How to escape a Police Helicopter
Discussion
ruttboy said:
I have not read the whole of this thread, because I don't want to read the ins and outs of laser pointers, but I just wanted to add that it IS possible to outrun a police helicopter, but you have to have the right car, the right road, the right driver and the right luck.
I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
That simply did not happen. Unless your real name is Henri Paul as I will concede that he has previous pursuit experience on Parisian autoroutes.I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
Crossflow Kid said:
Uncle Fester said:
When the helicopter flies overhead, detonate the buried charge.
Errrr.......all this lengthy preparation assumes the aircraft will fly precisely where you want it to? The only predictable/guaranteed routes are short finals to where it lands, and if you know that and can get close enough to do the covert landscape gardening, why not just take the grenades and toss them in the chopper?Grenades typically have a 4 second fuse. Launching a quantity in this manner will see them explode at the right kind of height to catch the helicopter. It’s like a big shotgun effect.
Seeing as you control where you are going and the helicopter follows, you can bring the helicopter to the prepared area.
Incidentally, the Viet Cong successfully used this technique against US helicopters.
Heskey said:
Mission Drift said:
Hypothetically speaking... What is the best way to evade a Police Helicopter?
My best guess is to head into a large multi-storey car park then dump the car and hide in amongst the shoppers? However not sure that would work if you have to carry large Securicor cash box with you.
Any idea's welcome.
Wouldn't; they have thermocams don't they? You'd show up much redder than other shoppers because they're not worrying about running from the police with a big cold cash box hoping the police don't see through your mingling plan.My best guess is to head into a large multi-storey car park then dump the car and hide in amongst the shoppers? However not sure that would work if you have to carry large Securicor cash box with you.
Any idea's welcome.
You've asked your question, now let me ask one:
Why?!
Gylen said:
ruttboy said:
I have not read the whole of this thread, because I don't want to read the ins and outs of laser pointers, but I just wanted to add that it IS possible to outrun a police helicopter, but you have to have the right car, the right road, the right driver and the right luck.
I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
That simply did not happen. Unless your real name is Henri Paul as I will concede that he has previous pursuit experience on Parisian autoroutes.I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
What is wrong with PH these days.
I read part of the thread, thought I'd add my own experience, not that of some spotty teenage wannabe, and I get dissed.
Have you looked at my profile?
Have you seen what I do?
Were you there?
Do you want to see the video evidence?
Did you read or hear the many numerous press reports at the time?
Were you in the helicopter?
Were you in the car?
Evidently not.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
So no, it wasn't on an X-Box, I'm not famous, just lucky, and I don't post lies on here.
Someone somewhere will always know more than you and find you out.
Ruttboy.
ruttboy said:
Gylen said:
ruttboy said:
I have not read the whole of this thread, because I don't want to read the ins and outs of laser pointers, but I just wanted to add that it IS possible to outrun a police helicopter, but you have to have the right car, the right road, the right driver and the right luck.
I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
That simply did not happen. Unless your real name is Henri Paul as I will concede that he has previous pursuit experience on Parisian autoroutes.I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
What is wrong with PH these days.
I read part of the thread, thought I'd add my own experience, not that of some spotty teenage wannabe, and I get dissed.
Have you looked at my profile?
Have you seen what I do?
Were you there?
Do you want to see the video evidence?
Did you read or hear the many numerous press reports at the time?
Were you in the helicopter?
Were you in the car?
Evidently not.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
So no, it wasn't on an X-Box, I'm not famous, just lucky, and I don't post lies on here.
Someone somewhere will always know more than you and find you out.
Ruttboy.
Crusoe said:
their top speed in ideal conditions is around 140mph, less if there is a head wind, and at top speed they don't last long on fuel. If you got on a fast motorway and had a car capable of 200mph or so you could out run one quite easily i'd imagine.
They have radios though.Edited by Crusoe on Friday 21st November 09:30
ruttboy said:
Oh really!!!!!
What is wrong with PH these days.
I read part of the thread, thought I'd add my own experience, not that of some spotty teenage wannabe, and I get dissed.
Have you looked at my profile?
Have you seen what I do?
Were you there?
Do you want to see the video evidence?
Did you read or hear the many numerous press reports at the time?
Were you in the helicopter?
Were you in the car?
Evidently not.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
So no, it wasn't on an X-Box, I'm not famous, just lucky, and I don't post lies on here.
Someone somewhere will always know more than you and find you out.
Ruttboy.
Ok, no worries! If it is all true, I'm guessing you'd be pretty easy to trace through your profile so maybe not the best idea to go public with it?What is wrong with PH these days.
