| | |
| | ||||||
| | ||||||
Please support our sponsors | ||||||
| | |  | ||||
| | | ||||
| Welcome to The FlyingGiants Community! We're all about fun, and inside you'll find the greatest, friendliest, and most helpful group of people around! If this is your first time visiting, please check out site, and click here to sign up! We hope to see you soon!! |
| |||||||
| The Big Screen! Got killer photos and videos? Let's see 'em! |
 |
| | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
05-22-2007, 01:29 AM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lodi, Ca. USA
Posts: 907
 |  Down in flames
Man I just saw this vid. This is a major bummer. Last year at the Nall when I saw the Ultra Bandit fly I said to myself that is what I would want if I flew a Jet. This thing was so fast and performed awesome. Looks like this one will take a little more than 5 min to fix.  [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t1q3SWfcVA[/YOUTUBE] |
|
05-22-2007, 01:47 AM
| #2 (permalink) |
| OK 1 Roll, No I Mean 2 Point  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sandbox Age: 33
Posts: 550
| Re: Down in flames
WOW!! I wonder what could have caused a sudden pitch change like that. You could see the turbine and associated componets get puked out well past the airframe. I hope they get that one figured out.
__________________ Andy Thomas Hobbyzone Bad Brad Graphics Twin Cities IMAC Classic in Rosemount, MN June 13-14, 2009 Brought to you by the Tri-Valley RC Fliers |
|
05-22-2007, 01:52 AM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  | Re: Down in flames
That was kind of scary watching that and thinking, what if that would have happened on the inward turn and the parts would have went into the crowd along with the fire. Man that thing was a fire ball, was bad to see that happen.
|
|
05-22-2007, 01:58 AM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dayton Ohio
Posts: 1,685
| Re: Down in flames
I think the camera man pretty much summed it up. The video says ground induced structural failure. Normal ground effect is at 1/2 wingspan approximately isn't it? He looked higher than that. |
|
05-22-2007, 02:09 AM
| #5 (permalink) |
| just another model junkie  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Morinville, Alberta, Canada Age: 18
Posts: 701
| Re: Down in flames
I think by ground induced structural failure they mean when he smoked the dirt the thing broke....thats the way I read it. Sure puts the danger of those jets into perspective for me. I thought the same thing as Dan. That would have done some serious damage if it had any sort of angle toward the flight line. Close call for sure..YIKES!!!
__________________ Patrick Stubbs Team FlightPower Canada AXI Motors Pacific Models www.RCModels.ca |
|
05-22-2007, 08:24 AM
| #7 (permalink) |
| Pro Pit Biaatch  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cumming, GA.
Posts: 907
| Re: Down in flames
You could here the impact ( kinda a pretty dull sounding "Thud" ) and feel the heat from the fuel.....Friday night at the Nall they showed a video that showed it in a much clearer resolution and also David in the picture. You could very clearly see that the split second it started to pitch down he was on the stick pulling full up!
__________________ Extreme Flight RC www.extremeflightrc.com Aircraft International www.aircraftinternational.com Higher Plane Productions Mercury Adhesives Johnson Aviation |
|
| Bookmarks |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Flying Giant logo photoshop fun | macanaw | The Clubhouse! | 41 | 12-19-2007 12:21 PM |
| Down in flames? | SuperDave | Chit Chat! | 1 | 10-24-2006 04:36 PM |
| Flames? | Sukhoikid | Building, Repair, and The Details - Tips and Tricks | 6 | 09-22-2006 09:25 PM |
| Flames!!! | Sukhoikid | Building, Repair, and The Details - Tips and Tricks | 1 | 07-23-2006 12:40 AM |
| Flames on 260. | Sukhoikid | The Big Screen! | 5 | 04-11-2006 04:04 AM |
Linear Mode
