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Chienworks wrote on 3/3/2006, 7:18 AM
Makes a crane look kinda dumpy.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 3/3/2006, 7:20 AM

Looks very cool.

That little chopper generates a surprising amount of lift!


gdstaples wrote on 3/3/2006, 7:32 AM
Way cool.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 3/3/2006, 7:55 AM
Wonder what the cost is compared to all the jobs that it's doing, mind you it's probably not going to do quite as well as some, but still - that's a VERY innovative and decent little rig there.

Dave
AlanC wrote on 3/3/2006, 9:09 AM
I hope the pilot got a credit for that. That's real skill.

Looks familiar. Was it filmed in Tenerife I wonder?
Coursedesign wrote on 3/3/2006, 9:15 AM
It looked like it could have been shot in California, or on the French Riviera, or any of a number of places.

Since the video came from South Effrica, maybe that should be first on the guess list.

I think the RC chopper is easier to fly than a full-size one, because of electronic stabilization that in full size only exists for marine helicopters that cost a large fortune.

Still, I wouldn't try to fly this thing on my own. Two stage turbine, eh?

Grazie, when you get tired of playing with yours, send it to me...

:O)

Grazie wrote on 3/3/2006, 9:27 AM
It wasw shot in and around the bays of Cape Town. I actually know the boulders that the band were playing on. In the background you can see 12 peaks - they're called the 12 apostles!

Oh Jah KAAPSTAD!

Grazie
gdstaples wrote on 3/3/2006, 12:16 PM
Aren't they now the 11 apostles :-) I think one fell a few months back.
Widetrack wrote on 3/3/2006, 4:36 PM
I'd like to know how they suspended the camera to get such a stable shot. I tried shooting with a hand-held XL1 out of a Coast Guard helicopter a while ago and got the bumpiest-looking footage I ever shot.

Steadicams don't really work in this kind of situation since a lot of the problem is straight up and down bumps.

Serena wrote on 3/3/2006, 5:14 PM
No the apostle that fell is off the south coast of Australia. Pretty impressed by the footage and the public liability risks in shooting on roads and public spaces. The pilot is greatly skilled. Smoothness is aided by high rotor speed and the intertia of the camera rig. Quite a load for a small airframe -- a lot of power being output by that turbine.
farss wrote on 3/3/2006, 9:13 PM
I guess if they'd used a HVX 200 the copter wouldn't have needed such a big fuel tank?.
Wes C. Attle wrote on 3/4/2006, 4:11 AM
I saw a crap band open for Ozzy Osbourne a few months back. The bass player was missing his head. I wonder if he was the same bass player in that video when the chopper zoomed in real close?