I read part of the thread, thought I'd add my own experience, not that of some spotty teenage wannabe, and I get dissed.
Have you looked at my profile?
Have you seen what I do?
Were you there?
Do you want to see the video evidence?
Did you read or hear the many numerous press reports at the time?
Were you in the helicopter?
Were you in the car?
Evidently not.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
So no, it wasn't on an X-Box, I'm not famous, just lucky, and I don't post lies on here.
Someone somewhere will always know more than you and find you out.
Ruttboy.
Otherwise, any chance of a video?
Uncle Fester said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Uncle Fester said:
When the helicopter flies overhead, detonate the buried charge.
Errrr.......all this lengthy preparation assumes the aircraft will fly precisely where you want it to? The only predictable/guaranteed routes are short finals to where it lands, and if you know that and can get close enough to do the covert landscape gardening, why not just take the grenades and toss them in the chopper?Grenades typically have a 4 second fuse. Launching a quantity in this manner will see them explode at the right kind of height to catch the helicopter. It’s like a big shotgun effect.
Seeing as you control where you are going and the helicopter follows, you can bring the helicopter to the prepared area.
Incidentally, the Viet Cong successfully used this technique against US helicopters.
In fact, looking at the four second fuze premise, let's take a police aircraft dawdling around at a grand. Four second fuze, thousand feet....that means your grenades would have to be launched forth at a rate of 15,000 feet per minute. Which is quite a lot.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 23 November 18:19
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 23 November 18:22
ruttboy said:
Gylen said:
ruttboy said:
I have not read the whole of this thread, because I don't want to read the ins and outs of laser pointers, but I just wanted to add that it IS possible to outrun a police helicopter, but you have to have the right car, the right road, the right driver and the right luck.
I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
That simply did not happen. Unless your real name is Henri Paul as I will concede that he has previous pursuit experience on Parisian autoroutes.I did!
1. Autoroute south of Paris.
2. Sunday morning.
3. Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
4. An owner who did not want to get caught.
5. Full tank of fuel.
That is all I am saying.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
What is wrong with PH these days.
I read part of the thread, thought I'd add my own experience, not that of some spotty teenage wannabe, and I get dissed.
Have you looked at my profile?
Have you seen what I do?
Were you there?
Do you want to see the video evidence?
Did you read or hear the many numerous press reports at the time?
Were you in the helicopter?
Were you in the car?
Evidently not.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
So no, it wasn't on an X-Box, I'm not famous, just lucky, and I don't post lies on here.
Someone somewhere will always know more than you and find you out.
Ruttboy.
Us cynics need proof you know...
Having witnessed a Cannonball event at first hand, I think I can safely say this:
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, so it goes without saying we're gonna say we were being stupid. We didn't want to be the only ones who couldn't claim to have been chased, so we drove normally but told everyone we took the choice as the conditions were kid's stuff and thus in our favour to go for it.
We weren't really in trouble already, we were just a bit irritating, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter because there wasn't one, all we saw was the empty road where we kept hoping to see police cars, or even just one, behind us.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard all the other drivers fairy tales, and spoke to the bell boy did we actually realise that the helicopter was in fact just a well known local pro golfer having a flying lesson.
Bloody funny to us alone when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably as make believe as all the other stories.
ruttboy said:
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
should really read as:We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, so it goes without saying we're gonna say we were being stupid. We didn't want to be the only ones who couldn't claim to have been chased, so we drove normally but told everyone we took the choice as the conditions were kid's stuff and thus in our favour to go for it.
We weren't really in trouble already, we were just a bit irritating, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter because there wasn't one, all we saw was the empty road where we kept hoping to see police cars, or even just one, behind us.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard all the other drivers fairy tales, and spoke to the bell boy did we actually realise that the helicopter was in fact just a well known local pro golfer having a flying lesson.
Bloody funny to us alone when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably as make believe as all the other stories.
Crossflow Kid said:
Having witnessed a Cannonball event at first hand, I think I can safely say this:
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, so it goes without saying we're gonna say we were being stupid. We didn't want to be the only ones who couldn't claim to have been chased, so we drove normally but told everyone we took the choice as the conditions were kid's stuff and thus in our favour to go for it.
We weren't really in trouble already, we were just a bit irritating, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter because there wasn't one, all we saw was the empty road where we kept hoping to see police cars, or even just one, behind us.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard all the other drivers fairy tales, and spoke to the bell boy did we actually realise that the helicopter was in fact just a well known local pro golfer having a flying lesson.
Bloody funny to us alone when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably as make believe as all the other stories.
