2015 Wingnuts Flying Circus - Chuck Aaron Red Bull Helicopter Aerobatics!!!

Enjoy this great onboard footage of Chuck Aaron putting on an awesome display in Tarkio MO for one of his final shows with Red Bull.
Cameras used:
GoPro HD Hero3+ Black Edition @ 2.7k 30fps
GoPro HD Hero4 Silver Edition @ 1080p 60fps
Big thanks to Chuck for making this footage possible!

[@thomasmuller2331]

This Dude is wearing Flip-Flops !!!!

[@MickB235]

Long blond hair , shorts and t shirt and flip flops or thongs as we call them in Australia , not surprising his nickname is 'Malibu'

[@flyer2512]

Yeah, i wanted to put that out too 🤣🤤🔥

[@leadsolo2751]

Yup .... Legends hv been known to do that !!! 😌

[@Species5008]

Lots of guys do.

[@epichourtime]

@@leadsolo2751 legendary morons do that. If you dont know the dangers of wearing flip flops and driving/flying you will find out the hard way.

[@vettebecker1]

Got the chance to fly with Chuck at an air show years ago, truly epic experience!!! I almost Sh** my pants. This man is awesome!!

[@gamestv4875]

Helicopters are notoriously hard to fly. Flying like this makes this guy a master.

[@mihaelkamenik5355]

He's not a Master,, he is above it... Look at his shoe wearings :P

[@deang5622]

They aren't notoriously difficult to fly. They take longer to learn than fixed wing. It takes longer to develop the coordination of the cyclic and collective.

[@d_kortman]

@@deang5622 yup. After a certain number of hours everything is just muscle memory. You don’t really have to think about it

[@pimuce]

@@d_kortman not so easy to fly with a helicopter all the more as you must to coordinate with gaz,cyclic,rudders (tail rotor) and collective

[@choppergirlghost]

No more difficult than driving a motorcycle. Throttle, clutch, left brake, right brake, choke... all while steering. Add in ignition switch, horn, and fuel petcock, lean angle, and adjusting your load behind you while you drive.

[@curoador]

Flying with the flip flops, legend!

[@carenbarnet378]

Chuck, you are a legend mate. When doing a TIF with my instructor in an R22, he asked if i was up to a controlled crash landing from 2,000 feet using Autorotation ... i said LETS DO IT. We survived as did the R22. Alas we couldn't do loops and rolls like this Ace.

[@chrisgates4881]

The flip flops are key!

[@jamallabarge2665]

Thanks.... that was a lot of fun to ride with him.

[@GerbenWijnja]

Also note how easy he puts it back on the ground, with a little sideways slide, backwards, almost no hovering. He makes it look so easy.

[@lupuscutis]

I know the man is a legend but this is insane. Turning a helicopter like a shopping cart.

[@frankz5864]

No music…..excellent ❤️

[@johnbanksjr6760]

in sandals? what a bad ass!

[@C.Pineda2018]

John Banks Yeah that was always one of his trademarks! Supposedly a humorous reflection of his California roots. He's from Malibu and still lives there.

[@pietskiet8763]

japanese flying boots !

[@David-yy7lb]

It would be cool to mount a camera near the swash plate to see it in action but anyway I bet that main rotor blade is catching hell

[@sempreame]

He's keeping 1G all the time. Look at his hair. Always in the same position. That is amazing, no stressing the machine.

[@Bren39]

That hair is gel.. Even 5g is not going to move it.

[@sempreame]

@@Bren39 I don't think so, but it was funny. Notice that his hair moves sometimes with the wind. 🤣🤣🤣

[@LG-ct8tw]

same with the headset wire How?

[@sempreame]

@@LG-ct8tw This is called "perfect piloting".

[@stejac51]

.... VERY impressed with Chucks special flying boots ....

[@funflyer69]

He is the best of all !!!

[@bulldogdrummond6899]

Bad to the bone! Love to see it from ground.

[@jonasduell9953]

BO 105, best heli to be made! EVER! PERIOD!

