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athonite
4th Nov 2008, 18:37
Is this for real or a fake
Just a shame he/she couldn't land on the centreline!
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/video/?videoId=2160_59104&videoChannel=NOTW:Web%20Fun (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/video/?videoId=2160_59104&videoChannel=NOTW:Web%20Fun)
Put1992
4th Nov 2008, 19:14
It's not real for god sake!
:ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh:
SNS3Guppy
4th Nov 2008, 19:15
http://www.pprune.org/spectators-balcony-spotters-corner/349618-flying-one-wing.html
tbavprof
4th Nov 2008, 21:49
But this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EXtBEaBbs) is.
And so is this one:
Zlin wing Structural Failure Report - Neil Williams (http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/repeats/zlin_wing_failure.htm)
172_driver
7th Nov 2008, 00:19
By accident a very experienced instructor (meaning 30 000 hours something, aerobatic, DPE so on) happened to mention the case in the video (linked in the first post) today at work. A coincidence merely, and I tried to pull out as much info as possible to confirm we were actually talking about the same case. It obviously seemed so!
He swore that the video is for real!! You need a lot of power and some skills, but nothing beyond the impossible.
Sensible
7th Nov 2008, 01:48
I believe that it is totally impossible given that the remaining wing would provide overwhelming lift causing the aircraft to spin clockwise. In the video, you can see the aircraft starts to spin anticlockwise which would be impossible given that with the loss of the right wing, lift on that wing is instantly lost, the lift produced by the remaining left wing would cause violent clockwise rotation without a doubt.
Besides, it looks like a model aircraft in flight.
Rotorhead1026
7th Nov 2008, 02:13
There are plenty of videos on YouTube of RC models doing the same thing. It looks like a slick cut-and-paste edit, and has been debunked in other forums. If it really happened every news feed in the civilized world would have carried the video immediately.
"Ru-u-u-u-u-u-n-n-n-n!!!!!". Give me a break!
Dream Land
7th Nov 2008, 02:40
It's an RC model.
SNS3Guppy
7th Nov 2008, 04:28
Why are you questioning it or debating it? It was a fake video put out by a clothing company. The clothing company's name is written along the side of the airplane when you see it come to a rest at the end of the video. It's not a matter of "it might have really happened." It didn't. It was made up. This isn't something you really need to guess about; it was a promotion by Killathrill. It's fake.