[Fwd: Amazing 17 year old R/C Helicopter pilot video]

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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~




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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 ;-) )

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-------- 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~




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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
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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 ;-) )

"Steve R." wrote in message
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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.

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

"Beav" wrote in message
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"Steve R." wrote in message
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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.

"Steve R." wrote in message
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"Beav" wrote in message
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"Steve R." wrote in message
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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

"Beav" wrote in message
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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

"Steve R." wrote in message
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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

"Simon Robbins" wrote in message
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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.

"joe" wrote in message
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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?

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