[@thesily]

I was about to say chinook but it is slow and has no kind of maneuverability, so I agree with u

[@oscarpimentel3315]

Great Pilot, very nice

[@ShivaShiva-nw6hy]

Excellent performance 👍

[@MisterRedBlueBlur]

Vielleicht hätte ich vor diesem Video doch lieber keine Ravioli essen sollen. Aber gut..., dafür ist mein Schreibtisch jetzt schön bunt. Nein Quatsch.😋 Super Pilot und eine tolle Bo-105! Vielen Dank fürs Teilen.😀

[@MrDPdrum]

The compass is like, I’ll follow you.

[@vinkenwood8233]

I saw him in Pardubice, amazing show!

[@igorcappellin377]

Chuck Aaron numero 1! 😎

[@maxmasterson3804]

Chuck taught my dad to fly helicopters in orlando in the late 80's, he was a hell of a pilot and a super cool guy!

[@shable1436]

He still alive?

[@maxmasterson3804]

Is who alive?

[@mariamelean4880]

Chuck aaron red bul🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@joegranata7936]

just making aerobatics with helicopter wearing flip flops makes me crazy!

[@younggeist1260]

Pilot: We are heading to the ground. Passanger: Are we there yet?

[@derhaas9209]

The Coolest guy ever! Chuck aaron, hold my cup of coffee, i`m back in 5 minutes.

[@jessechavez7234]

Never been in a helicopter But I like them machines, !

[@gldi8hr]

The BO-105 is deff a very capable of machine, like a muscle 🚁‼️

[@jessechavez7234]

Hey man! Awesome I like helis,I can only play with my rc like that. Respect.. !

[@bulentteymur4906]

Super performance

[@geraldhaller9906]

Beeindruckend geflogen und nach wie vor einer der schönsten und besten Hubschrauber der Welt , Schade das die Bo 105 so selten geworden ist . In meiner Kindheit habe ich die regelmäßig am Himmel gesehen und als ganz kleiner Bub habe ich in Hannover eine Vorführung gesehen wo mit einer Bo 105 Loopings geflogen wurden und am ende standen wir Zuschauer Kopf und ich hatte den Mund nicht zu bekommen vor Begeisterung seit dem Träume ich davon einmal mit einer Bo105 zu fliergen bzw mit zu fliegen leider hat sich das bisher nie ergeben . für mich der beste Heli aller Zeiten und er war seiner Zeit voraus so sehr das er immer noch modern wirkt ich hoffe das er in 100 Jahren noch geflogen werden kann

[@rubes3927]

Flying with thongs 🩴 (flip flops)!!! I’m dead 😂😂 fkn incredible though

[@AdiAsaf]

Dying your hair at an old age gives you magic powers...

[@michaelrice500]

Wow! I had no idea that David Crosby was a master helicopter pilot!

[@gadgetbass9175]

The guy is so relaxed and calm, it is like a Saturday morning run for the hundred dollar hamburger. even dressed for it with shorts and flip flops.

[@herrgris7654]

Flipflops he is a master!!

[@yeeeehaaawbuddy]

If I was in that helicopter, my name would be Rrrrraaaalph.

[@firemedic5100]

I never thought the BO would be capable of doing these maneuvers. Impressive.

[@C.Pineda2018]

It’s heavily modified by Red Bull

[@dacat8171]

@@C.Pineda2018 I'd say it is not that much modified. It is still a certified model of the BO-105 and therefore no modifications are allowed. The BO-105 was previously designed to be a anti-tank helicopter. For superior handling it was equiped with a rigid rotor that was also mounted on the successor BK-117 and later on the four bladed H145 before it was upgraded to a five blade rigid and bearingless rotor.

[@C.Pineda2018]

@@dacat8171 Chuck himself said at his Wright Brothers award ceremony this past summer that Red Bull essentially gave him a blank check to modify the helicopter as necessary. It’s certified in the experimental category. No normal helicopter can do this stuff.

