[NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

[Budd Engineering]

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On Sep 7, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I get 357 MPH at the rotor tip.
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Sep 7, 2013, at 12:42 PM, mike mueller 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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