Hank Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 A friend of mine sent this to me....amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Unfortunately... http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Grrr am I allowed to swear here? FRACKEN RACKEN.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflygary Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The laws of physics says IMPOSSIBLE and so do I!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael63 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thank God for a powerful engine. That was very cool by the pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 If I remember rightly this was done using an RC Aircraft and made some time ago. It was done well to make it look real. There are a few more around just like it. Kind Regards Bernie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturi Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 LOL thats been around for a few years now and still sucks them in ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberscrew Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 It's certainly well made...I can see why people get suckered in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Yes complete and utter fabrication! If you think about it, the left wing would still be producing lift so the aircraft would roll (quite violently) to the right without the right wing to counterbalance that lift! No amount of aileron control would counterbalance a missing wing. Flying straight and level either upright or inverted would be impossible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (PC Aviator) Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Looks fairly real right up to the point where the aircraft approaches the ground for touchdown. Can see the RC scale there... But well done yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Be it an RC or real aircraft it would not fly! It is impossible. Another consideration is the torque reaction of the engine rolling the aircraft. Thank God for a powerful engine. That was very cool by the pilot. The torque reaction of a powerful engine would only exacerbate the instability! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Just goes to show what can be produced these days.... was the moon landing real then? I hate it when they do things to trick "old pensioners" minds... it's bad enough I'm losing it bit by bit every day, without making me look like an idiot. I thought it was real !! But I'm now a Taswegian.... things are going to get worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie_2 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Lol, nice video and well done. But it's not impossible to land with only one wing: A F15 of the Isreal Airforce lost a wing and the pilot was able to land it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Be it an RC or real aircraft it would not fly! It is impossible. Another consideration is the torque reaction of the engine rolling the aircraft. The torque reaction of a powerful engine would only exacerbate the instability! Since most RCs have so much engline-power in relation to their light weights it can be done with RCs. There are even RC-Objects flying without any wing, eg. lawn mawers. Re. torque, it depends which wing is missing, right or left. Cheers Wolfgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Be it an RC or real aircraft it would not fly! It is impossible. Another consideration is the torque reaction of the engine rolling the aircraft. The torque reaction of a powerful engine would only exacerbate the instability! Not only is it possible, it's common. It's called 3D flying in the RC aircraft world. RC aircraft have come a long way in recent years and it is common to have power to weight ratio's that excede 1:1 - ie, the engine+prop can lift more than the weight of the aircraft. Torque is cancelled out by using the rudder and elevator, which are quite effective with propwash running over them. Here an example... Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliguy52 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Wow!!! That was incredible!! What an awesome landing by the pilot !! Thanks for sharing this excellent video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RODI Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Ha, ha,ha, that's a fake, but a good one. Flying with just one wing is an unpossible thing. Physical rules will confirm it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--- Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 But it's not impossible to land with only one wing: A F15 of the Isreal Airforce lost a wing and the pilot was able to land it That's a different story with the F-15 as the wing root was still there, the stabilizing and lift producing shape of the fuselage bottom helped and of course a lot of speed. The main (aerodynamic) error in the fake 'aerobatic' video is that she spins into the wrong direction!!! Planes spin because the outboard wing creates lift and the inboard one doesn't, hence causing an autorotation. So the spin you are seeing in this video would be really physically impossible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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