Helicopter's....i have lost so many friend's in helo crashes.......my question is how safe it is flying over us........good,bad or other wise...tom gentry told me it really mess's up the air flow on his tunnel ................ 500 feet over trafic ! Let us have your opintion ............thx

Not sure but copters have been closer than 500 when shooting us before.

We race with several zing'in overhead all the time. I never really noticed any difference with how the boat runs. Actually i always liked it when they would run along with us at speed, pretty cool. For us racing we have been within fifty or a hundred feet easy, they buz the deck pretty good and also get some amazing shots. Right Sharkey?



Technically speaking, having an engineering degree, i understand all the principals and mechanics very well. And yet i still dont trust them for their complexity and reliance on every part in the system, mean 'ol mister is always waiting. Statistically though its probably safer then a lot of ways to get around


Would love to have a Hughes 500 or maybe an MD Explorer. Course my last name IS Sikorski so maybe i should look into a super phat 76C, or any chopper with retractable gear would be fine lol

Piston powered helos have about twice the fatality rate as piston powered single engine planes. On a per mile basis, they are about the same as a motorcycle.

Should you worry about them overhead? Not too much. Your time exposure to a crash would be very short. Mechanical failures are not unheard of, but are not common either.

Michael

Always been told not to go underneath them during a poker run. Not sure why but I believe it messes up their down force especially if the boat is moving faster than the helo.

What if String Fellow Hawk is the pilot?

That depends if he is in one of the Santini Air jet rangers or Airwolf.

Please be safe out there........we are all going into the season.

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Imagine running along and turn to see Bluethunder coming up on the stbd side.