Guest dad Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT3DeVEXXYo&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Thruster?? Everyone & anyone experienced in rag & tube knows that you can't get a Thruster to do anything THAT exciting - obviously was something else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseeker Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Who in their right mind would want to blow up a plane!? :ah_oh: -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEON Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 A lot of people with middle east ties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Not a Thruster gang, not even close. Looks to me like an Eipper Quicksilver MX2 with a pod on the front....hopefully the same one I learnt to fly in way back then in Northern California.!! What is real interesting to me is the way the machine immediatly noses up once the load (pilot) is shed...................................................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hey Ross,you could be right with the Quicksilver,wasn`t one of your jumps,was it? I`ve flown a Quicksilver,didn`t think it deserved to be blown up. Does appear to be real and I got the same impression with the upwards pitch. Cheers, Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 No Frank wasn't one of my jumps. I do have a lot of time in the MXL2 though. After learning to fly in one, I ended up flying rides in the same aircraft for about two years. They aren't a bad machine really, this one obviously had passed it's useby date and was destined for another form of glory. There are a lot of them around in California and they do make a good trainer.............Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I read somewhere that this was a stunt for a B grade movie some time back. pilot/ jumper had a static line rigged to detonate after he fell a safe distance. Aircarft was an old Quicksilver MX. I thought it would be a natural for pitch up with no one in the seat. either way top stunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dad Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I would guess he had an occy strap to the stick as it probably wouldn't good if it followed him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Yes the occy strap on the stick was probabily the case..............................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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