[@dacat8171]

@@C.Pineda2018 You're wrong and I am right. As mentioned in my first post that helicopter was designed to be an anti-tank helicopter with superb manoeuvrability. Key to success is the hingeless rigid rotor head which makes control input very direct, but also causes a relatively high vibration level. That being said all standard BO-105 are looping capable. When the BO came into military service aerobatics were displayed to publics occasionally on certain events. RB was not a registered trademark at this time. 'Rammstein incident' changed everything in terms of public dynamic displays in Germany and thus public helicopter aerobatics was over. Two of the RB BO-105 are German registered, used to be law enforcement helicopters in their previous lives and are allowed to perform aerobatics officially although stock BO105. The loads on the helicopter during aerobatics are not extremely high and thus limit loads are never exceeded. That comes into play because the lifetime of these helicopters is limited to a relatively small number of hours. But lifetime gets extended on a regular basis by the OEM as the limit loads are never exceeded, because these manoeuvres are more or less 'natural' BO105 manoeuvres. There is that rumor that the RB 105 is mounted with extra stiff rotor blades, runs higher main rotor RPMs and has got an extra amount of FWD-CG. That is not true. Only reason is to make people aware of not performing aerobatics on their own with their stock BO105, because special pilot training is required. It is impossible to modify these parameters only by a lunatic pilot only because he is in the mood to, as these modifications would cause a severe change in the rigging and the rotor loads. Bare in mind that this helicopter underwent a very long certification process 50 years ago and the OEM clearly has got no intentions to spend additional money when there are already two successors in service. BTW the rotor head of the four bladed H145 is the same as the BO105 - > 50 years old. Long story short: All helicopters with a hingeless rotor head are capable of 'looping' e.g. Tigre, H135, H145, NH90 just to name a few.

[@C.Pineda2018]

@@dacat8171 Lmao I’m not reading all that. Maybe you should tell Chuck Aaron he’s spreading false rumors about his own helicopter. One of us knows the guy and it isn’t you.

[@DevInvest]

Airwolf and Blue Thunder approve.

[@allpacino.3962]

Wow🙂

[@gremics-gallery]

ONE Cracked airframe... Maintenance is going to love this guy. 🤪

[@iLL3571]

What's the watch model he's wearing?

[@Pro052du973]

Hey, You live at Tarkio MO right? :D that cool to have an AirShow :) I want to ask you, if you can don pictures of the airport as I'm doing Tarkio for Flight Simulator X, hope you can and thanks is advance :)

[@behindthen0thing]

I guess not

[@mikesmith7249]

Dude is wearing sandals and shorts lol. Thats awesome

[@jonan2774]

Bro How's his hair stayin up doe

[@AdamCchannel]

Why is he holding the collective like that? Are there some additional switches/buttons he needs to be pressing?

[@hondo500e]

ACchannel It could be that he is just more comfortable holding it that way. Idk, but Chuck Aaron is the king of the BO105.

[@hokee01]

I can now reference the middle section of this video when trying to describe how my takeoffs and landings look with the 64 in DCS.

[@pizzasubs]

Just a quick question if I may, see here in this video that he did this performance without wearing a helmet, but in other I see him wearing one, isnt he required to wear one when he actually did performances like this????

[@EMAHGERD]

Helmets are only mandatory for pilots in things like military or SAR, they do the same thing as a regular headset plus sometimes have addons like HUD, sunshades etc. They're convenient since they're fitted and you don't have to adjust and put on things like sunglasses, headsets etc one by one

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

[@Danny_B_81]

ME: wearing flip flops on beach MR. AARON: wearing flip flops while wrangling a chopper into maneuvers it should not be able to do.

[@theosaayman632]

is that the radio or gearbox lol

[@jonwingate5535]

Igor Sikorskey would be proud!!

[@Joshtow167]

Bet this dude flew in nam. Nice flying

[@jamallabarge2665]

Don't know.... I can't find his military record. He did fly for NASA in search and rescue. He also tested military helicopter systems.

[@jamessv5020]

This is a fictional dialogue: Chris: James, I am going for a spin. Join me? James: nope... Nope...NOPE!!!!

[@JT-jz4ls]

The glass is broken...how is the bird?

[@C.Pineda2018]

m i s b e h a v e. How is it broken? There’s a bug splat on the front but I can assure you the windows weren’t broken.

[@CC-Rider]

Rigid Rotor System works

[@Tom-dd8vt]

Not many people do this

[@bastiaanstapelberg9018]

The Bond pilot

[@SkyBaum]

Good ol’ Chuck. Wish I had $6500:)

[@brokenmedic9133]

$6,500?

