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SUN N FUN 2010
PHOTOS OF SUN N FUN 2010
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THE RED BULL BO 105 IS AN EXPERIMENTAL HELI


CHUCK AARON AND I JUST PRIOR TO GOING FOR THE AEROBATIC RIDE


MARK AND THE MAD MOSQUITO IN THE HOVER LANE BEHIND THE RED BULL


CHUCK AARON AND SON CHARLES. CHARLES FLIES THE RED BULL TO THE AIR SHOWS AND CHUCK FLIES IN COMMERCIALLY TO DO THE AIRSHOW ROUTINES.ALONG WITH CHARLES THERE IS A RED BULL GUY TOO. THERE ARE TWO RED BULL HELICOPTERS...ONE ON THE WEST COAST AND ONE ON THE EAST COAST.


CHUCK AND CHARLES IN FRONT OF THE RED BULL AND MARK HOVERING THE MAD MOSQUITO IN THE LANE NEXT TO THE RED BULL


WE'RE ABOARD AND READY TO PULL PITCH FOR AN INCREDIBLE RIDE. AT THIS POINT, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING FOR JUST A RIDE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT.


A FEW MILES FROM TAKE OFF, CHUCK ASKED IF I WERE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.I KNEW THEN THAT I WAS IN FOR A SUPER EXPERIENCE. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED RIDING AEROBATICS, BUT NEVER FIGURED IT WOULD BE IN A HELICOPTER...AND IN THE RED BULL, TOO!!! i SNAPPED A COUPLE OF STILLS THEN SET THE CAMERA FOR VIDEO. GUESS I WAS SO PUMPED, I DIDN'T HAVE THE VIDEO ON AT FIRST. YOU CAN SEE THE ROTOR AND THE GROUND WHILE LOOKING...UP ER A DOWN FROM UPSIDE DOWN. WHAT A RUSH!


HERE I'M POSING WITH ROGER BUIS IN FRONT OF OTTO PRIOR TO THE NIGHT FIREWORKS ROUTINE. BEING ON THE GROUND CREW FOR THE SHOW WAS FANTASTIC.WE BASICALLY SET UP A HUGE AMERICAN FLAG WHICH WE HOOK ONTO THE CARGO HOOK ON THE BELLY OF THE HELICOPTER WHILE ROGER HOVERS OVERHEAD.THIS OCCURS AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE ROUTINE, AND AS ROGER PULLS UP THE FLAG WE SHINE TWO SUPER BRIGHT LIGHTS ON THE FLAG. HE STAYS IN A CONTINUEOUS TORQUE TURN PIROUETTE (NO TAIL ROTOR PEDAL APPLIED). THIS SENDS THE DISCHARGED FIREWORKS IN EVERY DIRECTION. IT IS A MARVELOUS SITE.YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE FIREWORKS ASSEMBLY'S ON THE LEFT SKID. THERE IS A DUPLICATE ON THE RIGHT SKID.


HERE IS 265 POUND ROGER BUIS TRYING OUT THE MAD MOSQUITO.THE CG WAS FORWARD WITH HIS WEIGHT SO HE JUST DID HOVERING, PEDAL TURNS, AND HOVER TAXI.THIS IS THE FIRST HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER OF ANY KIND THAT ROGER HAS FLOWN.


MORE FUN FOR ROGER


EVEN MORE FUN FOR ROGER


YES AND EVEN MORE FUN FOR ROGER
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