Very unsafe 1911 usage! (R/C helicopter)

Very unsafe.

I think you're thinking of the obsolete and now-illegal AM radio packages, though. I don't think that happens with modern radio packages.

Meh it could be worse. Guy could have tried to do what the military does and put rockets of some sort on it. Then I guess he would be labeled a terrorist though and arrested.

Dangerous? Yes
Kinda cool? Also Yes

I'm surprised the recoil didn't seem to affect the chopper; it must be pretty heavy.

You know, now that I turned the sound up, I'm quite positive it's an airsoft gun. A .45 should absolutely drown out that chopper. Instead the pop was barely audible. Those choppers are also very lightweight. They're composite-framed. Modern R/C choppers are capable of some incredible feats simply because weight has decreased dramatically while engine power stayed the same. From my experience, there is no way a .45 could be fired from one of those things without it going all over the place. There wasn't even muzzle flip causing the chopper to flare. It's an airsoft gun, and the "smoke" is the CO2 or green gas (propane) ventilating.

You think thats somethin', check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJinbQNSNVU

interesting point mike

I don't know anything about airsoft OR R/C helos, but I don't think airsoft would throw that much dirt up, would it?

Notice how, even though that chopper was MUCH larger and MUCH heavier, it was blown back by the force of the recoil when hovering. Now, a .45 is not a 12 gauge, but it was still a semi-automatic 12 gauge on a chopper built on a heavy metal frame vs. a light chopper with a composite frame. You would see SOMETHING out of the chopper if it was a real .45.

Airsoft would indeed throw dirt and leaves up. Those pellets can go up to 600 FPS depending on how the gun is set up, and at those velocities carry a sizeable fraction of the lethal energy of a 670 FPS .177 airgun shot. And they're 6mm pellets so they do move quite a bit of material.

Effectively what you're seeing with that first helicopter is that the copter, when freely drifting, doesn't even stutter when the "gun" fires. It's an airgun shooting a plastic pellet.

Have you ever been around one of those gas powered r/c helos? They are deafening. I think it was real did you see the dirt being kicked up by the target looked like a real round not airsoft. It was definitely real and anyways the audio was all compressed due to the high decibels and cheap camcorder mic. But I guess every internet act needs a skeptic though.

Sounds real enough to me, but I would have thought the chopper would be a bit more affected by the recoil.

I'm more worried about a terrorist putting a jar filled with ebola or somehting into a RC plane of chopper, then crashing it into a crowded area. It's apparently a pretty common concern amongst various LE/MIL agencies, even though it hasn't happened... yet.

Bubba and his homemade Airwolf is just funny.

I counted 8 rounds to slidelock. Looks real to me...

Ha, I'd love to see a spent casing hit the blades and ruin the whole machine. Seriously its about as smart as the picture of the guy with a sbr silenced ruger 10/22 bolted to a helmet at a machinegun shoot? looking for pic

Turn the volume up, you can hear the gun fire.

I hear a pop. Not necessarily a gun shot. Remember that even paintball and airsoft guns will pop. There was no loud crack, though.

O.K. Here's what I see in my mind's eye.

A guy breaks in late at night. He comes down the hallway only to find me, with my rifle, covering him. He turns to run out of the door and come face-to-face with a helicopter pointing a gun at him. Now he has to either give up, or try to risk getting shot while trying to navigate spinning blades.

Personally, I think it's hilarious.

Looks pretty neat actually. Of course the guy using the saiga-12 and the helicopter is even more interesting.

I have to wonder what is going to get these guys first, the pistol or the chopper?

Either way, its going to be ugly.

The .45 is real.
Todays modern RC helo's, my SIL flys them, can do incredible things with plenty of power.

Its not dangerous or irresponsible if you know how to fly them.

You all act as if the recoil from a semi auto .45 will take your arm off.

I hear a pop. Not necessarily a gun shot. Remember that even paintball and airsoft guns will pop. There was no loud crack, though.

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I've had a lot of experience with real guns and airsoft guns. The pistol in the video is a real gun, no question.

That's definitely a real gun. You need a basic understanding of how microphones work. Ever notice how you can hear someone talking in a video at a normal volume, then they shoot a gun, and you aren't suddenly deaf? Weird, huh?

Ha, I'd love to see a spent casing hit the blades and ruin the whole machine. Seriously its about as smart as the picture of the guy with a sbr silenced ruger 10/22 bolted to a helmet at a machinegun shoot? looking for pic

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That was also awesome, and in my opinion, not necessarily unsafe. It's a device which literally assures that the gun will be pointed away from your head, which is always a good idea. As long as you don't absent-mindedly say "What?" and look directly at anyone that speaks to you, you'll probably be ok.

Definitely awesome, definitely real. Remember that airsoft BBs are lightweight and plastic and would never kick up that much debris.

That needs to be a motivational poster.

That helmet cracks me up. I'd love to see a video of that thing action.

That helmet cracks me up. I'd love to see a video of that thing action.

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I'd like to see a video of someone shooting one chambered in something like... oh, .300 Win Mag.

Chiropractor please?