls.

[popo]

Practicing my hoovering

[JTRtrx250r]

Originally posted by popo


JT, It always rains on clear sunny days. :D

LMAO!!:D :devil:

Ya know, thats gotta be a really cool job, I'd love to get a chance to ride in a helicopter, even tho the job can be rough at times..that part of it is something you gotta look forward to every day, I think I would!:cool:

Do the winds ever become a problem?

[chucked]

hey popo, do they got that night vision stuff on them?

[Disaster]

Man that is awesome i wish i had that as a job.....:D