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THANK YOU CAMERA MAN!! You had one job and you performed it admirably!...unlike the vast majority of epic fail type posts on KZread.

@dougaltolan3017

Жыл бұрын

Who knew that landscape was so easy to do?

@KSGnG

Жыл бұрын

This gave me hope immediately upon clicking the video

I've crashed plenty of professional rc helis and I've never seen one crash that gracefully!! No boom strike, rotors didn't touch, no rollover, just a plop on the ground and skided to a stop. Nicely done.

@phoenixsui

Жыл бұрын

Damn he was so unlucky it happend as hestarted turning and not in astraight forward flight with more speed.

@pj_pfrommer5492

Жыл бұрын

Look at the tail closely:/

@mikemurphy7711

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if this size model could auto-rotate enough to help landing, or could any size model do it?

@forton615

Жыл бұрын

@@mikemurphy7711 You can autorotate almost everything but the smallest helis, he made a mistake by pulling up and keeping positive pitch for a fraction of a second (to try to turn away to avoid people?), don't know how this one was set up or how heavy it was but I have seen some pretty big rc helis autorotate perfectly time after time. Also from that height it's more like using rotor inertia than autorotating. I almost always switch of my motor before landing and you would be surprised how far a heli can glide before touching the grass and sliding it out.

@bryanwilliams4620

Жыл бұрын

There was a boom strike alright, it struck the ground when it folded.

Damn! That's sad to see such a beautiful model crash.😢

@thebikemike

Жыл бұрын

What I did learn from this video: Dont call your first Heli "Search & Rescue"

@KrustyKlown

Жыл бұрын

they all crash eventually, rebuilding them is 1/2 the fun

@darioinfini

Жыл бұрын

@@KrustyKlown That's what separates the real modelers from the admirers. Real modelers love rebuilding. People who don't love rebuilding (like myself) don't stay in the hobby. It's simply too heartbreaking for us.

@KrustyKlown

Жыл бұрын

@@darioinfini Or you put your model on the Shelf for display, afraid that flying it is too dangerous. (Me, lol)

@darioinfini

Жыл бұрын

@@KrustyKlown I have an RC sailboat on my mantle. It's very pretty but I got tired of uncommanded sail-aways so she's permanently dry-docked LOL.

The elasticity of the boom during the crash is very astonishing.

@darkracer1252

Жыл бұрын

oh that broke.

Wow, I can feel the pain of the crash; having been a model rocketeer since 1969 I've had a number of heartbreaking (and expensive) crashes myself. Excellent and beautiful builds on those models shown! Hopefully it can be repaired and flown again. Good luck!

That is heartbreaking 😭 hope he can put her back together.

Horrific to see the little pilot thrown from the wreckage

@Patcracks718

Жыл бұрын

lmao!

@Gunslinger1875

Жыл бұрын

I know..😁

@stevenjohnson4283

Жыл бұрын

The little ambulance came soon after and took him to the big doll house for some surgery by Dr Barbi!

That head speed decayed really quick. Its mostly in one piece and stayed upright, so the prognosis is good. I bet though the amount of things broken will go on and on everywhere you look!

@allan1353

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking maybe he gave + collative that caused the decreased rotor speed

What a shame - but also what an amazingly well built model to suffer so little damage...

Damned shame. Such a gorgeous model.

Camera job was fantastic, it was so good it took all my attention up had to watch again to admire the craft. sad ending but well worth it. Good job all round thanks for uploading.

@EssentialRC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@itsaustraliadayeveryday7234

Жыл бұрын

@@EssentialRC cheers

I crashed my RC helicopters a few times, its amazing how much damage can be done even in a small crash. Everything bends and twists. I gave up on helis in the end and went down the sport drone route in the end. Then back to fixed wing. Its not a cheap sport!

Traurig, einfach nur traurig, dass diese tolle Maschine abgestürzt ist. Ich hoffe Pilot Thomas findet den Elan, seine Super-Puma wieder in die Luft zu bringen. Viel Erfolg!

Man that was such a beautiful machine.

I love the Swiss Super Puma, i worked on the Swiss main heli base for a while. Awesome machines. This RC pilot is clearly very skilled, and propably also trained for such scenarios as he should befor using this machines. A Autorotation landing should be in every helicopter pilots skillbook. If he had more airspeed at the point of the failure or more hight he could have landed it with no damage if lucky.

Hope he can repair it. I know its was a tough hit but at least most of it's intact.

