Total Control !!!

[osdmike]

See this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv_w3IrRYq0

[Paul_J]

Amazing! I was wondering if he could do a knife edge!

[BMF Machine]

DayuM! He must be able to do one hell of a forward slip? At least he did right there on that! I thought for sure he was gonna bail?

[class67]

Way to keep your head....helluva pilot!

[Vegas69]

If you believe that...I have some ocean front property for sale here in Las Vegas.

[BMF Machine]

It's Physics? Isn't it? Way overpowered so he was able to keep the nose up; With all the control surfaces he still had he was able to pull a forward slip and a very dramatic one at that. I am a pilot, I understand how it could be done.
A=x-tremely big Marbles
MCxMc+Y square root= Incredable situational awareness
He also really loved his plane, or he would have bailed+ Dude has an Extreme will to not die in a plane crash nor destroy his plane completely nor hurt anyone on the ground.

I think it is real and unreal at the same time. But it did happen, IMO

[WS6]

Heard about this a few days ago. It's possible to an extent but that video is fake. It even looks fake at the end when it's landing.

[OHCbird]

That's a CGI. If that type of aircraft has a wing seperation, it would most likely come apart altogether, not to mention that he would have lost most, if not all, of his controls.

Being a pilot, this was sent around to all my pilot buddies to geek out & criticize it.

[Blown353]

Heard about this a few days ago. It's possible to an extent but that video is fake. It even looks fake at the end when it's landing.

Yep, it's fake. It's a "viral" ad for the company involved. Bad job of video editing if I do say so myself, plus the physics are all out of whack.

However, with an ample power to weight ratio it is possible... The 1-winged knife edge flight and landing has been done by large-scale R/C guys. Here are some videos of R/C guys losing wings in midair and knife-edging it all the way down until the last possible second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBB_-gZFNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXMrFh3n7M

And then there is the Israeli pilot who 1-winged in his F-15 after a midair collision... but with a decent portion of the lift coming from the midsection of an F-15 he managed to pull it off as long as he kept his speed up. Still an amazing feat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LveSc8Lp0ZE

[camarorider]

I agree. I have a background in cg compositing and it is not real.

[BMF Machine]

LookS ReaL to me, I keep watching it over and over?

[osdmike]

I´ve also watched it over and over.
I´m sure it´s a fake.
See how the camera follows the plane when landing.

[Damn True]

Most assuredly not real.

[BMF Machine]

Real DudeS!

[Damn True]

You full of pain killers?

[Steve68]

No, He JusT Can'T StoP TypinG in StupiD CapS

[BMF Machine]

You full of pain killers?

Shooooot, I was? I just yacked? NoW, I feeL kind of EmptY?
Oh well? InsomniA is a PaiN! Time to do another 150 Crunches,100 Pushups...... I can not do anymore curls? I think both my biceps just got major tears in them? Dayum......talking about sore!

[ITLBTU]

This is obviously a fake... but I was watching a show on the military channel a year ago, and an Israeli pilot had one of his wings shot off. I believe it was an F-15. He was able to return to the base and land safely. The pilot didn't know he lost a wing until after he landed. He knew something was wrong but he compensated by increasing the power until he could maintain a level flight and return to base.

[BMF Machine]

No way dudes; ReaL,lolol

I have insomnia, I will get the last post on this thread!lol

Man I wish I could sleep? Oh'well at least my smiley friend can?

[neki67]

This is obviously a fake... but I was watching a show on the military channel a year ago, and an Israeli pilot had one of his wings shot off. I believe it was an F-15. He was able to return to the base and land safely. The pilot didn't know he lost a wing until after he landed. He knew something was wrong but he compensated by increasing the power until he could maintain a level flight and return to base.

mmmmmmm, did you read this thread?

Kevin,
you've got insomnia? It's 01:36 here . . . . and I'm stealing your last post . . . . .