New levitating helecopter

[Rastoff]

This is just cool:



I didn't know they had helicopters that could continue to fly without the rotor turning. Man, the things they do with technology today!

 

[Hellraiser]

They need to get their money back on that copter... its beaters don't work just right. Still makes a good noise.

 

[6518John]

Collects--don't they "fly" all the way to the crash site when blades stop?

 

[oldRoger]

The tail rotor is not right either, it turns both CW & CCW and doesn't always have the same number of blades.

 

[DR505]

Helicopters don't ever fly...they are so ugly the earth repels them.

 

[jjcobra]

Think of strobe effect and frame rate and all will be reveled. Good video though.

 

[rags]

Uhhhhh, can you say influenced by shutter speed?

 

[Old TexMex]

Any aircraft which in which the wings exceed the speed of the fuselage must be inherently dangerous.

 

[gm272gs]

Helicopters cannot fly when the rotor does not rotate. The rotors form a rotary wing, which provides the lift to keep the chopper airborne. When the rotors stop, the lift stops, and the helicopter plunges to the ground.

I have litigated many, many aircraft and helicopter crash cases.

I laughed when I read this. Thank you.
Shake your head man, your eyes are stuck!

 

[LedFowl]

Godzilla must be just off camera.

 

[Rick_A]

 

[Murphy's Law]

They fly only because they "beat the air into submission". Problems with the blades........auto rotate & come down softly I'm told.

 

[Kinman]

Had a good friend and fellow Vietnam buddy that served as a crew chief aboard the old Hueys during a couple of tours. He was aboard two helicopters that went down hard or as many people refer to as a crash. One was basically blown out of the air and he was the only survivor the other was hit and suffered engine failure but was able to "auto-rotate" down with blades turning, he swore the worst crash was the one involving the auto rotation, stating that he felt his odds would have been better if he bailed out and hit the earth on his own from about 25 or 30 ft. According to him even a good pilot has little chance of survival for himself and crew once the altitude gets over a certain height.

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[rwsmith]

IF......

They fly only because they "beat the air into submission". Problems with the blades........auto rotate & come down softly I'm told.

IF you happen to land on a flat spot. Hit something and the whole thing goes over (see Vic Morrow's real life demise in 'The Twilight Zone") I'd put a link here but it is gruesome.

 

[Rastoff]

Collects--don't they "fly" all the way to the crash site when blades stop?

No, that's not flying, it's called falling.

I see a couple have gathered the truth here. But just to spoil it for all:
This is a great example of video capture rate vs spinning object speed. It really does look like the helicopter rotor isn't turning, but it's just an optical illusion. Still, it looks cool, don't it?

 

[JayFramer]

I've worked with tachometers for measuring RPM's of HVAC fans, especially squirrel cage types, and it sends out a strobe light that makes the fan blades appear to "stop" when adjusted properly. You could swear you could reach your hand out to touch the "still" blades but if you did that you would end up looking like a pile of raw hamburger. Fortunatly the rush of air and roar of the fan remind one not to do this!

 

[gaucho1]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





I have one word for you all......Bless Your Hearts............




Helium...............

 

[Hamster65]

What are the odds that a certain cameras shutter speed would match a random helicopters main rotor speed so perfectly?
A very cool effect in my opinion.

 

[4330Inroute]

Yes but its falling with STYLE.