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[Fwd: Amazing 17 year old R/C Helicopter pilot video]
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: OT - Amazing 17 year old R/C Helicopter pilot video Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:37:39 GMT From: B. Peg Organization: AT&T Worldnet Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles What this 17 year old from Las Vegas, Alan Szabo Jr., does with a remote controlled helicopter is amazing! Almost defies the laws of physics. It's called "Heli 3D" flying. http://www.rapp.org/wp-content/09210...opter_demo.wmv (maybe a 15 meg download) B~ ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Why do I get the feeling that this 15 yr old kid doesn't have to pay for it
when he puts it in? Joe (BTW when I used to fly RC we called that out of control ;-) ) "el gran cantinflas" wrote in message ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: OT - Amazing 17 year old R/C Helicopter pilot video Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:37:39 GMT From: B. Peg Organization: AT&T Worldnet Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles What this 17 year old from Las Vegas, Alan Szabo Jr., does with a remote controlled helicopter is amazing! Almost defies the laws of physics. It's called "Heli 3D" flying. http://www.rapp.org/wp-content/09210...opter_demo.wmv (maybe a 15 meg download) B~ ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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As a 22 year RC helicopter pilot, who can't do anything nearly as aggressive
as you see in the video :-o , I can tell you that Alan is one of the better 3D pilots I've seen. A few other names to keep your eye out for (for those on this forum that aren't into the RC side) are Curtis Youngblood, Jason Kraus, Scott Grey, and I'm sure a few others that are not coming to mind at the moment. These guys all do very aggressive 3D work and they do it in a controlled manner. A lot of pilots just do the ol "hold the sticks hard over and watch what happens, then save it before it hits the ground" routine (sometimes!). I'm impressed (to a degree) with these folks in that they can get reoriented to the model and prevent the crash but the flight looks rough and jerky and sometimes you're not exactly certain as to where it's going to wind up. "Not" a good thing! The guys mentioned above are pretty much professionals. I can't say for certain with Alan and Scott but Curtis and Jason actually make their living flying RC helicopters. They're that good! Fly Safe, Steve R. "joe" wrote in message ... Why do I get the feeling that this 15 yr old kid doesn't have to pay for it when he puts it in? Joe (BTW when I used to fly RC we called that out of control ;-) ) |
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"Steve R." wrote in message ... As a 22 year RC helicopter pilot, who can't do anything nearly as aggressive as you see in the video :-o , I can tell you that Alan is one of the better 3D pilots I've seen. A few other names to keep your eye out for (for those on this forum that aren't into the RC side) are Curtis Youngblood, Jason Kraus, Scott Grey, and I'm sure a few others that are not coming to mind at the moment. Hey bugger-lugs, don't forget Duncan Osbourne:-). At 14 years old he won the Sportsmans 3D champs, and at 15 he won the Experts, then this year he just got pipped into 3rd place in Masters behind Alan Jr. These guys all do very aggressive 3D work and they do it in a controlled manner. Like I said somewhere else, "'Til something goes wrong" ;-)) Then they do make a fast lawn dart:-) A lot of pilots just do the ol "hold the sticks hard over and watch what happens, then save it before it hits the ground" routine (sometimes!). I'm impressed (to a degree) with these folks in that they can get reoriented to the model and prevent the crash but the flight looks rough and jerky and sometimes you're not exactly certain as to where it's going to wind up. "Not" a good thing! The guys mentioned above are pretty much professionals. I can't say for certain with Alan and Scott but Curtis and Jason actually make their living flying RC helicopters. They're that good! Alan's dad was sponsored and now young Alan is. I think when Jason Krauss left Min-Air, they took young Alan on. Whatever it is he does for the money this hobby sucks up, good luck to him, he's earned his kudos. Beav |
