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Rusty Heap 10-30-2012 03:17 PM
R/C airplane rescue by Helicopter
 
how friggin' cool is this........


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MT930 10-30-2012 03:27 PM
I like the CFI, I think he had a smoke going early in the video.

I would also guess he is a vet that has done crazier stuff than that before.

You can tell he was an old school stick.

Very cool !

yasir 10-30-2012 03:32 PM
It was ****'en crazy rescue by a ****'en crazy helicopter people. I don't think I can watch that ****'en video with mykids though.

Hugh R 10-30-2012 04:54 PM
That was great!

nostatic 10-30-2012 05:36 PM
as has been noted before, rotor guys are "special"...

(paging Seahawk :D)

cstreit 10-30-2012 05:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nostatic (Post 7062441)
as has been noted before, rotor guys are "special"...

(paging Seahawk :D)
You can say that again.... :D

Flieger 10-30-2012 05:45 PM
That was awesome!!!!! :eek::D:cool:

HardDrive 10-30-2012 05:51 PM
The dude has got some big swinging brass ones.

daepp 10-30-2012 05:54 PM
Awesomeness!

944Larry 10-30-2012 05:55 PM
Guys, I hate to be the spoilsport here but that has to be the dumbest stunt I've seen in a helicopter. The guy on the left was smoking, I would never allow that if I was PIC. Flying down into those pine trees was really stupid. They must have forgotten they had a rather fragile tail rotor behind them. Tree limb get into it and it's a long way to the ground. Finally they should have never let those people walk up to the chopper, that guy should have walked the plane over to them. I did like his observation that the model was $800. I imagine a Robinson is around $200000. Thanks for posting this but I think it's a good example of what not to do.

HardDrive 10-30-2012 06:04 PM
It was reckless as hell, to be sure. But so many acts of greatness are:D

Flieger 10-30-2012 06:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 944Larry (Post 7062482)
Guys, I hate to be the spoilsport here but that has to be the dumbest stunt I've seen in a helicopter. The guy on the left was smoking, I would never allow that if I was PIC. Flying down into those pine trees was really stupid. They must have forgotten they had a rather fragile tail rotor behind them. Tree limb get into it and it's a long way to the ground. Finally they should have never let those people walk up to the chopper, that guy should have walked the plane over to them. I did like his observation that the model was $800. I imagine a Robinson is around $200000. Thanks for posting this but I think it's a good example of what not to do.
He mentioned the tail rotor many times as they descended and hovered around the trees.

Brando 10-30-2012 06:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 944Larry (Post 7062482)
Guys, I hate to be the spoilsport here but that has to be the dumbest stunt I've seen in a helicopter. The guy on the left was smoking, I would never allow that if I was PIC. Flying down into those pine trees was really stupid. They must have forgotten they had a rather fragile tail rotor behind them. Tree limb get into it and it's a long way to the ground. Finally they should have never let those people walk up to the chopper, that guy should have walked the plane over to them. I did like his observation that the model was $800. I imagine a Robinson is around $200000. Thanks for posting this but I think it's a good example of what not to do.
Don't worry, He sees everything.

944Larry 10-30-2012 06:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flieger (Post 7062529)
He mentioned the tail rotor many times as they descended and hovered around the trees.
Maybe I'm too cautious but I had 2 complete t/r failures, both at low altitude and high power settings. Both caused substantial damage to the machines but not a scratch on me. Hopefully those 2 won't have it happen.

Rusty Heap 10-30-2012 06:57 PM
god you guys sound old............



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Very cool, very fun, life is short, enjoy it to the last second........

Joeaksa 10-31-2012 07:45 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nostatic (Post 7062441)
as has been noted before, rotor guys are "special"...

(paging Seahawk :D)
Great video and Todd is correct.... they are different! :)

Seahawk 10-31-2012 07:52 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joeaksa (Post 7063268)
Great video and Todd is correct.... they are different! :)
The CFI was great...I have about an hour in a Robinson and he had that thing nuts on.

Stupid helo tricks!

Joeaksa 10-31-2012 08:21 AM
When I was flying helo's the IP had a "school area" with telephone poles sunk into the ground and only the stump showing... about 4' above the ground. He would have us hover and put the skid on the top of the stump and "dance around the pole."

When we could do that he was happy with our ability to hover.

Gogar 10-31-2012 08:54 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brando (Post 7062531)
Don't worry, He sees everything, SON..

Fixed it!

911_Dude 10-31-2012 12:35 PM
Didnt seem that crazy. It was the top of the very highest tree around. Id be glad he did it and it was my toy plane. He was pretty proud of himself tho. Probably hadnt had a good ad hoc rescue since the Tet Offensive.


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