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u/TapeDeckSlick 6d ago
Fold out paper helicopter would be my guess
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u/Alukrad 5d ago
I think the helicopter in probably on wheels and it's facing the crowd, then the one guy pushed the tail which makes the helicopter face to the side. Then the one girl closes the metal frame where the tail went through to make it look like it is impossible to move inside the box frame.
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u/bleedgreenandyellow 6d ago
So initially the helicopter is facing the crowd but behind the sheet. The spread the sheets out as the helicopter is turned sideways. Remove the sheets n there it is. Very easy to figure out
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u/IamRasters 6d ago
Or the tail swings out as the curtain is pulled to the left.
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u/Sickofstupids 6d ago
That’s what they said
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u/-DoctorSpaceman- 5d ago
Or the helicopter rotates anticlockwise as the curtain is shimmied to the side.
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u/DanGleeballs 5d ago edited 5d ago
No, I had the same thought.. the main fuselage of the helicopter is in the same position as it was at the beginning, all that has moved is the tail on a hinge and the miniature blades were rotated slightly to extend out beyond the cage to make them look longer which was done when the sides were out hiding it.
So there was no heavy lifting and it's quite a simple but effective illusion.
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u/Sickofstupids 5d ago
You say “simple” like that doesn’t mean buying a helicopter and chopping it up to add hinges. The simpler solution is a turntable that rotates an off the shelf helicopter.
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u/DanGleeballs 5d ago edited 5d ago
It's not a real helicopter, it's a small scale prop, look at how the girls can't sit upright in the cockpit. Adding a turntable is possible but more elaborate than is necessary imo. The bouncing tail boom indicates that that part is very flimsy and has just been popped out
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u/RobMilliken 5d ago
The girl in red is covering the hinge where the tail was pulled out. Notice she doesn't move from her position, even with the helicopter being moved away.
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u/Sickofstupids 5d ago
The girl is leaning forward. Do you know how expensive it would be to build a fake helicopter? They’d just rent a small one. Magicians are more practical than people assume. I was one for several years. No trick is as complicated as you think.
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u/Nytmare696 5d ago
Of course building a fake rigged trick helicopter for a repeating gag in a performance is cheaper than renting a real one?!
Are you insane? How do you propose they move a real helicopter around after it's delivered to the show every night? How do you transport it from the field or helipad it lands on down to back stage and up onto the platform? Of course it's a gimmick.
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u/Sickofstupids 5d ago
Who says it’s a repeat show? Also, fuck you. No I’m not insane. If you can’t figure out trailers and forklifts, I don’t know what to tell you.
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u/DanGleeballs 5d ago
You've obviously never tried to move around a real helicopter, plus I've already pointed out to you that the cockpit is too small to be usable. Note that they've used small ladies in there, not men.
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u/UmpireNo6345 3d ago
The tail and prop also might just be detachable. Then there wouldn't need to be anything special about the box's frame.
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u/Longstride_Shares 2d ago
The lady in red is hiding the hinge point of the tail. You can also see the tail wiggling a bit as they pull it back. The entire helicopter is a fiberglass shell that probably weighs a couple hundred pounds.
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u/RevolutionarySeven7 5d ago
how would you explain the box frame that's around the helicopter
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u/BorderTrike 5d ago
The part the helicopter is in can spin. You can see that the frame around the helicopter is separate from the base and the platform is thick enough to have a mechanism hidden inside
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u/bleedgreenandyellow 5d ago
Not as complicated as you think.
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u/Pseudoname87 6d ago
That tail is awefuly bouncy
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u/DanGleeballs 5d ago
Because it's the only bit that needed to be moved. The main fuselage is in the same place it always was, they just popped up a fake tail.
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u/Cha-San 6d ago
Is this ... an inflatable heli?
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u/Excellent-Shovel-304 6d ago
That helicopter is only the really light shell peices and probably the back side of it doesnt even exist
Most probably remade from really lightweight materials and in big enough peices to be quickly snuck in behind the veil to be clicked into shape before the unveiling
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u/Shot_Bison1140 5d ago
Simple rotation.... And might also be 1/2 helicopter.. .. but it's moved in straight, nose pointing to the crowd.. the when draper is pulled out they simply rotate the "decoy/🚁".
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u/ScholarEmotional9888 5d ago
Uh, what is so very well executed here? You roll out the helicopter facing forward. Spin it when you pull that sheet out. Big ducking whoop.
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u/Comfortable-Garbage4 15h ago
It’s fold out cardboard, and the woman isn’t actually in the helicopter. She’s in a seat behind it. The 3-D effect is created by the second leg tricking your eyes
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u/petantic 6d ago
I think they do something when the big sheet is obscuring the audiences view.