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| 09-12-2013 11:59 AM | |||||||||
| machzx |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death IN EVERY EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREME SOME ONE GETS HURT! it will happen do they deserve it ? no it is still someone just having fun and it went wrong guys race and get hurt guys sky dive and get hurt and so on pick your poison its going to happen some guys sit on their hands and fret that we need to be saved from ourselves what is the answer im not sure DID HE GET WHAT HE HAD COMING ?? absolutely not ! again my heart to his parents the loss of a child is a torture that i would not wish on my worst enemies ! |
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| 09-12-2013 11:49 AM | |||||||||
| OICU812 |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death Quote:
Ok so for reality now and not a story, a few years back I saw a very talented 3D plane pilot actually have the prop fly off his big a$$ plane "as he was coming in for normal landing" Patrick Stubbs many here know him, prop made of CF, it flew almost to the highway over 300 feet, fast enough no one even saw it. A spectator thought they heard a sound "over there". After a half hour of searching and 20 beer bellies about looking it was found,, true story..... so what now....This kinda stuff always has a story, sometimes we are lucky enough to know all the details and truth other times we don't know enough but far too often many make silly assumptions based on their own emotions. Respect is not making assumptions rather educating yourself and others to the dangers and trying to not re invent the wheel or things around the wheel.... rather the people operating the wheels. |
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| 09-09-2013 08:40 PM | |||||||||
| strikemaster |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/ny...park.html?_r=0 Most balanced and researched article yet, and one that gets a 9.5/10 of actual journalistic skills being shown. The original article that I saw -- the one from NBC news -- would have been laughed out of a Journalism 101 course. Going to wait for hard evidence of what happened. With Zone Meetings coming up, might it be a good time to make recommendations to the Helicopter, Aerobatics and Safety Committees to review the rules related to extreme or 3D flight? The interval between the Zone Meetings and the AGM will give lots of time for the AMA and other groups to give the basics of what happened and why. |
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| 09-09-2013 03:44 PM | |||||||||
| Max |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death Quote:
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Here is another example of proximity being too close during some parts of the flight. YIKES!!! One mistake and toast http://www.break.com/video/insane-sk...copter-2493215 or
even the cameraman has to stand next to the light pole for safety |
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| 09-07-2013 11:25 AM | |||||||||
| NDW |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death Ed.... Well said. No matter what happened. My sympathies to his friends and family..... Dave |
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| 09-07-2013 10:56 AM | |||||||||
| machzx |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death my heart goes out to his parents all bs aside whatever happened it is easy to judge the young guy for what happened everyone is an expert still a tragic loss of life the loss of a child is the most unimaginable horror a parent can live through |
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| 09-07-2013 09:20 AM | |||||||||
| DO335 |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death Quote:
In the one, he and a friend were sitting at a table under a tent type canopy. He was demonstrating his flying ability by bringing the helicopter - said to be a T-Rex 7800, right up in front of him and landing on the table at which he was sitting under the canopy. That's a big time accident with major consequences waiting to happen.  In the other, it showed the heli allegedly being piloted by this guy going through a routine of those erratic choppy 3D style moves which would look to all the world like erratic flight. The commentary was that he was doing just that when the helicopter whacked him in the head and it was game over. Additionally, it was billed as a toy helicopter. As far as being a bright young kid with a great future, I'm inclined to agree with that except for the word bright and use a different description - something like hot dog, not street smart or the like. Clearly the results are proof of that. He gambled and lost big time. |
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| 09-07-2013 09:07 AM | |||||||||
| Max |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death Quote:
While there is already another thread in the heli section (actually 2, but already I merged them into one yesterday) , the gravity of the accident is something all RC fliers should be aware of. This thread was deliberately left in this section so that non-heli filers can also be made aware of the need for safety, as witnessed in the comment below Quote:
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| 09-07-2013 09:02 AM | |||||||||
| aceplant00 |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death saw some other videos of roman Jr. Flying. He was a good pilot had great skills but from what I saw in the videos was reckless and ended up paying the price for his own actions. |
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| 09-07-2013 08:35 AM | |||||||||
| aceplant00 |
Re: USA NEWS reports rc helicopter death the above video shows how easily this accidient happened. Flying heli 3D style at close range scares me. The pilot in the video does have top level skills but only takes a split second mistake or dumb thumb and all can go seriously wrong. |
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