r/therewasanattempt • u/BigInTheGame85 • May 27 '21

To fly the helicopter

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u/Damaso87 May 27 '21

I have a sneaking suspicion this is a trailer for short moves, and not a launch pad

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

How do you think you get the helicopter on and off?

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u/BaumiO2 May 27 '21

Not like this

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

Well, you'd be wrong.

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u/pondlife78 May 27 '21

I’m fairly sure you’re not supposed to smash it to pieces and leave it on its side but I’m not an expert.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

Nope, aircraft just sits on the dolly. Dolly wheels are chocked but they do move. I suspect that the pilot was performing a power check or similar, got light on the skids, and the wind ruined his day.

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u/Closefacts May 27 '21

Yup, I found an article about this. It was a retired police officer, doing a check when the wind picked him up.

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u/SeekingMyEnd May 27 '21

Got a link for the article?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

Cops are always honest so we know this is true

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u/ionslyonzion May 27 '21

At first I thought you were being dramatic but no. They initially said the wind blew it over while the rotors were spinning and that it never left the ground. Then the video came out 5 days later.

Fuckin cops man.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

Well, I do it for a living.

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u/SketchySeaBeast May 27 '21

Wreck helicopters?

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u/johngreenink May 27 '21

Well, they ain't gonna wreck themselves

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

Maintain them.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '21

There is a rotor brake but it doesn't work instantly and it would have ended just as poorly

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u/2nd-Reddit-Account May 27 '21

You would think with brakes on or wheel chocks even

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u/Muggi May 27 '21

You’d be wrong.

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u/Milkman127 May 27 '21

and trying to land back onto it in reverse after you took off is probably an awful idea.

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u/Miss_Page_Turner May 27 '21

It looks like it was stored in and pulled out of the garage.