bexrbetter Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Wow, just wow! You would think it was a part of a Hollywood movie ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJBMYC8ReA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storchy neil Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Oh sheeeet moment neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyvulcan Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Elliot Seguin. Top guy. Incredibly aviation oriented. See Wasabi Air Racing on YouTube. He does some great videos. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I'm amazed he walked out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Oh, Noo-ooo-oooo!! ... What about all the pax in the waiting aircraft?? Did any of them survive??? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Oh, Noo-ooo-oooo!! ... What about all the pax in the waiting aircraft?? Did any of them survive??? Imagine if those airliners had people in them, why it was "Almost the worst airliner disaster in history!!". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Borgelt Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 It is Mojave airport. The airliners are stored there. No passengers. Look at Google Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Gee, Mike - have you had your funny bone removed, and a spoiler bone inserted, instead? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Borgelt Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So we watch what could have easily been a snuff movie and you find humour in it? There are some lessons in the movie: 1.When test flying, wait for good weather. In this case there was a strong crosswind which presumably sprung up quickly, which can happen at Mojave. Have an alternate. 2. The aircraft had two engines but the single engine performance was marginal in which case it might be better to figure it as having one engine and fly appropriately. It should have been possible to find this out in the performance estimates during the design process. The pilot was pretty badly banged up in fact. Aviation can be a lot of fun but it is unforgiving. Opportunities for humour are there, but this wasn't one of them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Aw, c'mon! You obviously don't understand it's a fun, spoof crash video, using a small RC model, and filmed with such good video angles, it tries to make it look like a real, lifesize crash! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 They are model jet tbs turbines. In the shots put the front when it's clearly a human pilot there is the prop visible. So yes. It's s cut together of two different aircraft for the purposes of showing something that's not quite kosher 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 To those saying it's fake have a read of the NTSB crash report: WPR16LA110 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Well, I've been properly fooled by a complete fool. More fool, me! You just have to wonder about the permanent death wish of some people! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMarkOZ Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 They are model jet tbs turbines. In the shots put the front when it's clearly a human pilot there is the prop visible.So yes. It's s cut together of two different aircraft for the purposes of showing something that's not quite kosher Where is the prop? None I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Sorry. I have reviewed and the slip string appears as a reflection off the back of the prop. My error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 So we watch what could have easily been a snuff movie and you find humour in it? Yes. And the Pilot didn't "Almost got killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", he walked away with an incredible story to tell his grandkids and left the World amazed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Sound so sweet but very inefficient, running out of fuel would always be a worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I got caught out by the RC jet engines, thinking it was just an RC model, and all the rest was camera angles and acting BS. I can't believe anyone would be idiotic enough to try and use RC jet engines to power a full-size, piloted aircraft - but as the saying goes, "there are only two things that are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity!" I wonder if that Wasabi Racing pilot is the brother of that Colin Furze idiot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsefeathers Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I got caught out by the RC jet engines, thinking it was just an RC model, and all the rest was camera angles and acting BS.I can't believe anyone would be idiotic enough to try and use RC jet engines to power a full-size, piloted aircraft - but as the saying goes, "there are only two things that are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity!" I wonder if that Wasabi Racing pilot is the brother of that Colin Furze idiot? Watch this video to see how it's done https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAdCt6qgj9k I suppose a CRI CRI isnt what you'd call full size, but seeing it can carry a person..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Well this post went to the dogs quickly...turned out about as well as Elliot Sequins flight... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Oh .. so Elliot Seguin is a full time test pilot! So, perhaps we can now estimate, that his aircraft build skills, are yet to reach his test pilot skills? KITPLANES The Independent Voice for Homebuilt Aviation - Error Chain - KITPLANES Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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