A Floating Helicopter

[tyler1820]

Whoever thinks this is fake is retarded because if you do the same thing with the rotating wheels of a car the outcome should be similar. It even happens with your own eyes.

[SuperPedroMeza]

video frame rate is synchronized to blades rotation. Also, if the blades wherent turning, they would be bent downwards instead of upwards as currently they show.

[bengacris]

In soviet Russia...

[7SamaraMorgan]

Asians and their cheat codes...

[dobysirius]

@Sloppyhayes The frequency of the frames need only be a factor of that of the rotor. It wouldn't be surprising for the helicopter rotor to rotate at e.g. 240 RPM while the camera would be capturing 60 frames per second.

[SapphireSalamder2]

@dobysirius I found that out on OMGfacts

[Jesusability]

@Sloppyhayes You're fucking stupid.

[hitman6833]

@Sloppyhayes

Of course the shadow will match too. The frequency is the same for blade and shadow. That's basic physics.

[SuperTrumpetDude]

The shutter speed of the camera matches the frequency of the blades' rotation.

Myth BUSTED.

[nowise22]

your stupid it is moving cause its a diffrent angle witch makes it look like its floating ok?!?!

[didwedie]

@nowise22 Umm, no. Are you stupid? The camera does match the speed of the helicopter.

[terminator499]

an error has ocured and physics.exe is not responding ,please restart the universe ,if the problem persists please contact your local God and send him an error report .

[kaylynnsdad]

DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT IS COOL

[marknew91]

I think the people who say it's frame rate are correct. But just FYI, there are little choppers called autogyros, and their top rotor blade barely spins. They're a type of ultralight, and a LOT smaller than this big bird. About the gyrocopter, Wikipedia says : Autorotation develops lift, and an engine-powered propeller provides thrust. While similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's must have air flowing through to generate any rotation.

[NOmeansnoFAN]

@marknew91 Road Warrior!

[RockWomyn]

@marknew91 You are right about how the blade is turned, autorotaion, but it still spins as fast as any other lift-producing blade, typically 200-400 rpm. Autorotation (when done right) doesn't change the blade speed, even in a regular helicopter, it just disengages the drive system.

[marknew91]

@RockWomyn

Thanks for the knowledge, Rock Woman. When I've seen vidoe of the auto gyros, it always LOOKS like the rotor is barely turning. This is a whole new set of information, and explains a couple things I couldn't understand (like why, if autogyros remain airborne without a spinning blade, can't other aircraft do so...) Thanks again.

[mattisprettycool]

I know the shutter speed thing, but this still looks really neat.

[AlexPawell]

This involves radio waves at the right frequency lining up with several different factors.

[bigladjackere]

wow people are so dumb, notice that the perpellars are spinning anti clockwise, the blases are spinning so fast you can bearly tell like on car wheels when they go fast

[smackheadmetal]

fps/rps match

[Virtical]

jeesus fuck i had a wicked laugh reading the comments, <3 teh internets!

[clownstangler]

well fake man....FPS has never done that before on chopper blades, why just this one?? 

some people......lol

[Trip978]

Its fun to read the comments, people are so dumb. The video is real, and it is the FPS on the camera, this video has been around for years. The audio is not real thats been changed to trick the intellectually-challenged people

[ryanharrisonawesome]

I think it's lemonade technology

[uatam552]

it was fake cause if you look closely it really look like something made by computer and it would crash anyway ...the main engine make the elicopter go up and down the engine was close so!

[Hergsz]

its because the camera's framerate was the same as each rotation of the blades

[uatam552]

ok and the one in the back?...its a 3d animation man if its not its same!

[Hergsz]

The one in the back spins at a different speed....

[uatam552]

first of all if the frames were moving at the same rate as the blades it first would take a high speed camera, second the blades wuold move but really slow, third the hellicopter would not go as fast as shown on the vid so make shure you know what you'r talking about before sending stupid comments

[Hergsz]

Notice how more people agree with me?

[uatam552]

i taked a summer camp of animation and that kind of thing and i know what im saying

[Hergsz]

wait, "Taked:? im sure that you dont know what you are talking about.

[ProSince1993]

lmao i was thinking the same thing lol

[Hergsz]

Haha lots of people probably did.

[frenchy0316]

you need to go to a grammar camp you ignorant piece of doodie

[ViralSC2]

@frenchy0316 You need to go to a grammar camp, you ignorant piece of doodie.

[impala88]

@uatam552 epic fail.

[uatam552]

@impala88 it was fail too to go down all those comments

[VivaLaNick335]

aliens have captured our technology!!!!!

[MyMangaProject]

I think it is a toy.

With really cheesy sound effects.

LoL

[gigi92517]

there are jets in the heli. gah u cant hear or see them?

[clownstangler]

too fake for me

[DrattedOwnz]

The FPS of camera matches Heli.

[inayclone]

@DrattedOwnz Which means the camera has a junk frame rate.

[DrattedOwnz]

@inayclone Exactly ;)

[monty1135]

@inayclone no it means the cameraman set his framerate to capture this so he could stump people on the internet

[jamesodinson]

@DrattedOwnz ROFLCOPTERS... its being air lifted by a larger helicopter.

