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[OFF-topic] Meanwhile in Brazil...

Posted by Gian Carlo M. on January 16, 2012 at 5:30am

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don't forget to watch the video in the linked site :D

This guy was arrested by the police for piloting his R/C plane on a busy highway, while on a bike driven by his girlfriend.

According to the reporter the news crew spotted the couple trying to trick the police by flying the airplane at a higher altitude while crossing border patrol.

http://g1.globo.com/parana/noticia/2012/01/rapaz-e-detido-no-parana-apos-pilotar-aeromodelo-na-garupa-de-moto.html

It's kind of funny... but dangerous and unfortunately giving R/C flying a bad reputation.

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  • eduardo January 17, 2012 at 12:28pm

    I am Brasilian but i say : %&#@ (edited by moderator) brazilian idiot ....

    Retardado infeliz.

    O aviao tinha que ter caido na cabeça dele !

  • Ellison Chan January 16, 2012 at 9:07am

    Should have just let Chrome translate it:

    A young man was spotted by a reporter of the film RPC TV Iguassu Falls when he was flying a model airplane on the back of a motorcycle in the BR-277 in western Paraná. The girlfriend of the guy driving the bike. The model aircraft can reach 100 km / h.

    In the pictures you can see the device's remote control model airplane in the boy's hand. The small plane flies over the road and is close to other riders, putting everyone at risk.

    To pass through the checkpoint of the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the young model's altitude increases. The maneuver, however, did not fool the police noted that the board of the bike and soon after, arrested the couple. The boy and girl were taken to the precinct of St. Therese of Itaipu.

  • Ellison Chan January 16, 2012 at 9:00am

    Oops, forgot it was Brazil.  Portuguese of course.  Not wonder it seemed like strange Spanish. ;-)

  • Gian Carlo M. January 16, 2012 at 8:59am

    @ellison the video was made by reporters who happened to be on the highway at the time

  • Gian Carlo M. January 16, 2012 at 8:58am

    it's portuguese guys... not spanish. in brazil we speak portuguese... lol

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    Brian January 16, 2012 at 8:57am

    I think it was just kids doing something stupid, the translated article did not say anything about anything illicit, but who knows.  It's kind of funny to read the translated comments.  Seems that things are the same everywhere.  There were only a few comments, one seemed to be on the reporter's case w/my impression that this is a non-story, another's comments were how there are no specific laws against this and a third was safety issue where the plane could have gone out of control and crashed into a motorcycle or car windshield killing folks...  Those sound like some of the same comments that happen with stories where that FPV guy flys around cities in the US...

  • Ellison Chan January 16, 2012 at 8:57am

    From what little Spanish I understand:

    Um rapaz foi flagrado por um repórter cinematográfico da RPC TV Foz do Iguaçu...


    I think he was a reporter for this "RPC TV"..

  • Gian Carlo M. January 16, 2012 at 8:52am

    @robert I think it was just for fun (maybe he'd like to post a cool youtube vid...:)). i actually mis-translated.. it wasn't a border crossing, just a highway police patrol station he passed by.

  • Rob_Lefebvre January 16, 2012 at 8:46am

    So, why exactly was he doing this?  Just for fun?  Or drug smuggling (related to the board crossing situation).

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    Brian January 16, 2012 at 8:44am

    It's the same.  Wow, I have to admit that I've thought it would be cool to rid as a passenger in the back country and fly a plane as the vehicle moves, but on a busy road?

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