kriegsmacht,

I certainly don't think your an idiot, you want to understand something or at least have it expalined so you can wrap your head around it..lots of great inventions have been discovered exactly the same way.

Keep in mind, until 1530 EVERYONE KNEW that the earth was the center of the world and it was not until Copernicus observed that this was not the case and had the cajones to step up and say so did things change.
He also did this without the aid of a telescope, just hours watching the sky, pretty amazing thing really.

Good luck, and for the record, my prediction is that the chopper will bounce off teh side of the box and shear the rotor blades.
At least thats what would happen if I was flying it.