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Hovering a Helicopter is Hilariously Hard - Smarter Every Day 145

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What it is

Smarter Every Day host Destin Sandlin tries to hover a helicopter and finds it very hard. The video shows how the constant coordinated corrections across several control axes feel at first and how learning makes them automatic.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a vivid example of tacit knowledge and skill acquisition, where the brain eventually abstracts away the complexity.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a pretty good one.”

    Explains constant 3-axis compensation needed to hover a helicopter

    hexane360, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “An 85-year old millionaire hides $1M treasure in the Rocky Mountains (2016)”

  2. “SmarterEveryDay has an interesting video[2] about learning to hover a helicopter”

    Learning to hover until the brain abstracts away the complexity

    pdkl95, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “What to Do After Finding Hot Connectors on Overhead Power Lines (2017) [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: helicopter, tacit knowledge, learning, control systems, smarter every day

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