Whirlybird
Fresh off the tubes comes this video of Alan Szabo, Jr- R/C chopper pilot extraordinaire. I used to build and fly R/C airplanes in college, until I got jealous of them and got my pilot’s license. Flying R/C airplanes takes some practice and I got tired of damaging my planes while learning. \
During that time I came to realize just how incredibly hard flying an R/C helicopter is. I tried it on simulators (with the transmitter box and everything) several times and was always thrilled when I could take off, hover, and move forward very slowly without crashing. 15 seconds without a $900 virtual breakup was a real feat. It’s that hard.
Alan Szabo shows that I am a punk. You just have to see it to believe it, but the level of control this guy has is amazing. It looks like he’s on the edge of disaster every second, but he’s always totally in command. Incredible.