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hipshot

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I want one!
« on: May 30, 2008, 01:06:14 PM »
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2008, 01:15:49 PM »
So....do I need to get a pilot's license and file a flight plan to get to work?
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2008, 02:50:44 PM »
very cool.  I wonder if it auto-rotates in case of engine failure.....

That makes motorcycling look much safer.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2008, 06:48:43 PM »
Quote from: planovtxer on May 30, 2008, 02:50:44 PM
very cool.  I wonder if it auto-rotates in case of engine failure.....

That makes motorcycling look much safer.
Looks like it'd drop like a rock...no thanks.
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2008, 06:54:39 AM »
Kewl! O0
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2008, 09:23:49 AM »
Quote from: POGOGOLF on May 30, 2008, 06:48:43 PM
Quote from: planovtxer on May 30, 2008, 02:50:44 PM
very cool.  I wonder if it auto-rotates in case of engine failure.....

That makes motorcycling look much safer.
Looks like it'd drop like a rock...no thanks.

Any helicopter is inherently capable of autorotating, if it's flown correctly...  Which by the way, the guy flying it in the video has a death wish.  Hovering with 0 airspeed 50 feet above the ground is just asking for it...
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Re: I want one!
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2008, 02:28:29 PM »
Quote from: crow57 on May 31, 2008, 09:23:49 AM
Any helicopter is inherently capable of autorotating, if it's flown correctly...  Which by the way, the guy flying it in the video has a death wish.  Hovering with 0 airspeed 50 feet above the ground is just asking for it...

I used to do a lot of QuickTime VR for Bell and American Eurocopter. It amazed me that those pilots would hold those things perfectly still 20 feet from the ground in 20+ mph winds. Mounted a camera on one and shot a VR panorama of LA Colloseum as he rotated the copter. Those pilots definitely have a lot of confidence, (more than me). One did a combat maneuver that I think was called a "Split S" with me in an Apache during a photo shoot. I got out of that thing a changed individual... :o  Even the finished footage would turn your stomach.

I'm older now...I'll just ride.  8)
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