Idiot!!ruttboy said:
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
should really read as:We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, so it goes without saying we're gonna say we were being stupid. We didn't want to be the only ones who couldn't claim to have been chased, so we drove normally but told everyone we took the choice as the conditions were kid's stuff and thus in our favour to go for it.
We weren't really in trouble already, we were just a bit irritating, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter because there wasn't one, all we saw was the empty road where we kept hoping to see police cars, or even just one, behind us.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard all the other drivers fairy tales, and spoke to the bell boy did we actually realise that the helicopter was in fact just a well known local pro golfer having a flying lesson.
Bloody funny to us alone when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably as make believe as all the other stories.
I wasn't driving, and I am no longer in contact with the owner of the car, so I have nothing to hide.
Also, tell me how to post on YouTube, (I am an idiot when it comes to computers) and I am more than happy to put the video on there.
Also more than happy to dig around for the links to the press cuttings to provide the links to the stories.
The only reason I know there was a helicopter was that it landed next to the road upon the police setting up a road block and stopping several other cars, all of them getting arrested, and they were livid about losing us.
We had no idea we were being chased by them, all we saw was the police cars.
And as for being reckless and stupid, I am quite sure the many hundreds of my supercar clients who trust and respect me with their cars would disagree with you.
Perhaps those of you who doubt should actually get beyond your Saxos and Corsas and realise that there are some people on here who actually talk from experience, and will not bother in future because I am getting tired of pretenders who talk out of their a**e.
As I've said, I am happy to prove it, and had my footage edited professionally so you could see exactly what we got up to.
Tell me how to post, and I will.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
ruttboy said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Having witnessed a Cannonball event at first hand, I think I can safely say this:
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, so it goes without saying we're gonna say we were being stupid. We didn't want to be the only ones who couldn't claim to have been chased, so we drove normally but told everyone we took the choice as the conditions were kid's stuff and thus in our favour to go for it.
We weren't really in trouble already, we were just a bit irritating, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter because there wasn't one, all we saw was the empty road where we kept hoping to see police cars, or even just one, behind us.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard all the other drivers fairy tales, and spoke to the bell boy did we actually realise that the helicopter was in fact just a well known local pro golfer having a flying lesson.
Bloody funny to us alone when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably as make believe as all the other stories.
Idiot!!ruttboy said:
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, we were being stupid, we didn't want to get caught, so we took the choice as the conditions were in our favour to go for it.
We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
should really read as:We were in enough trouble already, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter, all we saw was the police cars behind us as we made our escape.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard from all the other drivers, and spoke to the press did we actually realise that we had left the helicopter for dead.
Bloody funny when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably a bad thing to do.
The event was the Cannonball Run 2004, so it goes without saying we're gonna say we were being stupid. We didn't want to be the only ones who couldn't claim to have been chased, so we drove normally but told everyone we took the choice as the conditions were kid's stuff and thus in our favour to go for it.
We weren't really in trouble already, we were just a bit irritating, so what we did from there didn't really matter, and to be honest, we were completely oblivious to the helicopter because there wasn't one, all we saw was the empty road where we kept hoping to see police cars, or even just one, behind us.
It was only when we reached Monaco, turned on the telly, turned on the radio, heard all the other drivers fairy tales, and spoke to the bell boy did we actually realise that the helicopter was in fact just a well known local pro golfer having a flying lesson.
Bloody funny to us alone when we heard, but now, 5 years on, I now think it was probably as make believe as all the other stories.
I wasn't driving, and I am no longer in contact with the owner of the car, so I have nothing to hide.
Also, tell me how to post on YouTube, (I am an idiot when it comes to computers) and I am more than happy to put the video on there.
Also more than happy to dig around for the links to the press cuttings to provide the links to the stories.
The only reason I know there was a helicopter was that it landed next to the road upon the police setting up a road block and stopping several other cars, all of them getting arrested, and they were livid about losing us.
We had no idea we were being chased by them, all we saw was the police cars.
And as for being reckless and stupid, I am quite sure the many hundreds of my supercar clients who trust and respect me with their cars would disagree with you.
Perhaps those of you who doubt should actually get beyond your Saxos and Corsas and realise that there are some people on here who actually talk from experience, and will not bother in future because I am getting tired of pretenders who talk out of their a**e.
As I've said, I am happy to prove it, and had my footage edited professionally so you could see exactly what we got up to.
Tell me how to post, and I will.
Cheers,
Ruttboy.
Edited by Airbag on Monday 24th November 05:21
ruttboy said:
Tell me how to post, and I will.
Sign up for an account here; http://uk.youtube.com/signup?next=/After sign up click 'upload video' and browse to it on your hard drive.
Couldn't be simpler.
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