I drove five hours down to the St. George President's Day fly-in, which was actually the weekend after President's Day. It was hosted by the "Remote Possibilities RC Club" out of St. George, and it was a real blast. Incredibly nice people, and a TON of sweet planes.

At one point, my wife jerked spasmotically and let out a shriek. She quickly started looking for our kids and she shouted "he's out of control".

I looked over at the field and saw a chopper going wild over the air strip, and asked the nearest spectator who it was.

"That's Danny Szabo" he said, and I got a chill. I said "No way! Nobody said he was going to be here, quick get my camera honey, this guy's one of the best chopper pilots in the world." She looked at me with disbelief, and looked back out at the field, realizing that he was doing all those spasmotic gyrations intentionally.

So I got most of his performance on tape, though I'm sure the show was a bit shorter than he intended.

Enjoy!

http://www.vimeo.com/clip:147522

Great vid!

Awesome flight...I love hearing peoples reactions when they watch something like this for the first time....lots of "holy heck!" and "dude!"... lol...awesome.

"he's out of control"

That was funny.

What is the setup in that e-raptor? Thats is a lot of power!

I was doing that exact routine early this morning with my Fury Extreme...
then my wife woke me up told me to go to Starbucks for coffee....
That is just amazing stuff.

Same here... except mine was with a Blade CP! My dreams are frugal.

Originally Posted by Edge 540

What is the setup in that e-raptor? Thats is a lot of power!

Them boys don't fly no raptors I believe that is a T-Rex 600?

Originally Posted by Matt Chapman

I was doing that exact routine early this morning with my Fury Extreme...
then my wife woke me up told me to go to Starbucks for coffee....
That is just amazing stuff.

Originally Posted by Edge 540

What is the setup in that e-raptor? Thats is a lot of power!

Danny flys for Align and Thunder Power. It has TP 5000mah 6s pack and 600XL align motor I believe. The heli is Trex 600. I think he flys for V blade also which means 600mm V blades.

I knew he flew for align, but the video title said raptor so thats what I put.

I just had to go back and check. Well, wind is newb so he is excused.

He also fly's one of these wee beasties.... Avant Aurora (bad ass!)

holy heck!!!! holy heck!!!! hahaha asound like me the first time i seen a heli do a flip..... great vid bad ending tho...
mike

just a hair to much down cyclic