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"Beav" wrote in message ... "Steve R." wrote in message ... These guys all do very aggressive 3D work and they do it in a controlled manner. Like I said somewhere else, "'Til something goes wrong" ;-)) Then they do make a fast lawn dart:-) This is true! However, it's been my experience that if something goes wrong, it doesn't matter if you're doing 3D or not, it doesn't take long to become the proverbial lawn dart. ;-) Having said that, I've watched Curtis fly long enough to have been witness to some of his more spectacular crashes as well as some of his more impressive saves. I've seen him shed a tail rotor, or at least the control of it, in hard 3D maneuvering from about 6 to 10 feet up and still put it on the ground, on the skids and in one piece! It's "amazing" what that guy can auto out of! :-) Fly Safe, Steve R. |
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"Steve R." wrote in message ... "Beav" wrote in message ... "Steve R." wrote in message ... These guys all do very aggressive 3D work and they do it in a controlled manner. Like I said somewhere else, "'Til something goes wrong" ;-)) Then they do make a fast lawn dart:-) This is true! However, it's been my experience that if something goes wrong, it doesn't matter if you're doing 3D or not, it doesn't take long to become the proverbial lawn dart. ;-) Having said that, I've watched Curtis fly long enough to have been witness to some of his more spectacular crashes as well as some of his more impressive saves. I've seen him shed a tail rotor, or at least the control of it, in hard 3D maneuvering from about 6 to 10 feet up and still put it on the ground, on the skids and in one piece! It's "amazing" what that guy can auto out of! :-) At the 2003 3D Masters (he won of course) he went out to fly his "thank you" flight. He took off with the intention of a quick sideways flip to inverted, putting the heli into a depression in the ground, which would've "hidden" it from the spectators. He did that aright, but he didn't get it OUT of the depression, he made the depression deeper instead. It was a REAL shame he did that, coz he really is a thing to watch. He also took half his tail blades off doing tick-tocks at zero feet (-2 inches actually) a flight or two earlier. he killed that heli too. He didn't make any of those mstakes this year though Beav |
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"Beav" wrote in message
... Like I said somewhere else, "'Til something goes wrong" ;-)) Then they do make a fast lawn dart:-) I stopped flying a year or so ago in frustration. I'd made it to circuits, loops and stall turns with only a minor pilot error crash. Then I had about three successive mechanical or electrical failures in a row that cost me a limb each time and I thought enough. I've still got them though, a Raptor 60 (in bits), an Eco 8 (in one piece but needs a gear wheel) and a half-completed Airwolf with Vario mechanics. I shall pick it up again at some point.. Si |
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"Steve R." wrote in message ... The guys mentioned above are pretty much professionals. I can't say for certain with Alan and Scott but Curtis and Jason actually make their living flying RC helicopters. They're that good! Scott used to work in a model shop in Orleans, Ontario. I bought a Raptor 30 from him there. Don't know if he's still there, I moved back to the UK four years ago. I think he was about 17 back then and had full sponsorship, but I don't remember who with. I suspect Curtis probably makes a lot more from video and book sales than he does from competition flying. Si |
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"Simon Robbins" wrote in message
... I suspect Curtis probably makes a lot more from video and book sales than he does from competition flying. Si Curtis' conpetition flying, as far as I know, is just an extention of his business as a whole. I don't know whether or not he's specifically paid to attend the AMA Nat's competition, the World competitions, or the various worldwide 3D competitions he's attended through the years but I imagine he probably is. Manufacturers love to use the winners of these events in their advertising and I'm sure they get compensated for it. At the very least, it's a tax write off. This would be in addition to the video and book sales you mention, as well as the RC helicopter flight training school that Curtis runs. He also done a fair amount of R&D work for JR, as he also did for Robbe/Schluter when he worked for them. It all adds up. Fly Safe, Steve R. |
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"joe" wrote in message ... Why do I get the feeling that this 15 yr old kid doesn't have to pay for it when he puts it in? He's sponsored, BUT he had to reach a standard before sponsorship was forthcoming. I was at the 3D Masters competition in Northampton this July and saw Alan do his thing, and he's not bad at all:-) not the best, but still an amazing flyer. Joe (BTW when I used to fly RC we called that out of control ;-) ) When something goes wrong, it soon gets there!! Beav |
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