This guy needs an honorary RCCA membership
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This guy needs an honorary RCCA membership
This is an amazing video. I hope it is not a fake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCbkBfdBrQ
all I can say is wow.
-Pete
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCbkBfdBrQ
all I can say is wow.
-Pete
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I'm skeptical, Fred, so if you can find and post the link from NBC I'd appreciate it. I looked and couldn't find it.
Two things make it look fake: the wing root area and the fact that it didn't go SPLAT when it hit the ground.
If it is real, he gets the membership, the girl, and a clean flight suit[:D]
Two things make it look fake: the wing root area and the fact that it didn't go SPLAT when it hit the ground.
If it is real, he gets the membership, the girl, and a clean flight suit[:D]
I checked on snopes and some other sources. I dont see a CF wing tube sockets. The holes on the video would be typical wing rib holes on a aerobatic plane. There is an interview with the pilot James Anderson who recounts the event as if it was true. It could be staged? The current theory is that it is a publicity stunt for the sponsor. There are some debunkers that talk about a change in helmet color in the video but it seems like there is glare that can account for that. It may be a hoax but if Kirby Chambliss can 3D in an Edge 540. Why cant a pilot land Knife Edge like Bill Hemmple did with an RC Extra 260?
I checked it out but all it does is compare photos of the plane in the air and on the ground. There are no differences other than focus and glare. Here is the video interview http://www.jamesandersson.com/video01.html. Dont get me wrong I am saying it is real but I have not found the smoking gun that determines that is not. Most peoples gut feeling is that it is not possible but like I said above Full scale pilots are performing 3D manuvers only thought possible with RC aircraft, so th oppisite can be true of James Andersson landing a plane with one wing just as this video of Bill Hemmple's RC Extra 260. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXMrFh3n7M
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yes- its definately a fake. but that doesnt mean it cant be done. anyone whos seen the good 3D pilots fly knows these guys can do some amazing things with a plane. i dont know if a full-size bird has the power and control surface throws that a wrung-out RC airplane does, but for sure, its possible for RC (as Craig's link proves).