Just watching this guy fly makes me nauseous

[ruthabagah]

I wouldn't want to ride shotgun with this guy, but what a blast to watch
http://youtu.be/08K_aEajzNA

[Aloha_Shooter]

Jeebus, he IS the copter ... That's some impressive work ...

[ChuckNorris]

WOW! That's amazing!

I've never seen anything like that before!

[ChunkyMonkey]

wow

[mackbamf]

Holy shit, master of time efficiency...

[BuffCyclist]

So is that why fresh cut trees cost so much? You aren't paying for the man hours to cut the tree, you're paying for the jet fuel to fuel the helicopter! [LOL]

[Tim K]

A pretty hot stick.

[hatidua]

Time is fuel. Fuel is money.

[wctriumph]

I would guess that if that is real the pilot was a viet nam vet. I knew a couple of guys that flew like that dusting crops and they flew in Nam.

[asmo]

What I want to see is the guy(s) on the ground in a mad dash to keep up with the hitching on guy rope.

[Ridge]

I'm more impressed with the ground crew that can latch the load onto that chopper in just a few seconds OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.

[Sawin]

Clearly not his first day on the job! That is impressive.

[SuperiorDG]

I wonder if they speed up the film?

[Sawin]

I had the same thought, but the lights appear to be blinking at the proper cadence.

[hatidua]

I wonder if they speed up the film?

It's VERY hard to do that in a way that isn't obvious, and generally far above the budget of a YouTube poster.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I'm more impressed with the ground crew that can latch the load onto that chopper in just a few seconds OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.

While I found that impressive as well, I'm still far more impressed with how the pilot is swinging that load on a tether and placing the logs precisely in the truck bed. That's a shitload of varying mass at the end of a long non-rigid lever arm, all the while the pilot is keeping his chopper in control. Of course they strapped the logs ahead of time so it's just a matter of connecting the cable as it comes by -- not easy but nothing like what that pilot is doing.

[sniper7]

wow, that is impressive!

[cstone]

Good pilot and ground crew under some time pressure. The trees wouldn't be much of a problem as long as there wasn't any gusty winds. Sling loading fuel bladders or just about anything liquid was always a pain.

I am more impressed that he is that trusting of a Jetranger. Those things ran out of tail rotor real quickly.

[Mazin]

That was crazy!

[spideyar]

"It's like shootin' fish in a barrel 'cept with trees and a 'copter."
-Tree 'copter pilot, 2013

[BPTactical]

Youtube Alan Szabo.
Even though its RC it will make you puke watching it.

[Bailey Guns]

I'd have a harder time hitting the bed of the truck with a tree loading it by hand. That guy was shit hot.

[RMAC757]

Good pilot and ground crew under some time pressure. The trees wouldn't be much of a problem as long as there wasn't any gusty winds. Sling loading fuel bladders or just about anything liquid was always a pain.

I am more impressed that he is that trusting of a Jetranger. Those things ran out of tail rotor real quickly.

This ^^^^^.

[brutal]

HO-LE shit.

[Mazin]

Youtube Alan Szabo.
Even though its RC it will make you puke watching it.


Try actually flying one, never could get the hang of heli's.

NOQltUd09yc

[BPTactical]

Try actually flying one, never could get the hang of heli's.

NOQltUd09yc

Oh I did, had a Raptor 50 and a Raptor 90. A "hobby" is supposed to be enjoyable and relaxing.
You are not supposed to get so irritated and frustrated you pick up $2K worth of heli by the tailboom and raise it over your head and damn near slam it into the bumper of the truck.
I sold it the next week.
If I ever get into RC again it will be a slow, leisurely trainer and I will lazily fly about with an occasional loop or roll.

[espAmerica]

Here is a view of the tree loading from the cockpit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPO9pVwoxVg#t=395

[Mazin]

Oh I did, had a Raptor 50 and a Raptor 90. A "hobby" is supposed to be enjoyable and relaxing.
You are not supposed to get so irritated and frustrated you pick up $2K worth of heli by the tailboom and raise it over your head and damn near slam it into the bumper of the truck.
I sold it the next week.
If I ever get into RC again it will be a slow, leisurely trainer and I will lazily fly about with an occasional loop or roll.


Been flying RC Planes since I was young, wife wanted to try heli's. I got her a trex 450 with a new TX and she never flew it. I wrecked it a few times though [Coffee]

[Hound]

+20 on the wows!!

[Irving]

How are the trees released so fast?

[cstone]

How are the trees released so fast?

The hook is released by a switch on the cyclic.

[Gman]

Here is a view of the tree loading from the cockpit
To heck with hitting the truck with the trees, look at how he puts the hook into the hands of the ground crew.

[buckshotbarlow]

that team is frig'n amazing...