@danizweifler6061

Жыл бұрын

V I S U A L L Y intact............ = you are guessing a lot my dear Chris ! !

@IceMan2035

Жыл бұрын

I lost a Hanger 9 P51 due to a rudder servo malfunction. You hope for the best and plan for the worst.

Lucky it didn't roll over. Maybe the drive line and rotors are OK?

To me it looks as if it ran out of fuel. The engine just stopped. 😮😢

@trevorcook4078

Жыл бұрын

It sounded like an electric motor to me.

@warbuzzard7167

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorcook4078 Turbine

@trevorcook4078

Жыл бұрын

@@warbuzzard7167 Are you sure it sounds like electric to me?

Amazing little machine. Hope the biggest part of it survived.

That unpowered steep turn was fatal. Correct application of auto-rotation could of saved that.

@peterhauser3316

Жыл бұрын

And you woud have?????????? Knowing and doeing are different

@jamescooper5183

Жыл бұрын

​@@peterhauser3316 I could of saved it, he was still in positive pitch when the motor died 😂

@MiniBuster2

Жыл бұрын

@@peterhauser3316 Everyone does mistakes, but that does not mean that nobody can say what the pilot SHOULD have done!

@gavinrichardson3918

Жыл бұрын

It's all very well saying "he could have done this he could have done that" He had 2 seconds notice and by the time he realised he was loosing it, it had already started falling at low altitude! Quite frankly I'm surprised he saved it to the extent he did! If it had come down in that bank angle it would have done far more damage!

@MiniBuster2

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinrichardson3918 Nobody says its easy to do the right thing in a situation like that. But there is NO reason to act like an asshole just because someone states a fact!

Aw, it hurts every time I see an RC crash. 🙁 You just know that a lot of hours and money have gone into it.

Beautiful model. I used to work at Dübendorf airfield where i saw the real ones fly every day.

@Deano1948

Жыл бұрын

Full scale, please. They are all real, just some are scaled differently!

That door roll incredible. Thankfully no farmers were damaged with this crash. 🇦🇺👍🍺

How sad - this was the machine of Thomas Baumann. Looks like the ESC switched off (may be overheated or Lipo battery voltage dropped quickly and made the ESC switch off?). Strange as the switch off was not in an extremely power-demanding situation, hope it was not due to a "power off" function accidentally activated in the Jeti Transmitter when a battery alarm occurs. Have a 2.5 Meter Heli Baumann Puma myself and the crash is indeed heartbreaking! 😢Fortunately Heli Baumann has a professional team so I am sure they will re-bulid an even nicer one soon! 😊

@EssentialRC

Жыл бұрын

Definitely electric then, not turbine?! My mistake 🙄

@black_baron_net

8 ай бұрын

☠BLACK BARON☠ The outer temperatures seemed to be moderate if folks were wearing winter like jackets. I would exclude temperatures around or slightly under +50°C. One not well balanced cell can already cause lots of trouble. Software issue? But, definitely, it's the ESC switching off ... soft cutoff. Thomas, rebuild it and make an even better one. That's the challenge. Better use over-powered ESCs than under-powered ESCs. Use slightly over-powered cool running motors. Not more (A)mps, less (A)mps is the challenge.

RIP to the little plastic pilot. He kept it in the air as long as he could.

Thanks for the video.

Looks like the pilot stalled it. Probably best to keep the same heading and attempt a controlled descent for flare

@phoenixsui

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a autorotation is what they call it. keep the speed up so the blades keep tunring and close to the ground use the remaining rotor speed to land it. Real pilots practice this a lot. I thinki he was unlucky it happend just as he wanted to turn in.

@yuk-erkmckirk9277

Жыл бұрын

If you cared to read the title you would know it was an engine failure,if you cared to watch it all you can see in the slowmo that the tail rotor speed drops then the main rotor stalls ,engine/gearbox failure.

@M-H433

Жыл бұрын

​@@yuk-erkmckirk9277 thankyou cared for your caring words,take care now😅

At least we didn't lose a nice turbine engine😊😊

What a pity!!!! But is the model (borrowing for spare parts) recoverable?

sorry this happened... in slow motion you can see the internal structure buckling on impact including pilot ejection

Dead man's curve. He should got out of that bank and dropped the nose.

@EssentialRC

Жыл бұрын

Yup. The turn was fatal but was fairly low anyway.

Uma pena um modelo tão belo, espero que consiga arrumar e voltar a voar

I'm not an RC helo guy, so excuse my ignorance. Question(s) - Do RC helos have the ability to auto rotate to any degree? And, would the auto rotate to the ground have been more successful if he had not been in a banked turn? Thanks...

