USA vs Japan in the open a beer bottle with a helicopter contest

[crab]

http://www.glumbert.com/media/beerbottle

 

[FrustratedUser]

Awesome but those caps look rigged somehow. They just pop off.

 

[slayer202]

looks like they are just sitting on top. otherwise it would be way too hard

 

[FleshLight]

Cute party trick

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Awesome but those caps look rigged somehow. They just pop off.

Any idea how much force that helicopter has?

Edit: I haven't yet watched the entire thing, though..so take it as you will..

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Awesome but those caps look rigged somehow. They just pop off.

It looks like the bottles are mounted to the table. If I were a cap I'd pop off to with the force of a helicopter pulling me off. It looks like the table/device holds them pretty tight against the table.

 

[mordantmonkey]

it's not that the caps are rigged, but that the bottles are secured to the platform very tightly. they aren't opening them using the lever action but by just ripping the caps up and off.

 

[paulney]

I was expecting the helicopter to rip off the cap along with the top-end of the bottle...

 

[randay]

wtf lol! crazy. i have a hard time believe that is real. who would risk crashing for such a contest?

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Awesome but those caps look rigged somehow. They just pop off.

Any idea how much force that helicopter has?

Yup. :beer:

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: paulney
I was expecting the helicopter to rip off the cap along with the top-end of the bottle...

I think it broke the first bottle the US guy opened.

And, you can't forget, USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

 

[GTaudiophile]

Best sport ever!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: randay
wtf lol! crazy. i have a hard time believe that is real. who would risk crashing for such a contest?

Who would risk crashing for a car race?

Who would risk getting hurt for a football game?

Who would risk crashing for an air race?

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: randay
wtf lol! crazy. i have a hard time believe that is real. who would risk crashing for such a contest?

Who would risk crashing for a car race?

Who would risk getting hurt for a football game?

Who would risk crashing for an air race?

Im sorry, opening beer bottles with a bottle opener is not a regular use for a helicopter.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: randay
Im sorry, opening beer bottles with a bottle opener is not a regular use for a helicopter.

So?

 

[SlitheryDee]

Man that just looks frustrating...

 

[eakers]

now THAT is a sport

 

[Baked]

Damn, talk about a steady hand.

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Man that just looks frustrating...

Agreed. I started getting restless just watching them try to stabilize the helicopter.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: randay
wtf lol! crazy. i have a hard time believe that is real. who would risk crashing for such a contest?

The Japanese, thats who.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: randay
wtf lol! crazy. i have a hard time believe that is real. who would risk crashing for such a contest?

There's a fairly small risk of crashing...the worst that would happen is that you'd accidentally nudge the helicopter too far forward and break a bottle. You'd have to be piss-poor at hovering to actually crash, and I think it goes without saying that you wouldn't have opened any bottles beforehand.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: randay
wtf lol! crazy. i have a hard time believe that is real. who would risk crashing for such a contest?

There's a fairly small risk of crashing...the worst that would happen is that you'd accidentally nudge the helicopter too far forward and break a bottle. You'd have to be piss-poor at hovering to actually crash, and I think it goes without saying that you wouldn't have opened any bottles beforehand.

Is it easy to do that? Are you a helicopter pilot?

 

[imported_goku]

GTA SA/ Vice city anyone?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: randay

Is it easy to do that? Are you a helicopter pilot?

Hovering isn't easy, but unless you get sick of the small, precise movements necessary to maneuver it around and shove the stick hard for no reason, your chopper isn't going to spontaneously crash while doing it.

Parallel parking isn't easy either, but very few people manage to total their cars in the attempt.