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Safety - RC Helis are not toys > Barrier Netting to Stop a Heli?
 
 
arceye
Veteran
Location: UK

Why is it that people seem to think a net will not stop a 90 size heli ?

Netting doesn't have to be very strong to be effective, all it has to do is fold the blades which it will do immediately and easily. Infact the netting is more efficient if it is a little loose. The netting used as the 3d masters is more than enough to arrest an incoming 90 with ease.

Andy


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06-05-2007 Over year old.
 
 
J.D. Wilson
Elite Veteran
Location: Nashville, TN

I think this is a great idea, especially at events with numerous spectators. I would even feel better if my club had it as we often have a lot of lookers getting close to the action. Great suggestion.

Let your flying do the talking - don't talk about your flying
06-05-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Helikrasher
Veteran
Location: USA

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Netting doesn't have to be very strong to be effective, all it has to do is fold the blades which it will do immediately and easily. Infact the netting is more efficient if it is a little loose. The netting used as the 3d masters is more than enough to arrest an incoming 90 with ease.

The net may be fragile in some ways, but will work perfectly for what it is used for in the picture ... which is to keep helis from attacking the spectators and the spectators from attacking the pilots

Now, it's useless and ineffective (in most cases) for what it's not designed for, like say a gang of rabid, knife-wielding monkeys well the net is toast .... but a more realistic scenario - say, a wild flock of flesh-eating sugar glider babies, while not designed for that, the net may actually prove quite effective in shielding an attack on the innocent spectators.

HK ... In a world of compromise, some don't.
06-05-2007 Over year old.
 
 
AirWolfRC
rrProfessor
Location: 42½ N, 83½ W

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Do you live in a small box under a very large pile of rocks and never leave. Have you never seen crash barriers that absorb impact of crashing vehicles, or test done on cars to prevent injury to pedestrians or speed limits being lowred or cops with speed guns to slow people down or......................... the list is endless what is done to reduce deaths caused by cars to pedestrians and the vehicles inhabitants.
Not really, but others might. The point that is eluding everyone is those numbers have been with us for decades. Through the 55 speed limit and before. But they aren't changing much, in spite of all the added precautions.

The more you work to protect yourself from the idiots, the smarter the idiots get.

Onec you get the netting up, the next question is going to be how to make the netting higher, and so on . . . . . .

Makes you wonder how mankind ever survived the iron age.
06-05-2007 Over year old.
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Havoc
Key Veteran
Location: Ky.

The main problem with many barrier type solutions is someone invariably gets backed into one as they are trying to get out of the way. But the barrier netting in front of the spectators isn't as bad of an idea as the barriers sometimes in place that pilots are supposed to stand behind. Those are just pilot traps.
06-05-2007 Over year old.
 
 
kangarooster
Senior Heliman
Location: Orlando Fl-USA

You might want to check with CopterDoctor.
As I recall he has had some experience with nets and Heli's.
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
tadawson
Elite Veteran
Location: Lewisville, TX

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The more you work to protect yourself from the idiots, the smarter the idiots get.

"Remember, even genius has it's limits . . . . stupidity, however, is unbounded . . . "

- Tim
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Helikrasher
Veteran
Location: USA

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"Remember, even genius has it's limits . . . . stupidity, however, is unbounded . . . "

I'm sure he knows that

HK ... In a world of compromise, some don't.
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
helimodels
Senior Heliman
Location: Dublin, Ireland

test that netting!!!

a call to Jeff Barringer: Jeff please find someone to donate a worn out 60 heli a fly it into that net.
Post the video here? Love to see it
06-06-2007 Over year old.
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martinic
Veteran
Location: NB, Canada

That's a good idea - would certainly make me feel better. I was hoping for a report of an actual heli flying into one of these nets.

I wonder if it would actually prevent or lessen damage to the heli too (a bonus)?
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
TOSH
Elite Veteran
Location: On the wagon.

I know I said it would just about stop a hornet but actually l think it would stop a 90. The thing is how far would the 90 move the netting if you see what l mean and how close do we sit to the fence.

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06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
martinic
Veteran
Location: NB, Canada

As long as people have a chance to move back, then that shouldn't be too bad. It would be better if they were back a bit though. Then again, if they could move back, they could probably get out of the way without a net too?
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Havoc
Key Veteran
Location: Ky.

What about a MOAFS system?
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
martinic
Veteran
Location: NB, Canada

OK - I'll bite. What is a "MOAFS" system? (Mother of all Fencing Systems?)
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Havoc
Key Veteran
Location: Ky.

almost, Mother of All Foo Shields.
06-06-2007 Over year old.
 
 
helimodels
Senior Heliman
Location: Dublin, Ireland

test that netting!!!

I propose to pester/ petition 3d Masters organisers to provide proof their flimsy looking net works, see earlier post
06-06-2007 Over year old.
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TrexRookie
Key Veteran
Location: San Francisco, CA

chain link fence... that'll definitely stop a 90.
06-09-2007 Over year old.
 
 
helimodels
Senior Heliman
Location: Dublin, Ireland

for update
3dx.eu.com/forums/showthread.php?p=256
(put www. first)
sorry have to copy and paste into browser dont know why
06-10-2007 Over year old.
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Helikrasher
Veteran
Location: USA

Your link is no good ....

HK ... In a world of compromise, some don't.
06-10-2007 Over year old.
 
 
TrexRookie
Key Veteran
Location: San Francisco, CA

well a net like that is DEFINITELY no good if the minimum clearance distance is not observed by the spectators.... a chain link fence is much more forgiving in this sense because it doesn't flex nearly as much as a net like this... only problem is, chain link fences aren't as easy to put up...
06-10-2007 Over year old.
 
 
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