This is amazing.
Dead Stick Takeoff, flight and landing.
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So how did he get going? Was he parked on a down slope?
Yea; he was sitting at the top of a 30% sloped mountain holding the brakes and let them go! Not something I'd want to do, but this guy does it all the time in his modified bush plane.
At 44 seconds he really must be content with his maker.
At 44 seconds he really must be content with his maker.
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Yeah, he appears to be nuts AND skilled at the same time.
I guess if things were starting to get iffy, he could always turn his engine on and hope that it would start right up.
I guess if things were starting to get iffy, he could always turn his engine on and hope that it would start right up.
Its not flying, its falling...with style!
Originally Posted By: modularv8
These types of planes have high lift/ very low stall speed airfoils, so they can get airborne with an airspeed as little as 25 mph; full flaps.
Yup, looks like stall speed of only 27 mph according to specs...
http://www.wildwestaircraft.com/highlander/
Curious what kind of engine it's got...
These types of planes have high lift/ very low stall speed airfoils, so they can get airborne with an airspeed as little as 25 mph; full flaps.
Yup, looks like stall speed of only 27 mph according to specs...
http://www.wildwestaircraft.com/highlander/
Curious what kind of engine it's got...
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Curious what kind of engine it's got...
Sounds like a Rotax snow mobile engine.
Curious what kind of engine it's got...
Sounds like a Rotax snow mobile engine.
Originally Posted By: RiceCake
Its not flying, its falling...with style!
Buzz Lightyear fell with more style...
I don't get this stunt, really...it's just a stunt...was he bored? He had to fly up there...and it takes nearly zero gas to idle down, so there is no fuel savings (sorry, it's not hypermiling...).
Want to impress me?
Do a loop or two on the way down, the way gliders do at the airshows...
Its not flying, its falling...with style!
Buzz Lightyear fell with more style...
I don't get this stunt, really...it's just a stunt...was he bored? He had to fly up there...and it takes nearly zero gas to idle down, so there is no fuel savings (sorry, it's not hypermiling...).
Want to impress me?
Do a loop or two on the way down, the way gliders do at the airshows...
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