http://media2.ugoto.com/videos/extreme-controll-e28.wmv

Wow! I think thats the best indoor pilot I have seen yet.

I've seen him at the e-toc a couple of weeks ago, he did the same routine as on the video. The guy can sure fly!

Albert

A piece of cake

What is that plane?

Wow - that is some of the slickest flying I've seen yet! He is very, very good!

Finally an indoor 3D flier who doesn't look out of control and has a flight routine beyond hovering and rolling circles.

Ditto on that!! It looks like a very precision design!
BTW, he is definitely a good pilot, but there were guys at the ETOC that flew even better than him: Glezelis was one and Quique did well also.

yeah hes one heck of a pilot and its a pitty that i could beat that blind folded with not only an animal 3-d which he has but also with my 60 % scale edge 540

ROFL @ andrew cahill

Yeah ... he's alright, but let's see what happens when an unexpected 15 mph gust of wind throws his foamie into an unsuspecting elm tree. I'm not much on inside flying. I think dogs, cats and airplanes belong outside.

That was totally amazing.

wow!

these guys can fly as well, i like the variable prop with Scott Foster. Look at them all
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=509]vids[/link]

When you say Animal 3-d, does that mean it is designed by Andrew "Animal" Jesky? Where can I find one?

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/animal.htm

That guys is really really good! I bet he has a lot of fun doing this also! Inspiring.

joe

sorry deleted.

I talked to a guy that has seen him fly. He has some sort of little thrust vectoring rig on the motor that works in conjunction with the rudder to allow him to make those clean sharp angles... It is very impressive flying none the less.

Truely inspiring stuff. Infact it makes what the big boys did at the ETOC look totally pathetic in comparision. How embarassing.
Anybody have the details on the plane/motor combo?

That plane in the vid doesnt look like the animal shown on hobby lobby. Whats the plane in the vid, it has a fuse and looks like airfoil wing (instead of flat foam).

Benoit exhibits great precision and confidence in his flying and his routine is a real attention getter. The hero worshipers of better known fliers should give credit here where credit is due.

Benoit is a member of RCU and I've seen him online. Unless he prefers to remain out of sight he should come here and answer some of your questions. He's from Belgium but apparently speaks English.

The following is a link to one of his photos which shows him kissing a hovering plane that he calls his Fusion. As byoung466 says, his planes do appear to have a fuselage.
http://image.rcuniverse.com/gallery/...4/lg-19568.jpg

Benoit is awesome. I loved his freestyle in the E-TOC. In my opinion he is the best indoor flyer in the world. Shame the folks at the ETOC saw it differently.

That plane is the fusion. It has a full fuselage and airfoiled wings, and Benoit has the motor mounted on a gimbal that rotates with rudder input. True thrust vectoring. Thats how it does that wingtip spiral takeoff thing. If Im not mistaken I think he uses alot of EPP foam in the designs.

Here was his ETOC freestyle video.
[link=http://static.rcgroups.com/forums/attachments/1/4/1/9/9/799663.attach?DzIho7y5Yaqgqwf8BGx7AwZ2qzyxMJ3yZxM9 YJ6mYKqgqt==]Benoit Freestyle - ETOC[/link]

Benoit also flys F3Ai indoor pattern - check out this pattern sequence.
Takeoff
Reverse cuban 8
1/4 roll, 180 KE turn, 1/4 roll
Loop 1/2 roll at top exit inverted
Turn, 1/2 roll on exit
Triangle loop 1/2 roll on top exit inverted
inverted 180
one roll rolling circle exit inverted
top hat with 1/4 roll up and 1/4 roll down
2 of 4 roll
push push pull humpty bump
one torque roll
landing

Here's a video of Benoit flying these maneuvers
[link=http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/JurgenHeilig/DM2006-F3P-A-BD.wmv]Benoit F3P[/link]


Manual Nobel is pretty much the recognized world leader in indoor freestyle....check this out...and wait for the end!!!
[link=http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/vdVechten/Manuel_R.wmv]Manual Nobel - PiedPiperFreestyle[/link]

brokn n bummin - feel free to post a vid of your flying so we can compare

Very inspiring, he does everything with a purpose and you can tell he ment to do it.

Oh yeah... these guy are just off the scale... they sure look like they're in a totally different league to the other players.
and yet the judging at the E-TOC didn't swing towards these guys?
Obviously the judges need to take their heads out of their own and home grown competitor asses and take a good look around.