[NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

[Ryan Smith]

Even if he were flying a distance away from himself, a 700-sized machine can
change direction in an instant and accelerate to full-speed faster than you
can blink.

 

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I've been told (unconfirmed) the kid was a very active heli pilot, who had
been flying for several years and was highly experienced. Chances are better
than 50:50 he was flying carbon blades for max performance. A low mass blade
that is stiff like a knife can still do lethal damage.....

 

Recently we had a couple pilots bring their 700 size helis to my field. I
was surprised to hear they were pushing 7500 watts through these things.
That's 10 hp same as DA120 puts out

 

The park is well known in the NE for its heli flying and is a fairly large
area. With all that room, the amazing thing to me is that when something
went wrong, the heli made a bee-line for him.....Just terrible, bad luck!

 

MattK

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From: Budd Engineering <jerry at buddengineering.com>
To: mike mueller <mups1953 at yahoo.com>; General pattern discussion
<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Cc: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sat, Sep 7, 2013 1:22 pm
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

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

 


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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. 

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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-m
an-in-brooklyn/

 

 

-           Robert Beaubien

-          District 7 Webmaster

 

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