@ConnorCain25

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate, they have the ability to auto rotate, what should of happened is the Heli should have been corrected to level flight and then he could have autorotated. The banked turn would have killed his head speed making it impossible to recover. This is easier said than done as most RC pilots panic and forget how to auto rotate hence why it needs to be practiced heavily until its second nature. He was also very low to the ground so he may not have even had enough height to auto rotate

@charlesdempewolf6861

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnorCain25 Thank you!!

@judd_s5643

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnorCain25 I agree! He bled off what energy he had pitching up and rolling left. The only reason to do this if he had spectators in-line and as you say not practicing it. Real helicopter pilots practice and practice so it’s second nature. As a fix wing pilot I think those that fly helicopters are crazy. There are just too many parts that fail will cause a meeting with Jesus!

@ConnorCain25

Жыл бұрын

@@judd_s5643 indeed, especially the bolt holding the entire rotor head onto the main shaft. Aptley names the Jesus bolt 😂

Oh my days - gutted. By pitching up at that altitude on motor stop, any chance of an auto rotate was gone. A bit higher in altitude and a nose down approach woulda worked. Damn shame here. Damn shame!

@brahmdempers1005

Жыл бұрын

agreed 100%. drop the colective ,nose down,try to keep the forward momentum, then flare few meter above the ground.

I have been flying RC since the 1970s. I Have lost countless planes. This is precisely why I like to have less than $200 in the air at any given time… too much heartbreak. That’s not fun to me.

The components look like many will be salvageable. Excellent Landing.

What an absolute beast of a Toy...

Oh man that looks EXPENSIVE!😪

No auto rotation. Rotor has almost no inertia+ that last second manover didn't help...

Ouch that’s going to an expensive repair job

the accident was so sad it was a great model and show I hope it won't happen again 👍

best rc channel

Excellent pilot skills in the crash. Well done.

@chrisklueppel83

Жыл бұрын

I would sasy he had more luck than skills. The motor was off, he pulls the nose up, trys to perform a turn to come back. Better: Nose down, pitch to a fast but moderate sinking, gaining speed, make a flare to gain rpms and touch down more smothe than this. I had a similar problem with my airwolf once! I had only some cracks in the painting, because I landed without gears out. For a 600 size helicopter, 4,8 kg is not verry light and a rotor-speed of 1200 rpm is not much, so I had no reserves and it works. A well trained pilot knows everytime how to performe an autorotation! This wasn't one

Love it!

Interesting to see the RC version of an auto-rotation controlled landing

Thats a shame. The second the engine quit he should have straightened out and setup his auto rotation. Pulling into that climbing turn guaranteed a crash.

Almost a decent autorotation landing. Homie must've been too shocked to react properly. Hope it gets rebuilt stronger

Ouch!

Sad but amazing !

As early in your flying as possible, it's important to learn how to auto rotate.

Sorry it was going so well very impressive.

So sad. But it could be worse. It could be mine. 😁 I don't have one

The heli pilots at our flight field in west Phoenix learned early on not to try auto rotation.

Our 30 secs before the motor failed the model looked like it was twitching or jerking around in the air? Maybe it was gusting or turbulence but it was flying on rails upto that point? Would love to know what the pilots assessment was before it crashed. Either way it's always gutting to see hard work getting smashed up.

Always enjoy watching others hopes a dreams come crashing down other than my own hopes and dreams.

Nice blend of Kevlar and carbon fiber. Not many piece's leftover.

Got caught in " dead mans curve ' not enought forward speed to iniciate outo rotation

Well at least the rotor didn’t smash into the ground. That’s a plus

I witnessed this crash live at ProWing. The whole flight felt sketchy and underpowered but after that motor quit the pilot did everything to make sure he crashed as hard as possible.

@darioinfini

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the pitch up and bank after engine failure seemed like a bold move LOL.

@phoenixsui

Жыл бұрын

I guess he just wanted to turn as next move and then it happend. You need some training and or reflexes to decide in that situation quick enough.

@juliogonzo2718

Жыл бұрын

How much was that rc helicopter worth?

Bad luck on the timing of the fail given the move he was pulling. Still managed to land it wheels down so props on that.

Almost a perfect time to auto rotate, although I don’t think you had the altitude, and the forward momentum to really accomplish it, and your reaction has to be immediate once you recognize the situation, in order to keep those blades spinning at a rate that would allow you to flare and soften that landing.

