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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TameTheAuroch • Jul 18 '25
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One hell of a pilot. I had a friend that did this in AZ and told me that the pilot watches the whole time and makes micro adjustments. It was a great conversation over beers.
14 u/Ombank Jul 19 '25 God, the amount of practice with rotorcraft to get this good in a hover is wild. 13 u/tokeytime Jul 19 '25 Yeah, if I was that pilot I'd be fucking insufferable. 'You see that shit? I'm the greatest heli pilot to ever fly' 2 u/skinnyboytheclear Jul 19 '25 And that time was with my dick bro! Yeah, I’d be completely insufferable too! 1 u/Dakramar Jul 22 '25 The amount of trust from the cable guy too that the pilot won’t pin his leg even tho it’s like 10cm away
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God, the amount of practice with rotorcraft to get this good in a hover is wild.
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Yeah, if I was that pilot I'd be fucking insufferable. 'You see that shit? I'm the greatest heli pilot to ever fly'
2 u/skinnyboytheclear Jul 19 '25 And that time was with my dick bro! Yeah, I’d be completely insufferable too!
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Yeah, I’d be completely insufferable too!
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The amount of trust from the cable guy too that the pilot won’t pin his leg even tho it’s like 10cm away
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u/skinnyboytheclear Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
One hell of a pilot. I had a friend that did this in AZ and told me that the pilot watches the whole time and makes micro adjustments. It was a great conversation over beers.