[NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

[Budd Engineering]

523.6 feet per second (357 mph) at the rotor blade tip.  Pretty high, wouldn't want to come into contact with that, not much different than a prop on a full scale general aviation plane, just lower in mass and rotating inertia.  Obviously just as lethal.

Jerry

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On Sep 7, 2013, at 10:42 AM, mike mueller <mups1953 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sad but inevitable. I don't know what can be done and I'm not trying to slam Heli pilots. They just scare the heck out of me when I see the close in low level stunts being pulled.
>  Their dangerous. 
>  I wonder at some point if the AMA is going to have to stop insuring it.
>  I've heard the majority of claims are Heli related.
>  What is the actual speed of a 60" rotor running at 2000 RPM?
>  Pretty lethal right?
>  
> Mike Mueller
> Customer Services 
>  F3AUnlimited
> 
> From: Keith Hoard <klhoard at hotmail.com>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
> Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2013 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed
> 
> The cause was flying too damn close. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 7, 2013, at 12:04, "SilentAV8R" <Silentav8r at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> It's been all over the heli forums, Flying Giants, and RCG. AMA has a press release on it.
>> 
>> 19 year old AMA member flying a TREX 700 electric at a NYC recognized flying site / AMA club field.
>> 
>> Really sad situation.
>> 
>> Bill in SOCAL
>> 
>> No word on cause yet.
>> 
>> On 9/7/13 9:56 AM, Robert L. Beaubien wrote:
>>> You guys catch this?
>>>  
>>> http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/09/05/remote-control-helicopter-kills-man-in-brooklyn/
>>>  
>>>  
>>> -           Robert Beaubien
>>> -          District 7 Webmaster
>>>  
>>> "No trees were harmed in the sending of this message, however a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced."
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
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