A German company claims to have broken a world record: the first time a human has been lifted into the air with a remote-controlled helicopter. Heligraphix, an RC helicopter company known for its gravity-defying stunts, enlisted the help of H.U.L.C. — Heavy Ultra Lift Crane model helicopters.
“This is the first time in the world that a human person is being lifted by a remote-controlled aircraft,” said Tobias Wagner, Heligraphix and H.U.L.C. pilot.
The team used upgraded Gaui X7 “megatron” helicopters outfitted with some seriously heavy-duty components, to give each of the two model helicopters 10 kW of constant power, Wagner said. He explains more about the equipment and components chosen in this little behind-the-scenes extra:
The helicopters are outfitted with batteries that generate 70 watts. “This machine is built like a tank … it has to have some of the most stable mechanics I’ve ever seen on a 700 size,” Wagner said.
Source: YouTube
‘…first human…’? . I think you meant ‘…the first lift of a human…’. The ‘first human’ was many thousands of years ago!
You are quite right Hugh – my apologies for not having spotted and edited out this grammatical inexactitude – but good to know that our readers are on the case !
Gentlemen, I don’t mean to spoil the fun, but the QH-50 Drone helicopter was doing everything that is a “first” today, over 50 years ago…….including pulling downed aviators off the beach and back to ship using Admiral Aurands (USN) Program MIDGET. You can see a demo of that system as part of all the other stuff here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4jrF3itbMY
Keep Pushing forward…..