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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
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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
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?)
To: US_MilitaryRules
Get enough horse power onto a brick, and you can make it do that, too.
/johnny
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.)
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
To: jimbo123
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)
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)
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.)
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.)
To: jimbo123
Can you say Darwin Award winner?
To: steve86
72
posted on
09/05/2013 4:25:56 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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!)
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.)
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")
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)
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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