[NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

[William Harden]

What is the name of the kid? 



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On Sep 7, 2013, at 4:18 PM, SilentAV8R <Silentav8r at cox.net> wrote:

> He was a sponsored pilot on Team Align. He was flying a TREX 700 electric with carbon fiber blades (pretty the only blades anyone flies anymore).
> 
> Google his name. You can find numerous YouTube videos of him flying.
> 
> 
> On 9/7/13 1:32 PM, rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
>> 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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