Tim Mackey Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Beats me how they do it! His thumbs must be sore after all that! I can only imagine the stresses on the rotor head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Unbelievable huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 clever is an understatement............... ken anderson.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klippy Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Awesome! And not a Heath and Safety official in sight! No safety railings, no diamond mesh! I'm not sure I would have liked to be the camera man, perhaps he keeps a change of underwear in the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Member Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 [This posting has been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Brilliant, this just proves the old adage that helis don't fly they just beat the air into submission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Posted by Eric Bray on 28/12/2009 15:48:25:How DO you get a helithrasher to hover with the rotor knife-edge??? The only way I can think of must be the gyro effect of the main rotor. Remember when we played with gyroscopes many years ago? If you turn the sound up you can hear the main rotor blades protesting!Edited By Doug Ireland on 28/12/2009 20:22:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Astounding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 What an incredible demonstration of hand/eye co-ordination and mental agility! I've seen some pretty astonishing heli-flying before but the level of precision close to the ground had to be seen to be believed. If I'd been the cameraman I'd have wanted to be in a (thick) polycarbonate box that close to those rotor blades - one tiny error of judgement and all hell (in the form of carbon fibre shards or jagged lumps) would have broken loose! What a shame it does nothing for me as an aeromodeller...but that takes nothing from the performance which was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Well, it took him 4 minutes 29 seconds, but he got it back under control and landed it safely in the end... Joking aside, I've been flying helis for "only" the last 4 or so years - much less than fixed-wing - but I can't even begin to work out the control movements to fly most of that routine. Great stuff - though I wouldn't want to spend all day watching it. And I do wonder how many sets of rotor blades, tail booms and head parts that guy has consumed getting to that level of proficiency! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 So it;s not one of those viral videos so loved by Youtube then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I think we all can say this is the genuine article Kelvin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Yeates Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 average weekend down the field for some of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Matthews Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Shame, that amount of skill and potential just wasted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon B Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I always think that such displays are impressive, as flying helis is damned hard, but at the same time i never think it looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Yeates Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 same guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 It obviously demonstrates unbelievable ability and I wish I was capable of just hovering a Heli, but im not!!! That said, I don't think it's pretty to watch either, but he rally knows his stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Ireland Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I'm the same as you Ian! I've got a Raptor 30 V2 and all I've managed to do with it is destroy three sets of rotor blades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I can admire the skill but... I couldn't really put my finger on why I didn't 'like' it. Those who have said it doesn't 'look' attractive seem to be closest I think. Thinking about it - I feel he is torturing the model - not flying it? Just a view - damn skillful though! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 watching this takes me back to aprox 1991--i had been flying radio models for 2 years and we went to our first model show(elvington) outside of york......we arrived at about 11.30...and i watched a 'glen's model su 26' go from one end of the flightline to the other-doing perfect slow roll's as if on a wire..15ft off the ground......flown by paul heckle's...this made me/us feel like throwing away our transmitter's..... .. ken anderson...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lewzey Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 good flyer . the maneouvre in knife edge is called the tic toc which uses a small amount of lift either side of the backwards/forwards/side/side movement. Thats easy enough to understand; what i don't get is chaos - its just mental and i can't even think how they control the model like they do. i don't think 3D heli could ever be described as beautiful to watch, but it is incredibly skilful, watchable, absorbing and artistic. And all well within the laws of physics . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Well if it is not a viral than it is amazing flying. The Pilot has the reactions of a house fly, just so quick and accurate. I just need a bit more practice with my Blade CX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myron Beaumont Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 OK ! So he's probably got his American equivalent of our A cert. He narrated something about a few slight adjustments to improve it so that maybe he can take the B cert Never seen anything like it ! Talk about reflexes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essjay Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Now don't get me wrong here, cos' I have the greatest respect for anyone who has the skill to fly with such control, but as someone who does fly a heli myself, albeit prefering to fly in a scale like manner usually (which seems to match my skill level ), I really do wonder just what is the fascination for this kind of flying. After watching the video through, sure, he's a very clever guy, but it does absolutely nothing for me . Maybe it's just because I can't do it that it doesn't facinate me, but somehow I don't think so. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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