Landing after Quick Combat

[Ghostrider]

This is how I prefer to do it:

[MaskRider]

Hmmph. Guess this guy never heard of a parachute?

[sc7500]

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


How'z come *I* can't land on one wing ???

SC

[peperez]

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


How'z come *I* can't land on one wing ???

SC

It's really a nice demonstration of a terrific skill. I saw this video and downloaded it one year ago and it never stops amazing me...

Cheers

Pepe

[Ghostrider]

I guess if your thrust to weight ratio is high enough, even half a plane can fly - sort of. Regardless, what an incredible display of skill (and luck). A patient was telling me that those airframes are rated to like 20G's - some kind of catastrophic failure.

[bearcat241]

[sc7500]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oldwheat]

What's the big deal? I blow a wing off enemy aircraft & they still continue to perform aerobatics !

[MaskRider]

Why are guys like you always tearin' down our heroes??

I was a little surprised that we hadn't seen this on the news someplace. Guess that is why.

[bearcat241]

Why are guys like you always tearin' down our heroes?? .

Hey don't blame me...GR did this himself with his own video. If you play his original video you'll see a strip of clips below it after it finishes. You can click on any one of those to see additional related videos. My embedded video was just one of the "related".

[Ghostrider]

OK, the "debunking" video convinced me that the initial part of the clip was a differrent aircraft. But if you watch the original clip from the :40 mark to the end, it's one aircraft, in view the whole time, which comes down from some altitude minus it's starboard wing, and lands.

Now I'd like to debunk a fake as much as anyone, but the only thing that video demonstrated was that the first part of the video before the :40 mark was a different aircraft. Suspicious, yes, but doesn't take anything from the final portion.

The plot thickens...

[bearcat241]

Yeah , taken as a whole, its a nice fantasy for any virtual or RL pilot to entertain...but given the details of this "transaction", i'm reminded of the old Biblical proverb, "a little leaven leavens the whole lump" :mixedsmi:

[Ghostrider]

What I'm saying, though, is that from the :40 mark on, there hasn't been any "debunking". That's not an RC plane that the real pilot opens the canopy on, and the full-sized guy runs up to at the end. (unless maybe he's a midget). Before :40 and after :40 are different aircraft, sure, but after :40 is uninterrupted, unspliced, unedited plane landing with one wing from what I can see. But one also wonders why this wasn't all over the news. I am skeptical, but still would like to see some more convincing "debunking".