[@SkyBaum]

@@brokenmedic9133 yup the cost for an hr of training.

[@straytarnish9443]

Wing nuts are supposed to be for holding everything down on the ground apparently this guy is flying the Wingnut

[@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176]

there is a distinct lack OF CROWDS and other attractions i'm guessing this was a rehearsal day before the show

[@C.Pineda2018]

This was his show day performance at the Tarkio Air Show in 2015. I can assure you there were over 180 aircraft parked in the fields and several hundred people in attendance. It’s a tiny airport in a tiny town so you’re not gonna see thousands upon thousands of people like you would at Oshkosh or another major air show.

[@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176]

@@C.Pineda2018 that explains it better there is evidence of a fly in as loads of harvards there but not much evidence of normal show crowds

[@shaunlionudakis8251]

Anyone else notice the Oakley minute machine watch he is wearing I own five different minute machines Awesome watch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻helicopter is bad ass as well

[@dalecarpenter8828]

he wonders why no one want a ride ?

[@afterhourshotrods6882]

Lol..... His HI/DG on the splitter couldn't keep up with the maneuvers he was performing!!!!!! RIP Dietrich.....

[@cspg17whuidemudewobosok9]

Money me 4m dollar 😎👂

[@chipfire]

Wonder if the designer of every critical component assumed this is what they’d do with it?

[@carloscortes5570]

I can't understand how he barely moves the collective, besides to roll it like that the blades need to have negative pitch.otherwise I can't figure it out.makes it look so easy

[@lechiffre2617]

I dont think theres any negative pitch involved. 0 degrees would be enough.

[@rotorcraftsimulation]

Wearing shorts and flipflops to perform fucking insane helicopter acrobatics...zero fuck given, what a hero!

[@Riotdrone]

i'm not sure the flip flops were the right choice

[@yamacat4010]

No parachute?

[@TheDiverdaleBrothers]

dang he did it with no g suit did he take g's

[@adakalyoncu1913]

It probably does not pull more than 5 G's, there are roller coasters that put you under higher G forces

[@davidkomakech9769]

The type of helicopter matters.The Robinson or a b206 cannot perform these manouvres.

[@ddtddt8493]

before Malibu no one even knew such stunts were even feasible

[@branchprediction9923]

Lol ??

[@theosaayman632]

not very talkative must be consentrating lol respect to him

[@jonathansmith7400]

Probably the most had ass thing about this being he is wearing flip flops. Great toy to fly with a rigid head rotor system, not many machines can be thrown around like this, don't try it in an Robbie.

[@tripodcatz5532]

I don't agree with women having facial hair like this, yet she knows how to handle a helo!

[@timothyhopper8804]

somebody needs to tell this guy that's NOT a fixed wing aircraft, I mean, c'mon🤪🤪🤪🤪. this from an old Viet Nam era rotor head.

[@kz4506]

Very low

[@theosaayman632]

bet he cant hover lol

[@Yonana529]

Nope

[@jkjo1960]

Hey! Aaron cannot do all these if not for the rigid rotor of this helicopter MBBO! He's effectively an airplane pilot as a result of this rigid rotor! I can do that myself if I have a rigid rotor helicopter. Nothing so special about Aaron, in fact, he wasn't the 1st to do that in the MBBO. Have you heard of CHARLY ZIMMERMAN? ?

[@C.Pineda2018]

Oh cry me a river and enjoy the video hahahahaha

[@MegaTotomi]

I feel like vomiting 🤢🤮

[@vincestapleton703]

Please kill the annoying audio. How about some inspiring music instead?

[@C.Pineda2018]

If I had put music on this someone else would complain that the music was annoying. Either hear the engine noise or I get a copyright strike.

[@vincestapleton703]

@@C.Pineda2018 There is plenty of stock music available that is made for the use of homemade videos.

[@neverever1270]

I can hear my dad saying fuck this from his grave.

[@fjs1111]

Do that too long and the turbine will lose oil pressure

[@dennispratt559]

Is that pilot a man or a woman