About to Crash.....Photos
06-01-2010, 08:23 AM
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About to Crash.....Photos
I was at the field yesterday and saw a plane going around the pattern in obvious distress....Looked like too much aileron throw as it was rocking from side to side. I was already taking pictures around the field so I got ready. Here is one of my photos which gave me an idea for a thread... The "About to Crash" photo thread. Post what you have!
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06-01-2010, 09:42 AM
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RE: About to Crash.....Photos
ORIGINAL: daveopam
That is a good shot. I am surprised the elev is centered. You would have thought he would be pulling back hard.
David
That is a good shot. I am surprised the elev is centered. You would have thought he would be pulling back hard.
David
06-01-2010, 05:45 PM
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ORIGINAL: frequent flyer
Where's the after shot?
Where's the after shot?
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06-05-2010, 07:26 PM
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RE: About to Crash.....Photos
Well, as it was, I didn't have anything to contribute to this thread...until today.
Bit of a story behind this one. Matt Hall during Q1 at the Windsor Red Bull Air Race today. I spent the day on the Detroit side.
06-05-2010, 07:55 PM
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RE: About to Crash.....Photos
Well I had the perfect photo for you but I deleted it. My dad got a photo of my sig hog going straight into a big tree trunk after radio problems. it was about 1 inch away from the tree in the photo, and I could already count how many pieces I had to go pick up, that took a whole trash can. I built a new one though and flies great now.
06-06-2010, 08:08 PM
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I know this isn't what the thread implies but the Matt Hall video is one great save of a full scale (rare video)... now why did he get himself into this position.
Near crash right at the one minute mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO7BuPG_vVo
Cheers,
Steve
Near crash right at the one minute mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO7BuPG_vVo
Cheers,
Steve
06-07-2010, 06:07 AM
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RE: About to Crash.....Photos
ORIGINAL: StevL
.. now why did he get himself into this position.
.. now why did he get himself into this position.
This is where I made my grave mistake. Rather than taking the aircraft to its limit and seeing if it had enough turn potential to get around the corner, I looked at where I wanted to go and tried to force the aircraft to that point.
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06-07-2010, 10:16 AM
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Here is a better video on the full scale near catastrophe. If I were the pilot I would thank God then fly only R/C model airplanes. http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Sat...ality=standard
06-07-2010, 06:41 PM
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RE: About to Crash.....Photos
As interesting as I find all this, we SHOULD probably return this thread to its original subject.
We're doing a bit of discussion of this particular incident over here:
