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RC helicopter lops top of man’s head off
NY Post ^ | 9/5/13 | Kirstan Conley

Posted on 09/05/2013 2:33:56 PM PDT by jimbo123

A young man was scalped and killed by the blades of a model remote-controlled helicopter that chopped off the top of his head in Gravesend, Brooklyn today, sources said.

The 19-year-old victim — a well-known model helicopter enthusiast — was on the corner of Shore Parkway and Bay 44th Street around 3:40 p.m., when he lost control of the toy aircraft, it boomeranged and sliced off the top of his head

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; gravesend; newyork; newyorkcity; ouch; rchelicopterviolence
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To: P-Marlowe
I think you are close to the real story.

The UK papers are claiming he was decapitated, but the blades could easily have cut his throat, nearly decapitating him.

61 posted on 09/05/2013 3:54:43 PM PDT by mware
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

That is incredible what they can do with those things. Almost unnatural.


62 posted on 09/05/2013 3:55:49 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell! Mmmmmm. What is it?)
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Get enough horse power onto a brick, and you can make it do that, too.

/johnny

63 posted on 09/05/2013 4:01:53 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: politicianslie

I’m pretty sure if I rode in something that did that, I’d die.

Rode in a UH60 once that did a loop (up and over) and thought I was going to.


64 posted on 09/05/2013 4:04:31 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: discostu
I just went out to the barn and got a new pair of blades to weigh they are only 550mm, and they weigh almost 10 oz. The ones I weighed are wooden blades.

/johnny

65 posted on 09/05/2013 4:05:46 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: jimbo123

More info:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2413231/Man-DECAPITATES-toy-helicopter.html


66 posted on 09/05/2013 4:07:08 PM PDT by jughandle
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To: mware

I once got my arm caught in an RC blade. Cut me about 1/4 inch deep through my flesh and in a line about 1 inch long. It was a 16 inch blade on a 65 CC engine. I stiched it up with a line of crazy glue and then went back to flying. I still have a scar, but I still have my arm.

I am sure that if the blade had hit bone it would have broken the blade and not my arm.


67 posted on 09/05/2013 4:10:56 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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Stop the madness! RC helicopter control now!


68 posted on 09/05/2013 4:15:12 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

WTH fun is that thing? Looks bOring.


69 posted on 09/05/2013 4:21:02 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Inbred, pedophile-worshipping, misogynists (mozlums) offend me.)
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To: P-Marlowe
It was a 16 inch blade on a 65 CC engine

Are you talking about the prop on a fixed-wing model with an actual 65CC engine (probably gasoline)? Or a .65 cubic inch motor on a heli? There are model helis with 100cc engines but they're huge.

70 posted on 09/05/2013 4:22:13 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: jimbo123

Can you say Darwin Award winner?


71 posted on 09/05/2013 4:25:36 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: steve86

Possibly 6.5 cc.


72 posted on 09/05/2013 4:25:56 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

Yeah, that’s .40, isn’t it.


73 posted on 09/05/2013 4:27:56 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: steve86

16 inches would probably about the tail rotor diameter on a 65CC heli.


74 posted on 09/05/2013 4:29:36 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: steve86

It is. Seems a little small to be swinging a blade that big, tho.


75 posted on 09/05/2013 4:30:45 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Well, it is a quote from a 13 year old who happened upon his dead body.


76 posted on 09/05/2013 4:35:07 PM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: tacticalogic
From Runryder:

"I have a 16inch aluminum rc airplane prop once put on an electric 120volt 15amp motor, thing hauled a*& moving air like crazy at 3700rpm, never again."

77 posted on 09/05/2013 4:38:55 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: MeganC

“Look for Mayor Bllomberg to ban ‘assault-style RC helicopters”

He will make sure they have no more than a seven blade capacity and do not use any trans fats in their manufacture.


78 posted on 09/05/2013 4:39:42 PM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: jimbo123

As if living in NYC doesn’t suck enough


79 posted on 09/05/2013 4:40:39 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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To: steve86

That was probably a 2HP motor. Wouldn’t want my fingers anywhere near that while it’s running!


80 posted on 09/05/2013 4:44:16 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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