looks like an assload of fun!
my stomach is doing somersaults just watching it on video!
Badass footage…I would absolutely love to go along for that ride, the high or stoke associated with it would have to be quite exceptional.
Thanks for the footage:)
My personal all-time favorite “crazy chopper pilot” clip:
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AC
Here’s the othe side of that coin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiEfX3PDzTc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
the 70’s porno music adds a lot to the experience…
pow-chika-wow-wow
WTF is up with that? lol
I flew a Robinson 22 for about 30 minutes in 2001 when I was going to my Pilots License… One of the instructors had one… I had enough trouble with strait and level flight, let alone turns around a point and landing… Flying an fixed win aircraft is SO much easier its almost silly. These guys are awesome!
Damn, I never thought helicopters could do those type of maneuvers. It would be fun to ride in one of those, not counting any pucker moments.:eek: 
I love it!
Those choppers aren’t shit without COSTA hanging out the side with his feet on the skid!!
makes me sick just looking at it. There are 2 many Nam era CW4s flying in Astan that like making guys puke
BO-105s have rigid main rotor blades, which gives them a little more capability in that regard. Most American helicopters have semi-rigid rotor blades, which makes such maneuvers much more difficult.
That is some damn fine flying!
Anyone know if the soundrack is available on iTunes 
It would make great boarding music 
That would be one evil ride if you had an engine out… I’ll just watch on YouTube, thanks!
as much as I don’t like to admit it, I have absolutely no idea how a helo operates. I get the rotors spin and create lift and the tail rotor gives direction but how can it do complicated maneuvers like that?
Same way a plane does. You just don’t have thrust parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, meaning it’s harder to get the forward airspeed you need to accomplish such maneuvers. That’s why you see such drastic changes in pitch when entering the maneuvers, as the dive is necessary (in those specific situations, anyway) to create the needed relative airflow over the rotors.
Wonder how much he would charge to cut my lawn? Not much wiggle room for an oops.
Nice Vids, but standard NOE (Nap of the Earth) flying for military helo pilots, although some Euro Mil pilots take it to the extreme.
ok so how do they bank and turn?
Pitch is changed on one side of the disk (rotor assembly) and lowered on the other side which results in a bank. This is done with the cyclic. It is also the way forward and rearward movement is controlled. Yaw is controlled via the rudder pedals which increases/decreases pitch on the tail rotor thereby increasing/decreasing thrust. The tail rotor is there to counteract the torque from the main rotor. At lower speeds directional control is primarily from the rudder pedals. At higher speeds, the aircraft becomes to act more like a fixed wing airplane and directional control is a result of the aircraft’s directional stability causing it to weathervane when the helicopter is banked.
Wikipedia actually has some pretty good stuff on rotor wing aerodynamics.
Helicopter aerodynamics are far more complex than airplane aerodynamics. If an airplane is a man, think of a helicopter as a woman.
Keep in mind that I am a fixed wing pilot with only a little rotor time so I am straying to the edge of my lane. Army Chief is most certainly subject matter expert here.
I do however, unlike many of my fixed wing brothers, love helicopters so.
Yeah, based on everything I have seen, this guy is taking it to the extreme. But that said, not much more than a lucky shot would ever be able to bring him down. I’m impressed.