Post by ngatimozart on Sept 6, 2013 22:45:16 GMT 12
A 19 yr old in the US was killed flying his RC helicopter.
Sad. There is a link to one his Youtube vids on the Stuff story above.
Teen scalped by toy helicopter
A US teenager was killed after the toy helicopter he was flying hit him in the head.
The New York Post named the 19-year-old victim as Roman Pirozek, from Brooklyn.
The paper said that Pirozek lost control of toy aircraft and it "boomeranged and sliced off the top of his head".
Three members of his helicopter club, Seaview Rotary Wings, were with him at the time of the accident.
One witness, 13-year-old Maria Delgado, told the Post: "I was playing at the park and we came into the clearing and we just saw a body on the floor, he was just decapitated, the whole top of his head was gone."
Officials confirmed that helicopter also sheared off part Pirozek's shoulder.
Pirozek's helicopter is reportedly a Taiwanese model that cost more than $1000.
A police source told the Wall Street Journal: "He was known to be aggressive in his flying and often executed tricks. He was executing a trick when he was struck."
Pirozek had a YouTube page to which he uploaded videos of him flying remote-controlled helicopters.
In one post, written in April, he said his new blades "feel more stable and can handle the sudden and harsh maneuvers very well, and they are also very agile and smooth"
Last month he wrote: "Loving my Trex700N DFC flying geat with the O.S. 105 regulated, Hatori Pipe, Cool Power 20% loving it man one of the best nitros that I have ever flown with so much power."
A US teenager was killed after the toy helicopter he was flying hit him in the head.
The New York Post named the 19-year-old victim as Roman Pirozek, from Brooklyn.
The paper said that Pirozek lost control of toy aircraft and it "boomeranged and sliced off the top of his head".
Three members of his helicopter club, Seaview Rotary Wings, were with him at the time of the accident.
One witness, 13-year-old Maria Delgado, told the Post: "I was playing at the park and we came into the clearing and we just saw a body on the floor, he was just decapitated, the whole top of his head was gone."
Officials confirmed that helicopter also sheared off part Pirozek's shoulder.
Pirozek's helicopter is reportedly a Taiwanese model that cost more than $1000.
A police source told the Wall Street Journal: "He was known to be aggressive in his flying and often executed tricks. He was executing a trick when he was struck."
Pirozek had a YouTube page to which he uploaded videos of him flying remote-controlled helicopters.
In one post, written in April, he said his new blades "feel more stable and can handle the sudden and harsh maneuvers very well, and they are also very agile and smooth"
Last month he wrote: "Loving my Trex700N DFC flying geat with the O.S. 105 regulated, Hatori Pipe, Cool Power 20% loving it man one of the best nitros that I have ever flown with so much power."
Sad. There is a link to one his Youtube vids on the Stuff story above.
Yes Shorty I agree with you. The RC helicopters pose the same dangers to bystanders as the real ones. Unfortunately this fulla found out the really hard way.