Pilot with zero experience tries to fly helicopter - GIF

Pilot with zero experience tries to fly helicopter.

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Story here:
https://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Hogg-N101DN.htm


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...778#post140152
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...145#post134508
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...200#post145824
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...305#post192312
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...715#post201803

That looked expensive. Perhaps he was under the impression it is similar to flying airplanes.

Nominee for Darwin award!

Should have played more computer games as a kid.
Seriously, what an idiot! Good thing he didn't injure or kill someone or do damage to anything but his toy.

Does not matter how much money you have, you cannot buy brains.

That's an old video. Wonder where this guy is today?

dead, read the article in the link below the video

It amazes me it took two years to figure the cause of the crash was stupidity!

This is why military flight simulators exist. They're full scale and exactly like the real thing in every aspect, but you can't hurt yourself or the Sim. Can you imagine if that was an MH60R Seahawk?

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Originally Posted by meyer77

It amazes me it took two years to figure the cause of the crash was stupidity!

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This comment is not entirely true, yes, there was a level of stupidity here, but the finding was that the aircraft was "not maintained", so a dysfunction in the equipment was contributory.
I wonder how much better the instructor would have fared under the circumstances.