@BAEPilot

Жыл бұрын

He pitched up and banked, causing the blades to stall! He should have "immediately" gone into 30% negative pitch. Continue forward momentum, maintaining head speed during decent and then positive pitch for a near soft landing. Height was not an issue. Bigger the heli the easier to Auto land. Unnecessary carnage.

I hope the pilot survived and gets the autorotation training he desperately needs.

Like throttle cut was hit , just died 😢

Great video person!

@EssentialRC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 I've had 20 years of practice

Excellent auto rotation procedure. Pilot survives and walks away.

@EJ-74

Жыл бұрын

​@@markdavis7397 Right 😂

@kimber1911

Жыл бұрын

@@markdavis7397 well that ain't good.

Shame. There was no real chance of an auto at that altitude. It didn't actually look that bad. I'm sure it will be an easy, but costly repair.

@sarperkaratas535

Жыл бұрын

there was a very good chance of auto at that altitude. He had forward speed as well. In any case pilot does only thing that would damage the heli more, he pulls up to stall rotor as soon as possible :))

@ats-3693

Жыл бұрын

He threw away any chance he had of a successful auto by pulling up and banking into a turn.

I CRINGE when I see a fellow scale pilot go down. That was weird for him not not to maintain a little forward flight and autorate rather than trying to bank left and upwards ...unless it went into fail safe.

Ouch! No auto-rotation on that bird! Even so, they got it down without too much visible damage. It acted like it just ran out of fuel, or the fuel pump quit.🤔

WOW 👍🤘🤘

SUCH A SHAME ☹️ So Sad to watch 🇬🇧👍🏼

I read somewhere that the helicopter suffered engine failure.

Oh no 🙀

Ouch, spent all His energy climbing in a banking turn after power failure.

Damn.

I love the scale helis.

WOW 😮

Very sad but could have been a lot worse if it was flying much higher!

@ConnorCain25

Жыл бұрын

The opposite unfortunately, the more height you have in that situation the more time you have to get the helicopter stable into an auto rotation and land safely

@BigDuke6ixx

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnorCain25 exactly. It happed right in the dead man's curve.

@ConnorCain25

Жыл бұрын

@@BigDuke6ixx yep, people forget to treat helicopters like fixed wings aircraft and use forward flight to gain transitional lift.

@BigDuke6ixx

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnorCain25 yeah, my instinctive reaction would be to dump the collective, cancel the roll and drop the nose.

@ConnorCain25

Жыл бұрын

@@BigDuke6ixx exactly, I would do the same

Battery?

Any casualties? 😅

"No G.I. Joe's were harmed during the filming of this accident".

I'm not much of helicopter guy, but was the bank at the end due to the torque differential because of the engine failure? Is autorotation a possibility with a model? Seems the rotors may not have sufficient mass to keep the RPM's up, but the principle is the same, right? Do you have manual collective control? Not that you had much time to react...

@EssentialRC

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they can auto-rotate. It all happened very quickly and relatively low. His first thought was to bank which didn't help. Should have continued the descent to pick up head speed. Easy to say after the fact.

@nuclearrabbit1

Жыл бұрын

@Essential RC OK cool. Thanks for the response. I didn't mean to sound critical or anything. He had almost no time to react. Was just curious. I fly the airlines and RC fixed wing years ago, but know very little about helicopters. And less about helicopter models. It looks fascinating, but this model is on a different level.

@EssentialRC

Жыл бұрын

@@nuclearrabbit1 All good. Cheers 😉

Very sad, fuel starvation or mechanical engine failure?

I crashed my RC cigarette racer recently and my wife cried when I couldn't find the little man in the boat.

Pretty good forced landing--even the blades survived.

Fuel end ? You dont down the colective immediately.

That sucks :(

So schade, ein tolles Modell mit realem Flugbild. Wiederaufbau hoffentlich möglich.

autorotation landing training is not a thing for rc pilots ?

I always cash at airshows to make the highlight reel.

i mean terrible luck an all, but probably the least dramatic crash I've seen so hopefully salvageable.

Is that electric? Seems super quiet for a turbine.

Did Warwick Davis Survive?

Poor pilots are they ok?

So sad 😢

Sadly, no one walked away from this.

no autorotation and no need for that turn, and blades has not enough mass to provide stable autorotation

Can't they rotate like the big ones?

@SpeccyMan

Жыл бұрын

Of course they can but it is very much dependent upon the skill of the RC pilot.

Tail rotor speed was fluctuating.

No autorotation?