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- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Ack, I succumb to the 'random reply' bug in Digg. Bury me...
- burnsides, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Why is your first link a spam (stock scheme) link ?
bury it. - tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Why are you mirroring a link to Google Video?
- dezldog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9They use variable pitch props that can provide reverse thrust!
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Dugg for the Inspector Gadget music. What it has to do with model planes I have no idea, but wow it brought back memories.
- DuoPros, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7So, of course, we mod him higher.
:-p - tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14Wait... I just finished watching. Undugg for the Crazy Frog music. Even Inspector Gadget can't make up for that.
- LaptopHeaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6That is pretty impressive. I never knew there was a contest for interpretive flying.
- malkir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6size of the plane makes all the difference
- bmorrow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It probably has to be inside because of wind. That plane looks very light.
- kidblast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yea, and you know those guys get insane amounts of pussy. Nimble fingers are the key.
- Zjm7891, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Electric engines can provide the instant torque needed to switch direcions instantly
- TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The Crazy Frog maybe annoying (I completely agree that it is) but obviously it was done to make the audience laugh when he did some groovy moves! :P
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Braveheart, I think.
- TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Have you never watched Inspector Gadget? I thought it fitted well with what he guy was doing with his plane!
- TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nevermind, I see you changed what you said! :P
- kidblast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Go Gadget, Go!
- Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"How far can that be taken on real aircraft?"
Not very; higher speeds, much more mass, and anyone in the plane would black out from the G forces pretty quickly. - math20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3More like "Incredible Indoor Model Airplane DRIVER Contest"
The plane was nice but it definitely needed mad skillz to pilot. - dj_sea2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Im sure there is a popular trance remix of that track floating around somewhere too...
- roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Fark, if you dont know what you're talking about, why even argue?
Gas vs. Electric makes a huge difference since nobody has made a VPP gas/glow setup yet. It has been tried over and over and its just to complicated. You cant just take helicopter parts and do it...most heli blades spin at around 16-2100RPM ... most planes (glow) are around 15-20,000RPM, and gasses are around 10,000 RPM...with those forces, you cant just make it happen as easy.
VPP is what they are using. Real planes dont do it because the stress of the weight of the airplane comming to a stop above the prop would destroy the prop...not to mention there is no need for it. even if a plane could do that, no pilot would try it because you have almost no spacial orientation when flying that those kinds of angles. Same goes for RC helicopters and 3D flying, its possible for a real heli to do that, but it never would.
Those little foamies are so light that they dont have a problem with it. Thats why you can do VPP with electric, there isnt near as much stress on the mechanics as it would be with a gas/glow plane.
And for the record, thats some good flying, but its not "great". It takes skill and practice, but not the kind some of you are thinking it does. If you want to see some really difficult stuff look for "3D Heli" or "Alan Szabo" on youtube...
And I fly both Helis and Planes, from foamies like that to a 33% extra, and im working on getting my turbine waiver as we speak, i already have a Eurofighter with a turbine in it...so I have some clue what Im talking about.... - TonySki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I have to bring up that this is a duplicate story from some time last year and it was on youtube instead of google video.
- TonySki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3http://digg.com/tech_news/Amazing_Remote_Control_Airplane_Flying
this is the previous story - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can someone tell me how he makes the plane dive bomb towards the ground and then just STOP - hanging there in mid-air ?
wtf? does the plane have two engines pointing in different directions? seems like some laws of physics are being broken here.. - _skin_, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I am assuming that this is an electric aircraft. You would not be able to do those moves at the end with a gas engine plane. I have been away from the sport for 5 years though. Who knows what they have come out with.
- TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Braveheart..
I knew it was from that straight away! It fitted in well with the first piece of the stunt i think! :) - malkir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it was braveheart
- darlok, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5it's only fun when they crash =D
- TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Like malkir just said, the Size of the plane makes a difference. But also the weight comes in this as well. And the fact you can stall the plane with Gas as well.
- TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That was pretty impressive actually. Digged! :)
- datsclark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@farksucks - "real" airplanes in fact do have variable pitch propellers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant-speed_propeller - legomaniac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The small airplane is probably made out of some really lightweighy styrofoam, and the engine light enough that the propellor can make the thing hover. No real planes can do that because they all weigh a few tons, and the propellers couldn't spin fast enough for it to stop before it hit the ground.
Takes some dank good piloting skills though, to keep that airplane hovering, especially when it is not balanced to hover. - weprin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dezldog is correct, the rotors can change pitch. In fact, full-size prop planes do this, too, because the pitch of the rotors determines how much air is moved with each revolution. Full pitch for take-off and landing, when you want to be able to get as much power as possible, but then the rotors are "flattened" out after a certain airspeed is reached to allow for a smoother flight and to save gas (the engine doesn't have to work as hard).
The reason "real" airplanes don't rotate all the way to a reverse position are many:
The plane would not be able to withstand the forces, nor would the passengers be able to keep from passing out (let alone losing their lunches).
The flight dynamics of an ultralight toy R/C plane are NOTHING like those of a real metallic airplane!
The physics of these things don't scale up linearly. - codman36, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Man I had no idea a remote control plane would do those tricks and inside on top of it.Guess I'm behind the times.
- takehiro12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What movie is the music from at the beginning of this video? It's driving me crazy.
- umrgregg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, the Braveheart Techno Remix is actually pretty good. He should have used that as the music :)
- yoda133113, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No you don't have too, I think almost all of us would have been just fine without that knowledge.
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dj_sea: Yeah, that's where I know it from. Haven't actually seen the film before.
- BESTenemy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What I'm also impressed with is the camera work. Even though the motion of the airplane was quite unpredictible, they never lost track of it. I've been asking my friends to film my model airplane stunts and they couldn't even line up the frame with me flying a straight line. I have crashed so many times yet got not a single good piece of footage illustrating it.
- Thwarter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Argghhh, darned this Digg editor. I was wrong about some real planes not having negative pitch. Some do, just like Bruce said.
OK, so shoot me now. - lustre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ah, you've never seen the famous Turbine Great Lakes fly (and you won't now as it was destroyed in an accident). Lightweight sport biplane with an Allison 420SHP turbine and a prop capable of beta in flight. Although it wasn't as snappish as this model it was indeed able do many of the maneuvers shown because it could decelerate so dramatically. It could fly a square loop, for example, where the bottom leg of the loop was flown (taxied?) with the landing gear on the runway. Amazing to see.
- Thwarter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Brucer69 (a.k.a. HighandMighty KnowItAll) - you don't have a clue. Take a look at this...
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/variablepitch.htm
Some RC planes DO have variable pitch props though it's not very common. Also, most real planes have it but they don't use negative pitch because it's impractical (not to mention completely unsafe.)
The lighter electric fomie RC planes can do it since they have a much greater power/weight ratio and are relatively strong enough to handle it. Plus, if you crash the foamies, people don't die, they just laugh. - t0ny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"How far can that be taken on real aircraft?"
Some planes can use them to backup and help slow them down during lading.
Its pretty crazy seeing a plane taxing backwards :).
I bet that rc has 10 times more trust then a real plane if it was to scale. - republicoftexas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What was the song at the end?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice
- nicklet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree, it took me a moment to work out what I was seeing, the fact that it could effectively get backwards thrust. I didn't realise that variable pitch props could adjust that far.
How far can that be taken on real aircraft? - brucer69, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Ok first that small airplane had an electric motor and could reverse directions very easily. No it did not have a constant speed or variable pitch prop as the mechanics would be impractical for an airplane that size.
REAL airplanes have constant speed propellers that use a governor to maintain an constant RPM. Turbo prop aircraft can reverse the pitch of the propeller on landing to slow the airplane down.
So everyone should understand this now. - takehiro12, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Thank You. I first thought LOTR but then knew it couldn't be.
- Royal0rleans, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"[Video]"
I would hope so -
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