A Helicopter in my street

An ambulance heli landed in my street (I missed that bit), parked neetly like a car and then took off between the trees, telephone wires and houses. Incredible skill from the pilot!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• helicopter
• street
• parking
• maidenhead
• chopper
• amazing
• flying
• pilot

[MrDenizen]

I don't doubt this clip is real, but why weren't any people out in the street? If a helicopter landed in the streets where I live, there'd be thousands of people out to watch (and possibly try to rob it).

ALso, very nice flying from the chopper pilot.

[roelsc]

@MrDenizen It's a very quiet street in a small town and there were some people, but we were all gently but firmly asked to stand back behind the trees on the right.

[roelsc]

@MrDenizen It's a very quiet street in a small town and there were some people, but we were all gently but firmly asked to stand back behind the trees on the right.

[aronplas5]

wtf happens with the main rotors they dont spin??

[roelsc]

@aronplas5 camera shoots with not enough frames per second to register the real movement. It's the same effect you have when you film a car and the wheels look like they are going backwards.

[svtcobra271]

Its not fake, the camera was shooting at a higher fps, which is why you can see the blades. There is another video on youtube called "how can this helicopter fly" or something along those lines, which explains why you can see the rotors moving like that.

[roelsc]

It's amazing how some people think they know everyting better, can explain everything and see conspiracy everywhere, while the truth is staring them in the face. Maybe you should check out the meaning of the word perspective. To be honest, I wish I could create this out of nothing, I guess I'd be rich by now.

Google Thames Valley Air Ambulance and you will see that it's the same machine.

[AaronSmith0]

Like a boss!

[schifty1]

It's real. if you look closely in the background, all of the bushes are being blown by the propeller downdraft.

[NWViewer1]

@aronplas5 It's called strobing. It has to do with the cameras frame rate synchronized with the props rotation.

[TheCallofdutymwf]

really lookn at how slow the blades are moving



[MovieMad007]

they appear to go in the opposite direction once they have reached total power, but we know that they in reality cannot be changing direction. So if we look at the light waves from the chopper blades they would be in a regular wave -form.

[MovieMad007]

@roelsc In a way that is correct but not entirely. You are right about the car wheel perspective too. Its to do with light velocity/frequency. Light travels at 188,000 m/p/sec and our eyes are used to seeing things either turned on or off. So the light waves is either straight up and across whereas the blades are going at a speed which is exremely fast (near the speed of sound) but our eyes cannot register it so it appears to be doing strange things like if you watch propellers on an aircraft

[PrivatePeterson]

i love how fast the rotors are spinning xDDD

[nexus1g]

@MrDenizen I personally thought the words themselves would have pointed to the humor intended. After all, one of the first questions one should ask is, "What exactly is a thief going to do with a pair of helicopter skids?" Or at least get the humorous image of a couple of befuddled EMT reviewing their situation.

[nexus1g]

@MrDenizen Oh like the smilies you included in your original humorous post! Oh wait...