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james t kirk · 11-07-2008, 04:41 PM

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BadNick · 11-10-2008, 04:42 AM

luck shit. That's magic.

ratbastid · 11-10-2008, 05:02 AM

CGI magic, sure.

It's a reference to a video where that happened on a radio controlled plane flown by one of the leading expert RC pilots, and he brought it down safely. There's a sort of RC flying called "3D", where the airplane does maneuvers like hovering nose-up from its prop like a helicopter, etc. Full-scale planes just weigh too much, they don't have anything like the power-to-weight ratio needed for things like that.

This video shows the plane doing a 3D maneuver called a knife-edge hover. Basically the plane is rolled 90 degrees so the wings (or in this case, wing) are vertical, the prop supplies enough thrust and is held high enough that IT provides the lift to keep the plane in the air. When in a knife-edge attitude like that, the rudder becomes an elevator and the elevator becomes a rudder. The wings and the control surfaces on the wing (ailerons/flaps/spoilers) are not used--except to roll OUT of the trick. In principle, this is what you'd use to recover from an incident like this, but it relies on the engine being WAY powerful and the plane being made from balsa wood and tissue and styrofoam like an RC model is...

11-10-2008, 04:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	luck shit. That's magic.

11-10-2008, 05:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	CGI magic, sure. It's a reference to a video where that happened on a radio controlled plane flown by one of the leading expert RC pilots, and he brought it down safely. There's a sort of RC flying called "3D", where the airplane does maneuvers like hovering nose-up from its prop like a helicopter, etc. Full-scale planes just weigh too much, they don't have anything like the power-to-weight ratio needed for things like that. This video shows the plane doing a 3D maneuver called a knife-edge hover. Basically the plane is rolled 90 degrees so the wings (or in this case, wing) are vertical, the prop supplies enough thrust and is held high enough that IT provides the lift to keep the plane in the air. When in a knife-edge attitude like that, the rudder becomes an elevator and the elevator becomes a rudder. The wings and the control surfaces on the wing (ailerons/flaps/spoilers) are not used--except to roll OUT of the trick. In principle, this is what you'd use to recover from an incident like this, but it relies on the engine being WAY powerful and the plane being made from balsa wood and tissue and styrofoam like an RC model is...