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This comment speaks for me ...
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That's
phenomenal, but reversing and going up tail first, how can that be
possible? Are we being treated to an Photo Shopped video? Still the
control is amazing too. Loved it!
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I bought one of those RC helicopters, and smashed it up on the first takeoff.
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Electric motor, run it both ways... what a maestro! Thanks Rodger, this and the Blackbird were the best vids I've seen in a long time.
ReplyDeleteHard to even imagine how much practice & skill it takes to do that. Amazing!!
ReplyDeleteSome impressive skill on display there. A Ninny Moose is correct. My guess is the 'reverse dive' wouldn't be possible without that bit of gyroscope action from the spin.
ReplyDeleteGrinfilledCelt
Magic with strings...
ReplyDeleteYou've seen Weapons of Choice
with Chris Walken...
He weight in at 200 pounds,
have no engine or wings
yet fly just as good!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZbckwYY9r4
An old bold pilot...
Give that man a predator , NOW ! smibsid : )
ReplyDeleteI wish Chris was our president...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6tJ_ayFZto
There is a prescription for all our ills,
AND IT'S MORE COWBELLS!!!
Maybe next time...
I fly indoor electrics... no the motor does NOT go into reverse. The propeller is variable pitch and a servo throws the pitch of the blades into reverse. It's like controlling the pitch of helicopter blades but on a smaller scale.
ReplyDeleteStill takes a huge amount of skill... but at least the 6oz planes cant kill someone like the 50lb 300mph turbine jets outside....
Had a flight instructor that was the factory demo pilot for Futaba helo's. He could make em dance. Could fly planes like a champ too.
ReplyDelete"My guess is the 'reverse dive' wouldn't be possible without that bit of gyroscope action from the spin."
ReplyDeletePossibly the draft caused by the prop pulling air past the fuselage was enough to allow the control surfaces to work. They were extremely large control surfaces, after all.