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Air Race to Abu Dhabi
April 6 in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, the first round of air race Red Bull Air Race-2007. It's a aviaslalom in which participants at a time are special routes. It is designated a "gateway" - the 18-meter high inflatable pylons mounted on land or water. Along the way, the pilot must perform a series of aerial acrobatic figures. Who will do everything quickly, from the winner. For each mistake gets penalty points.
Aircraft flying at a speed of 450 km / h at an altitude of less than 14 m.
In the race involved planes Super Slick, Extra 300S, MX2, CAP 232, but the most popular model - Edge 540. This plane ... weighing 530 kg with an engine capacity of 300 l / s.
Despite the modest figures (except for the price - about $ 2 million.) This is extremely agile and compliant aircraft is capable of performing the most complex aerobatics and carrying heavy overload.
At the time of vertical take-off the pilot can withstand an overload of up to 10 G (Gravitational forces), while Formula 1 driver - only 5 5 G. Here the usual mass of pilots increased ten times, blood rushes to your feet (to take off), or the head (at a sharp peak). With a vertical rise of the weight of the head, "increased" up to 50 kg., So drivers often get a cervical spine injury.
Pilots, unlike pilots of Formula 1, do not fix the neck with a special band - they have to constantly look around and can not constrain itself in motion.
Frequent overload (and especially sudden changes of positive and negative overload) injurious to health: disrupted cardiovascular, vision deteriorates. In the worst case, the pressure of the pilot can drop greatly, and he lost consciousness right in the cockpit.
In Abu Dhabi, 14 pilots competed in Europe and the United States. For the first time in the race uchuvstvoval pilot from the CIS - an absolute four-time champion Russian Aerobatic, Petersburger Sergei Rachmaninoff. Age pilots - 40 to 60 years. Young animals is not the place: in these competitions traditionally involved only matter aces
The race was won the most titled pilot of aerobatics, the national hero of Hungary, Peter Crazy. He was at the time the first flying upside-down from the Chain Bridge (Chain Bridge) in Budapest, and in China in the same manner swept through the 127-meter mountain tunnel width of 28 m.
That Peter owes its existence Raging Red Bull Air Race. In 2001, the Hungarian pilot had the idea to combine the elements of air sports and car racing. Implement ideas helped Austrian company Red Bull.
After that, the air race was repeatedly held in Zeltweg (Austria), Budapest (Hungary), in Campbell and Longley (UK), Reno and San Francisco (USA), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Rock-of-Cashel (Ireland) and many other cities. In Abu Dhabi, the race has been held for the third time. This year, the city's waterfront has gathered more than 250 thousand. Viewers. (a record number of onlookers were recorded in Budapest in 2005 - 1, 5 mln. people)
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Aircraft flying at a speed of 450 km / h at an altitude of less than 14 m.
In the race involved planes Super Slick, Extra 300S, MX2, CAP 232, but the most popular model - Edge 540. This plane ... weighing 530 kg with an engine capacity of 300 l / s.
Despite the modest figures (except for the price - about $ 2 million.) This is extremely agile and compliant aircraft is capable of performing the most complex aerobatics and carrying heavy overload.
At the time of vertical take-off the pilot can withstand an overload of up to 10 G (Gravitational forces), while Formula 1 driver - only 5 5 G. Here the usual mass of pilots increased ten times, blood rushes to your feet (to take off), or the head (at a sharp peak). With a vertical rise of the weight of the head, "increased" up to 50 kg., So drivers often get a cervical spine injury.
Pilots, unlike pilots of Formula 1, do not fix the neck with a special band - they have to constantly look around and can not constrain itself in motion.
Frequent overload (and especially sudden changes of positive and negative overload) injurious to health: disrupted cardiovascular, vision deteriorates. In the worst case, the pressure of the pilot can drop greatly, and he lost consciousness right in the cockpit.
In Abu Dhabi, 14 pilots competed in Europe and the United States. For the first time in the race uchuvstvoval pilot from the CIS - an absolute four-time champion Russian Aerobatic, Petersburger Sergei Rachmaninoff. Age pilots - 40 to 60 years. Young animals is not the place: in these competitions traditionally involved only matter aces
The race was won the most titled pilot of aerobatics, the national hero of Hungary, Peter Crazy. He was at the time the first flying upside-down from the Chain Bridge (Chain Bridge) in Budapest, and in China in the same manner swept through the 127-meter mountain tunnel width of 28 m.
That Peter owes its existence Raging Red Bull Air Race. In 2001, the Hungarian pilot had the idea to combine the elements of air sports and car racing. Implement ideas helped Austrian company Red Bull.
After that, the air race was repeatedly held in Zeltweg (Austria), Budapest (Hungary), in Campbell and Longley (UK), Reno and San Francisco (USA), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Rock-of-Cashel (Ireland) and many other cities. In Abu Dhabi, the race has been held for the third time. This year, the city's waterfront has gathered more than 250 thousand. Viewers. (a record number of onlookers were recorded in Budapest in 2005 - 1, 5 mln. people)
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