[NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

[J N Hiller]

Roman Pirozek

This was in an earlier post.
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/09/05/remote-control-helicopter-kills-m
an-in-brooklyn/


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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of William Harden
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 6:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] RC Pilot killed

What is the name of the kid?



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