And the award for idiots of the year goes to...

[Arsenix2001]

THESE GUYS!!! One thumb twitch away from taking off your buddies head. Maybe thell try something safer next time like getting drunk and shooting beer cans off eachothers heads. Dont know if this has been posted before but...wow. :shock: :thinking :thumbdown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxni3OXT_Vo&feature=related

[SavageKen]

This vid has been around for a while I foud it about a year ago there is another video of a guy hovering his raptor 30 in his kitchen/dining room in his apartment.

Ken

[cbrodine]

Yes, that has been posted before, and yes they are complete idiots. Whoever that 90 belongs to knows what it is capable of, and to fly in that close a proxy to the friends/family in that video is shear stupidity and they should be bitch slapped.:hammer

[teshreve]

I've seen pics of this and there was a chick flying it :clappp
I don't understand all the horror and anger people generally show when they see this. What are the reasons for the really negative reactions?

[teshreve]

Oh ya, found the pics :YeaBaby:

I originally saw these in Dec 2005. I believe they are Norwegian.

[teshreve]

It looks like the pics were uploaded to the Norwegian forum in November of 2004, so this happened quite some time ago. Here are the rest of the pics:

http://www.3dheli.no/html/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10030/

And it appears that perhaps the chick was not flying. Just a ruse?

[j bomb]

Yeah, I think it was determined that the real pilot was standing in the doorway, ready to run away if something went wrong.

[JimLerch]

The only semi-intelligent guy there is the one sitting on the couch in the corner holding the wooden bar stool at the ready.. At least he knows that the situation is dangerous and has done "something" to mitigate the damage he will receive when the heli slides over to beat the hell out of him..

[7wt]

What are the reasons for the really negative reactions?

It's because that video has all the makings of a snuff film. What if...a pith link popped off, a blade let loose at the root, radio glitch, dumb thumbs, or a host of any other problems happened? Anyone in that room could have been killed.

This one is pretty stupid also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFOZZLRTaYc

[Jetleaf]

It's because that video has all the makings of a snuff film. What if...a pith link popped off, a blade let loose at the root, radio glitch, dumb thumbs, or a host of any other problems happened? Anyone in that room could have been killed.

This one is pretty stupid also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFOZZLRTaYc

If I'm not mistaken I believe that is Jason Krause's video.

[brian94066]

it's a dying raptor, so why not:YeaBaby:

[Nitromethane]

A dying Raptor is still 4 billion times the machine a new Revo is anyday!! ;)

[sleddog7]

A dying Raptor is still 4 billion times the machine a new Revo is anyday!! ;)

:lolol
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Arsenix2001, That vid has been 'all over the world' and is not a positive promotion of the hobby... you should have done a search first before posting.

I know you're new here, but don't be upset if this vid is removed or your entire thread is locked... yes, the issue is that serious.

[Arsenix2001]

:lolol
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Arsenix2001, That vid has been 'all over the world' and is not a positive promotion of the hobby... you should have done a search first before posting.

I know you're new here, but don't be upset if this vid is removed or your entire thread is locked... yes, the issue is that serious.

1) I did do a search first, and I am starting to notice this boards search feature isnt up to par with "google" in this respect, as I constantly search the threads for items that are obviously there and nothing ever comes up in a search, or is so lost 15 pages back its impossible to find... So, my bad.

2) I don't think I was posting this a "promotion of this hobby". I thought I got that point across in the thread title calling them Idiots, and recanting how stupid they were in my post. I myself was appalled at how dumb what they were doing was.

3) Don't know what me being new here has to do with anything, and if everyone is that intolorant that they are going to delete or lock this thread, be my guest. I'll be the last person to get upset. ;)

[HammerHead]

Ok.
Lets see if this does it.

Nice skirt!

[DarkHeli]

Bad idea, but I would not mind being there, despite the danger, as long as the HOT pilot is there....

I would so hover that inverted....not the heli. :YeaBaby:

[Anthony.L]

At least he knows his smoke alarms work!

[HammerHead]

BAAAHAHAHA!!
Thanks alot.
Now I gotta clean spaggetti off the screen, the wall,the keyboard and the carpet.

[sleddog7]

Arsenix,
I know you meant no harm... especially in light of your thread title. I have to confess though, I did confuse that vid (which is undoubtedly crazy) with the clinically retarded folks that affixed a pistol to a heli and put out a video of it. That one takes the cake for Top Idiot of the year and is not a good promotion. That's the vid that doesn't stay on HF too long.

[HammerHead]

Yup.
Moving the thread over here auta-bout kill it.
Very creative those monitors are.

[HammerHead]

Yup.
Moving the thread over here auta-bout kill it.
Very creative those monitors are.

OK.
Foot in mouth.
Moving the thread over here auta-bout get me to start reading the safty threads on a regular basis.
Very creative those monitors are.

[Arsenix2001]

Yup.
Moving the thread over here auta-bout kill it.
Very creative those monitors are.

LOL I thought the same thing, these guys should run for office. Either way it probably belonged here in the first place.

Sled, no worries, I am actually wondering if in the next scene they did strap a pistol to the front of it, then get drunk, and then try and shoot beer cans off their heads. :rolling

[teshreve]

EDIT: Happy new year :)

[Kamikaze Pilot]

I ran my 450 up in my office while holding it in my hand. The rotor wash knocked a picture off the wall. It hit a blade and glass went everywhere. Duh!? :oops:

[neilg.]

heck with the raptor. let's see the chick :lolol