An interesting flying contraption
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After 86 years of operational jet engines, this must be the slowest jet ever built :-) But he has a fire extinguisher (the smallest I have ever seen), a radio in an unaccessible bag next to him and a five-point harness with the buckle on his back.
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Other than that, I see no issues!
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a five-point harness with the buckle on his back
This is why such airplanes are identified as "experimental". It's as much an experiment to see if the pilot can survive, as if the airplane will fly!
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I am reminded of this tale by your post, fly-by-wife:
A man visits his physician's office with a "crick" in his elbow. The receptionist asks him to have a seat and fill out voluminous forms and to give a urine specimen. He says: "Why do you need all of this information and a urine specimen. All I have is a crick in my elbow!" She tells him it's standard office policy and hands him a cup. The man waits and waits. After forty-five minutes, he says aloud:"To Hell with this!", as he storms out of the office, empty cup in hand.
On the drive home, he has an idea. When he arrives, he gives a specimen and gets his wife to do the same. Later that evening, he convinces his teenage daughter to contribute. The next morning, he collects urine from his dog!
He drives back to the doctor's office, enters the anteroom, and apologizes to the receptionist for his angry behaviour the previous day. He hands her the specimen cup which is full to the brim with yellow liquid. She asks him to have a seat and tells him that the doctor will see him in a few minutes. The man sits down and starts thumbing through an outdated Field and Stream magazine. Moments later, breathing hard, the doctor bursts into the waiting room! He says in a loud voice: "Your wife is in menopause, your daughter is pregnant, your dog's going to have nine puppies, and if you don't stop wanking off, you're going to get a crick in your elbow!"
- Ed Dangerfield
A man visits his physician's office with a "crick" in his elbow. The receptionist asks him to have a seat and fill out voluminous forms and to give a urine specimen. He says: "Why do you need all of this information and a urine specimen. All I have is a crick in my elbow!" She tells him it's standard office policy and hands him a cup. The man waits and waits. After forty-five minutes, he says aloud:"To Hell with this!", as he storms out of the office, empty cup in hand.
On the drive home, he has an idea. When he arrives, he gives a specimen and gets his wife to do the same. Later that evening, he convinces his teenage daughter to contribute. The next morning, he collects urine from his dog!
He drives back to the doctor's office, enters the anteroom, and apologizes to the receptionist for his angry behaviour the previous day. He hands her the specimen cup which is full to the brim with yellow liquid. She asks him to have a seat and tells him that the doctor will see him in a few minutes. The man sits down and starts thumbing through an outdated Field and Stream magazine. Moments later, breathing hard, the doctor bursts into the waiting room! He says in a loud voice: "Your wife is in menopause, your daughter is pregnant, your dog's going to have nine puppies, and if you don't stop wanking off, you're going to get a crick in your elbow!"
- Ed Dangerfield
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This is a weight shift, self launching, ultralight glider. It would perhaps be appropriate to compare the performance, flying position, and safety features with hang gliders.
What surprised me was how quiet the micro turbojet seemed to be. I have launched in a turbojet powered glider and the scream was much louder.
Bottom line is the pilot of this "one off" seemed to be enjoying himself. What else should anyone expect from recreational aviation?
What surprised me was how quiet the micro turbojet seemed to be. I have launched in a turbojet powered glider and the scream was much louder.
Bottom line is the pilot of this "one off" seemed to be enjoying himself. What else should anyone expect from recreational aviation?
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flying position, and safety features with hang gliders
In this aircraft, I imagine that any out of control landing will result in at the very least, an face plant for the pilot, or a rapid deceleration, and injured collar bones. I see nothing in the arrangement which protects the pilot from a severe upper body,/neck injury.
Bottom line is the pilot of this "one off" seemed to be enjoying himself.
I spent 28 years as a volunteer firefighter, attending all kinds of requests for emergency service. In many cases, I arrived to a bad outcome that the patient had mitigated as best as possible (seatblets/lifejacket/helmet/work boots/saw guards/chainsaw chaps etc.). Other times, it was a "what were you thinking?" situation. Either way, someone got hurt, and society bore the cost of the response/rescue/medical care. Sometimes, society just has to cover the cost of the risk for someone else to enjoy themselves....
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I noticed that the video was made at a gliding field and that several gliders were out of their trailers. Gliders don't usually fit well in the trailer with the wings on. Pull the fuselage out, fit one wing, fit the other wing, fit the horizontal stab. Pre-flight and go fly. Reverse the sequence to put the glider away.
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Roll control appears to be by ailerons that are controlled by body lateral movement. Not sure if pitch control is only weight shift or if there is a mixed input to the ailerons (elevons?)
Some good photos here - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:JX0122_(aircraft)#/media/File
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Some good photos here - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:JX0122_(aircraft)#/media/File
penSky_M-02J_PC086440.jpg