so... how does this work?

[Omegachi]

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[Vinfinite]

fake?

 

[imported_Mike]

looks like a model

If it is real, I have no clue how it is actually flying.

 

[Nohr]

Don't some helicopters have dual rotors? Maybe one was turned off somehow.

 

[OverVolt]

Common sense says: fake

 

[mobobuff]

My first reaction was that the frame rate of the camera happened to be synchronized with the speed of the prop, but it looks like the chopper rises at one point, meaning the props wouldn't be at a consistent speed, so you'd see motion. So I really don't know.

What supports this is the illusion that the tail prop is spinning extremely slowly, again because of the camera framerate.

There's a video I saw a long time ago of someone doing a power slide in a Porsche, and the framerate made the wheels look as though they weren't even spinning. You see this kind of illusion in videos all the time.

 

[Vinfinite]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
My first reaction was that the frame rate of the camera happened to be synchronized with the speed of the prop, but it looks like the chopper rises at one point, meaning the props wouldn't be at a consistent speed, so you'd see motion. So I really don't know.

What supports this is the illusion that the tail prop is spinning extremely slowly, again because of the camera framerate.

There's a video I saw a long time ago of someone doing a power slide in a Porsche, and the framerate made the wheels look as though they weren't even spinning. You see this kind of illusion in videos all the time.

wow never thought of that, nice.

I'd like to change my answer to this please

 

[esun]

If it isn't a physical illusion (i.e. a fake helicopter or a model), then it could be that the finite sampling speed of the camera happens to match the rotation rate of the blades (or some fraction of it making the blades appear stationary). This would be the same reason car tires appear to spin very slowly (or sometimes backwards) on film as well.

 

[imported_Mike]

break says the fps match the blades

 

[irishScott]

Unless they gave the chopper the direct lift system used in the harrier, I say fake. Didn't see an opening for a lift fan.

 

[Alone]

That's insane. I love technology.

 

[FleshLight]

In Soviet Russia, tail rotor provides lift.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
In Soviet Russia, tail rotor provides lift.

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