First Cambodian Homemade Helicopter Much Admired on Social Media

newkidontheblock · Post by **newkidontheblock** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:02 am

Duncan wrote:Probably thinks if you can fly a Drone whats more is there to learn.

Holy ——

Quadcopter drones are microprocessor regulated flyers. They are designed to be very stable.

Gyrocopters are twin blades that a counter balanced against each other, again designed to be stable. If the motor fails, both sets of blades will slow at the same rate, allowing for a slowish descent.

Choppers are inherently designed to be very unstable. That allows them to dart in and out, swoop real low and get into tight spots.

But it takes intense concentration to not crash.

I’ve crashed many a helicopter. Fortunately, they were the small radio controlled kind and so the only thing damaged was my pride.

Again, a person with no experience flying a helicopter is recipe for disaster.

Will show up in a new article at some point.

J21H21 · Post by **J21H21** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:37 am

As pictured this will not fly. There is no anti-torque rotor. Technically it's not even a helicopter. It's a prop for a photo shoot. Could be a gyrocopter (maybe) with the addition of a pusher propeller....
An old buddy of mine was a Blackhawk pilot and US Army flight school instructor (some combat maneuvers are named after him). I shared this post and we had a good laugh! Thanks for posting this. I'm still ROFL!

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:53 am

J21H21 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 8:37 am As pictured this will not fly. There is no anti-torque rotor. Technically it's not even a helicopter. It's a prop for a photo shoot. Could be a gyrocopter (maybe) with the addition of a pusher propeller....
An old buddy of mine was a Blackhawk pilot and US Army flight school instructor (some combat maneuvers are named after him). I shared this post and we had a good laugh! Thanks for posting this. I'm still ROFL!

LOL:
i noticed that as well but didn't want to state the obvious,

whatwat · Post by **whatwat** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:17 am

explorer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:11 am A friend of a friend in Australia had a gyrocopter. He said it is completely safe, as if the motor fails, you can glide down. The next time I went to visit my friend, she told me he was dead. The motor had failed above trees. When the blades hit the trees, they stopped spinning, and he fell to his death.

What a lovely story.

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:32 am

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:40 am

Uh oh ^^
Greta's arrived.

Doc67 · Post by **Doc67** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:49 am

I seem to remember the pilots during WW1 were called the 'Twenty Minuters' as dark humour to the life expectancy for debut pilots.

I give this guy 10 minutes at most.

Ghostwriter · Post by **Ghostwriter** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:36 pm

TheImplication wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:33 am
Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:22 pm But does it fly for real ?
Why else would he be wearing a moto helmet?

1- it's hot, so he covers his head ?
2- to hide the lobotomy scar ?
3- it's not a real helmet either.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:55 pm

Hey, I think it's great that he is wearing a helmet !
But where is the mask ?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:48 pm

This "helicopter" is a particularly sad example of underachieving. Or is this story meant as a joke?

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