[impala88]

@jamesodinson ahahahahahaha. NO. Only choper big enough to carry this is a skycrane, and at the speed of it rotating around it wouldn't hold the weight with the G's pulling it to the sides. Not to mention there are no cables (although they could of been taken out in post production). Still very unlikely.

[goal2004]

@DrattedOwnz Also, quick shutter is needed for this effect.

[garrross]

is gibt ne stelle, ab ner bestimmten geschwindigkeit, auch bei den flugzeugen z.B. beim red bull air racing da stehen die propeller still und fangen sich an in die andere richtung zu drehen, is auch beim auto so an den reifen !

[0Riddic]

\watch myth busters they made one it was busted but it did levitate and you know how our government wastes money on new ideas. the MythBusters found that none of them could actually achieve "anti-gravity" the contraptions (that did levitate) generated an upward force that balanced its downward gravitation. The myth was declared busted (for now), because although they could bust the contraptions as anti-gravity machines, the idea of anti-gravity itself could not be busted through their tests.

[0Riddic]

Before anyone says, I know how it is flying, the frames per second of the camera recording are exactly the same as the rotations of the rotor blade per second. So don't be a smart-ass and post this, I already know :)

[abrunke]

it cant be actually, cus a Links helicopters rotar baldes turn faster than a a cameras FPS, any war helicopter ( sept for mayeb the chinook) all turn faster than c cameras FPS, if it was a recreational helicopter than it would be possible.

[0Riddic]

actually realy expensive cameras can

[oryansnebula]

Again, doesn't matter if the rotor blades are faster than the camera frame rate. Think about it a little harder.

[abrunke]

yeah it does

[oryansnebula]

Read my post below. I break down the math behind it.

[croshaun]

so far the only true comment

[oryansnebula]

This is an Mi-24 HInd.

Rotor angular velocity: ~ 4 rps (242 rpm)

So for a five-rotor helicopter, it takes 0.05 seconds for a trailing rotor to take the rotational position of the rotor in front of it.

( 1 / fps) = n * 0.05 ; n = {1, 2, 3, ...}

Contrary to what many people think, most helicopters keep a constant rpm regardless of lift generated. What changes the lift is the pitch (angle) of the rotors.

Therefore, a camera need not vary its frame rate to achieve this effect.

[abrunke]

actually it is a Lynx helicopter a109 i think

[oryansnebula]

Um, no. You know, you are on the internet and can google these things to avoid being wrong. Sorry to sound mean, but how much work does it take to do that? Lynx a109? Seriously?

[abrunke]

first off: i said Lynx a109 I THINK i am nto a helicopter expert, i am into fihhter jest and trining/joining the air force, and as for the google thing y would i search up something ( Lynx a109) if i wasnt disagreeing with you, and yes it is a Lynx helicopter

[rejectdude]

the fps of the camera is exactly matched with the rps of the helicopter, no invesigation needed, sometimes things are SO obvious that it makes you think its for geniuses only, but seriously, its the fps of the cam, now your probably thinking "wow im pretty dumb" i was in this position when i saw it too :D

[bguy86]

ok all of u guys are idiots for thinking that this is fake.. it is real.. but u guys need to turn ur sounds on and listen to the JET ENGINE. its a jet anda heli. at the same time!. omg! nubs!!!!!!!

[aolyahoo]

thats not enough evidance. man YOU NEED THE PROS TO FIND OUT THIS ONE!!!! lol

RrRRR hOw CAn TeH HELIcooptHEr FLOat but Teh perPELLiar isN'T SPinnUING?

[niggasoffdablock]

that "sound" could simply be anti-gravitional field making sound.

since we are all kept under dark we will never know.

[oryansnebula]

Well, the russians may have the anti-gravitational field, but we went to the moon.

[castingsinkers]

it could have jet nozziles that push the helicopter up

[leadvilleengineer]

its called a turbine engine

[xxxxstrongxxxxbox]

the blades are moving so fast it looks like they are not

[schwig44]

when that happens, it makes an effect that looks like a shaded circle, not the distinct blades.

Its the frame rate of the camera.

[davidpwnsnoobs]

my wife's tits are fake.

[xxxxstrongxxxxbox]

WTF?

[schwig44]

AWESOME!

can i come over and feel them?

[davidpwnsnoobs]

yeah dude!

feel away, she loves it!

[davidpwnsnoobs]

yeah man, just come over after 430 because thats when i leave for work.

i like to think she is being sneaky.

[drratrrd]

stupid comments

[PS3FranFc]

sounds like it has a jet engine on it for backup incase the prepelors brake

[rrruizzz]

Rotor blades were timed to match with the frame rate from the camera, which is why it looks like it's floating.

Not fake, just a camera trick.

[Thrashaero]

the sound is fake.

[LiosRa]

Very interesting. If you ask me, it's a model on strings. The rotors are far too perfectly aligned throughout the entire video for them to have just been captured that way, and there would be motion blur as well. It's physically impossible as well, and helicopters do NOT make that sound.

There's also another perspective. The helicopter could be real, but the rotors could be completely fake. I suggest taking a closer look there.

[andrenilsen]

The frequency of the rotor blade and the FPS of the video recording is exactly the same. You can see the same thing with the wheels of a car while it passes a street light.

[legendastrike]

thats 30000% fake.. helicopters cant do that

its possible that the rotor blades looks like that cause the video was made with a cell phone.

[Dumbass700]

that shit looked real as hell but it seems impossible...