Author Topic: Racing legends Colin McRae  (Read 2523 times)

Offline shepgti

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #10 on: 28 January 2013, 19:59 »
thats a mistake yeah, but does that make him a prick?

didnt know any of us knew him personally  :huh:


I didn't know Hitler but Im pretty sure he was a prick
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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #11 on: 28 January 2013, 19:59 »
thats a mistake yeah, but does that make him a prick?

that was a VERY basic summary - the final AAIB reports made very bad reading.

i respected him as a rally driver, but what he did to end his and other lives was sheer stupidity.




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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #12 on: 28 January 2013, 20:04 »
He was arrogant and a maverick! These character traits ended his life, another's man's and two childrens including his 5 year old son.

His reckless, dangerous and unjustified antics were totally to blame for his death and the others.

If he was driving a car like he was flying that helicopter and lived he would be doing time for three counts of death by dangerous driving. As Thom said, he was a prick.

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #13 on: 28 January 2013, 21:18 »
I recorded it and will be hitting play within the hour...

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #14 on: 28 January 2013, 21:22 »
Good show with NO adverts!

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #15 on: 29 January 2013, 06:55 »
found the aaib report online here is the conclusion:

Conclusion
The cause of the accident was not positively determined. Although no technical reason was found to explain it, a technical fault, whilst considered unlikely, could not be ruled out entirely. The available evidence indicated that the helicopter was intact when it struck the trees and that the engine was delivering power. The aircraft’s trajectory suggested that the pilot was in control of the aircraft at the time of impact and was attempting to recover from a significant deviation from his intended flight path when the helicopter struck the trees.
The descent into the Mouse Water Valley appears to have been a deliberate manoeuvre. Considering the video evidence, the pilot’s intention was probably to fly a hard, right turn at low height within the valley, possibly leading to a further, final zoom climb before landing at the helipad. A high-speed, low-level turning manoeuvre in the heavily wooded valley was a demanding one, which would have subjected the helicopter and its occupants to an increased risk. The circumstances of the accident, which included a strong tailwind, suggest that the pilot needed to fly an unexpectedly high performance manoeuvre which led to, or contributed to, the flight path deviation. This deviation may have been due to a servo transparency encounter, spatial disorientation, misjudgement or some other factor or combination of factors.

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #16 on: 29 January 2013, 12:27 »
Agree he was a great driver and a twit at the same time, like the scooby team orders, your privileged to drive for them then do what they say with their car!

Nah. winner first, corporate puppet second.

Apart from the actual World Champ win, why do you think the fans respect him so much?

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #17 on: 29 January 2013, 16:48 »
Granted he wasn't a "Yes" man, but think of all the rallies he "could" have won if he hadn't binned it. I love seeing someone drive like that, but I would have been surprised if many teams would like him to sign for them again.

He's a bit like Juan Pablo Montoya - a fantastic and very exciting driver who is constantly at 10/10ths, but never really delivered on his potential.


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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #18 on: 29 January 2013, 19:58 »
I watched it early and really enjoyed it.

One quick question, was that really Chris Hoy doing the driving at the end, I noticed that all the interior shots had the window down yet everytime they cut to the outside it was up  :undecided:

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Re: Racing legends Colin McRae
« Reply #19 on: 30 January 2013, 15:48 »
I watched it early and really enjoyed it.

One quick question, was that really Chris Hoy doing the driving at the end, I noticed that all the interior shots had the window down yet everytime they cut to the outside it was up  :undecided:

It was being combined with some footage of colin driving I think. It needs watched again.... Chris was looking brisk in places though!

And just think how many rallies McRae would have lost if he didn't drive flat out. Got to pin it to win it. Win or bust.