Jamie Roberson's 2015 IRCHA One flight

[pvolcko]

This was a pretty incredible flight.

https://youtu.be/4dDxaDkqQtQ

It didn't have the "showmanship" aspect that Kyle Stacy's did, but I've gotta say this was a great show. Hugely technical flying throughout especially at the beginning and end. I loved the more fluid section when he switched to the second heli. The landing was pretty nuts with a perfectly timed piro stop at touch down. The one handed flying section was a amazing. I gotta say, if it weren't for the catapult "gimmick" type stuff Kyle Stacy pulled off, Jamie might well have been the winner. I know Kyle Dahl was the declared winner for a short period, but this flight was pretty damn strong.


Nick Maxwell's entry was kind of a mess. His set manuever was kind of botched, amazingly, and he suffered a couple of hiccups during the freestyle part. But he did have an incredible blade stop. Check out 4:30 in this vid:

https://youtu.be/gLDAhYtnO5Q

Also had some great fluid ground work and the section after the blade stop started to come together for him, but a near miss with the ground around 6:21 and a botched autorotation landing on an elevated platform did him in. Still one of my favorite pilots. He's got amazing collective and rudder control. Some of the tightest stationary rolls/flips and piro-flips in the biz on the display. The fluid ground work at a couple spots in this flight was beautiful. Just didn't coalesce into a great flight.

[Graham Lawrie]

+1 Paul:)
Jamies flight massively better and more technical and more enjoyable than Kyles:) How far can this go? how much better can these flights get? AWESOME:)

[murankar]

How did he not win? There was way more technical flying in Jamie's flying over Kyle's. Don't get me wrong doing mild 3d while fpv is defiantly a challenge.

[pvolcko]

Remember that audience reaction is a significant part of the scoring in this contest. Kyle is fresh off a big win, he enlists a lot of help from some very popular people for this each year, and frankly he's pulled off some great tricks in a style reminiscent of a magician. And he's a very good technical flyer too. Maybe not as precise as others, but very complex in and often artful in a way those same others don't generally exhibit.

I begrudge him nothing. He deserves the win. I'm just saying, of the flights I've watched so far Roberson's has amazed me most as a matter of technical excellence. Kyle better watch out!

[Lee]

The One comp is designed to entertain the crowds.
That why Kyle won, more entertainment
If it was a real comp, then Jamie would have one, hands down.

[Derek]

Yeah....The One competition is fully decided by the crowd. Jamie's flight was awesome! Nick's flight was great, despite a few bobbles. Kyle is a crowd favorite and he's got the new KS Goblin.