This could only happen to me.. A fellow flyer had a small fan jet which had no gears but took off with a long bungee cord stretched out.. He flew and a short time after I took my little Sig Profile Ultimate out to the runway, not knowing that he had forgotten to remove the bungy cord.. I gave the Ultimate full throttle, hurrying down the runway, just about time for lift off the Ultimate slowed down and came flying backwards back toward me.. What I didn't know was that the bungee got hooked into my tail wheel sending it back to its starting position on the runway.. Quite a surprise to say the least.. We all had a good laugh

HaHa, good one, too bad you didn't get it on video

LOL I would love to see that.

I'm surprised it didn't hurt the tail, or did it?

It did hurt the tail but primarily ripped the tail wheel out of the rudder.. I wish I could have had a video of the incident especially the confused look on my face.. I was stunned for several seconds, until I finally figured out what had happened.. This incident happened at a big Fly-in we were having, so it was seen by many.. It was a good laugh..

Yea Ben what everybody does not know is that you allways fly backwards It was a big laugh any way Lance

Lance,
I think the culprit has come out of the woodwork.. Don't you own a small electric fan jet lauched by means of a bungie ??

Hey, I've seen the Wingman fly his Sig Ultimate bipe......and the way he throws that thing around, sometimes it's hard to tell which way it's supposed to be going.

I think the "Bungee Cord" may be getting a bad rap here!

Shows how much Ben Knows about high performance jet aircraft !!! the electric jet happens to be a nitro ducted fan

Lance,
I'm very surprised to hear that was nitro driving that fan.. I've seen cigarette lighters that had more zip than that..

Dave
I'll have to say the best stunt I've ever done with a airplane was that 50 foot in reverse.. The bungee story stands as is, even though I don't know the difference between an electric and a glow engine..