R/C Jet Crashes

[crash-proof]

Found this gem, thought I'd share it. Very slow download but definately worth the while.

Obs: Turn speakers down to drown out annoying russian techno music in bg.

http://www.hobbyclub.ru/video/krach.wmv

 

[WrightAvia]

Cool videos. The music was o.k. I like Rammstein and Megaherz...

 

[LR25]

Thats typical, the jets have such high wing loading, that untill they get alot of airspeed they just kinda tip stall there way around the pattern.

He turned way to early.

I know, Monday morning QB, but I have seen it many times.

The same thing happens on landings, the jet guys (alot) dont realize that indeed, you have to raise the nose to land the high wing loaded jets.

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

cool vids
maybe before I built an RV-8, I should put together one of these birds (for practice)

oh, and BTW, that's not russian techno, Avia has it right though

 

[Airpiraterob]

man, at 3-5k a pop, those engines arent really cheap. building a jet-model can cost as much as an RV-8 kit (unassembled)

 

[U-I pilot]

went to the website and after clicking around the russian navigation menus to find out where i end up, I found more videos......check em out.....
its amazing what these guys do with these things
http://www.hobbyclub.ru/video/index.htm

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

the vids are insane

 

[sky37d]

These folks need better landing gear, I think i saw at least 3 have gear failures

 

[flywithastick]

Neat video (minus the audio!) - thanks. Looks like most of them were "dumb-thumbed" into the ground. Too bad.

Watched some of the other videos. better music and the best RC flying I've ever seen. Really mezmerizing (sp?).

 

[Chunk]

http://www.hobbyclub.ru/video/katanaS.gif

Listen to the audio on this one...the Russian disco version of Country Road/West Virginia!

John Denver is rolling over in his grave

Chunk

**insert John Denver flying joke here**

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

that's Hermes House Band, and it's in German

and Denver is rolling in his grave

here's a working link

 

[huncowboy]

yeah I was also going to say that it was German not Russian.

These guys are going to kill someone with those things... it must be hard to fly them.

 

[U-I pilot]

yea....the one guy was having the plane fly pirouettes around him....i swear the camera man was getting freaked and taking a step back...

 

[Swass]

Are there any airliner jet models out there? I would love to build a 747 or 727.

 

[sky37d]

Swass, I found one
It's the Lockheed L-1011
model airliner

 

[VFR on Top]

I wanna see a little pilot punch out of those things when one's just about to eat dirt!

 

[Swass]

Thanks Sky, that Tri-Star is pretty sweet. I would like to build one that had all three turbines kickin' it. That plane would haul arse.

 

[flywithastick]

Thanks Sky, that Tri-Star is pretty sweet. I would like to build one that had all three turbines kickin' it. That plane would haul arse.

There's kind of a Catch 22 about them going fast... you have to keep turning or loose sight of them!

 

[sky37d]

Also, wouldn't it be difficult to figure out how much to turn it, if it was just a speck on the horizon??

 

[flywithastick]

Also, wouldn't it be difficult to figure out how much to turn it, if it was just a speck on the horizon??

it may be too late if it's only a spec. You have to keep a mental image of the attitude in your mind when flying at a distance. They'll only be a sillouhette (sp?) and the tendency is for your mind to tell you it's turning/flying the other way.

I've had one or two instances with new folks who's plane was flying away. You can get the plane back if it's a fairly slow, stable flyer. First, get the transmitter out of their hands (yank!), get it level. Make a slight turn and see which way it goes. Push the stick right and it goes left, it's coming back. Otherwise, turn it 180 and keep thinking about which response you need to keep it coming back.