Helicopter hijinks…

Now this has gotta be just plain fun!!!!

Red Bull helicopter acro

I saw this guy doing some of this in Perth in Nov. at the Red Bull Air Races…

He actually flies the course with a camera man just prior to the start and that is shown on the big screens so the audience can get an idea of what the pilots see. Obviously he is not as fast and doesn’t pull 10g’s; but it’s still a hellva show if you know anything about helicopter aerodynamics!

I’ve also seen Kiowas, Cobras, SH-60s and Longbows doing some stuff that is definitely NOT in the flight manual, but sadly most of those are not on video or at least video that is releasable… Bottom line, our guys and girls flying for the military today could probably give this guy a run for his money… 🙂

Here is a video of the Red Bull Air Race series.

Comments

Helicopter hijinks… — 5 Comments

  1. Holy crap!

    They must make special flight suits for cajones that huge.

    Eeek!

  2. It’s FUN…. Of course you don’t eat a big meal before flying something like that…LOL

  3. I used ‘ta could do that with my .46 cid gas powered R/C helo till my thumbs got dumb! Even hover it inverted ’cause we have a LOT of “negative collective”. Thats way past the bottom collective on standard helos!

  4. LOL- Ev, RC’s are a lot of fun! you can do a lot with them that you can’t do in reality.