I had to watch the dismount three times. How the hell? Does the prop have a reverse--or what?

Nothing like Tareq Al Saadi, though.

Impressive. Especially considering I did not expect to be impressed at all!

I want to see him do the same with a real chopper!

>> ^Boise_Lib:

I had to watch the dismount three times. How the hell? Does the prop have a reverse--or what?


Yup, they're setup for full speed in forward and reverse.

Obviously this can't work on life size helicopters as it takes too long for the rotors to slow down and re-spin up, but RC heli blades are so light and the motors are incredibly powerful for their size.

They can even do ceiling landings, as you can hear around the 10 second mark.

"what are we doing today, ceiling or?"
"No, no ceiling, only the wall".

Can't find the video I saw a couple of years ago, but here's another guy doing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMeUO1amwYE

Does the main motor actually reverse direction, or does it just reverse the angle of the blades?

>> ^AeroMechanical:

Does the main motor actually reverse direction, or does it just reverse the angle of the blades?


The motor does not reverse, the blades can be tilted to produce lift in the other direction which allows it to fly upside down and do wall/ceiling landings.

>> ^jimnms:

>> ^AeroMechanical:
Does the main motor actually reverse direction, or does it just reverse the angle of the blades?

The motor does not reverse, the blades can be tilted to produce lift in the other direction which allows it to fly upside down and do wall/ceiling landings.


Correct, heathen is wrong. The blades tilt to reverse direction. This actually has been used for a long time in full size aircraft too, helicopter blades will tilt as part of it's control mechanism. Also airplane props will tilt for the reverse thrust. Helis are generally not built for any type of reverse thrust though, it would need to be custom built.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

I had to watch the dismount three times. How the hell? Does the prop have a reverse--or what?
If you want to question how the hell it's possible, watch this video

That is far, FAR more impressive than this sift. I'll still upvote though, if I have to. I guess. Damn. Now I want one of these.>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I had to watch the dismount three times. How the hell? Does the prop have a reverse--or what?
If you want to question how the hell it's possible, watch this video

Here's another...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxLGiHF17uU

This is why I want to punch people that say "Look! It has to be an alien! There's no man-made craft that can move like that!">> ^mxxcon:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I had to watch the dismount three times. How the hell? Does the prop have a reverse--or what?
If you want to question how the hell it's possible, watch this video

A helicopter bitten by a radioactive spider?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'RC, helicopter, stunt' to 'RC, helicopter, stunt, remote control' - edited by xxovercastxx

I wonder how many kits he went through learning that trick.

Ok, so what force is keeping it in mid-air when the rotors are vertical like that? God damn it. Now I'm gonna be thinking about ggyroscopes all day.