Deskpilot Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Neat little plane but piloting skills need improving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Great looking machine! Poor piloting? Or is the length to short for effective elevator control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark11 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Excellent plane... I've found many on foreign websites that are very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenaviator Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Great looking machine!Poor piloting? Or is the length to short for effective elevator control? What did you see as poor piloting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 What did you see as poor piloting? To be clear, DP said "piloting skills need improving"? I am posing the question is it piloting skills, or aircraft design? Given DP's interest in aircraft design I was hoping he could fill us in! PS: We, (well I at least) am referring to the porpoising on landing in the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 To be clear, DP said "piloting skills need improving"?I am posing the question is it piloting skills, or aircraft design? Given DP's interest in aircraft design I was hoping he could fill us in! PS: We, (well I at least) am referring to the porpoising on landing in the video! Ditto! Perhaps it was his first flight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenaviator Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It is certainly a prettier machine than another flying 'car' seen elsewhere. It too appeared to be sensitive in pitch on roundout. I thought the pilot in this video did a good job if this thing is a bit sensitive in pitch considering he managed to land it on its mains at somewhere minimum speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 The 'car' bit - do the wings unclip or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Flirting with Death in a so called flying car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 The 'car' bit - do the wings unclip or something? Yep. They fold for towing or storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It is hard to find a good car and hard to build a small plane that flys well. To combine them seems to be stacking the odds. Perhaps we should strive for a plane cum submarine. nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Isn't that called a Westwind Nev? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 By use rather than design. Actually I'd like a little submarine, designed to look like a giant Yabbie to scare crocodiles with. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Flirting with Death in a so called flying car. What makes that a flying car?? All you see in the clip is a set of rudder pedals. Could be any homebuilt aircraft. The fact that he lands it on a suburban street means nothing - in 2010 a bloke put a Victa Airtourer down on the southbound lanes of the Brooker Ave here in Hobart, which wouldn't be any wider than the street in the clip. Admittedly it didn't end real well for the plane, but he walked away from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I like the turbine-powered flying motorbikes in the movie "The Island". Can't wait til someone invents an anti-gravity device... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Flirting with Death in a so called flying car. Its a powered parachute isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 If it is a car, it'd be breezy at highway speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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