A very nice flight of this MD-11 nearly ended in disaster with the less than graceful landing. Failure to flare resulted in the nose wheel touching down just before the mains and pitching the aircraft up into an unrecoverable stall.

This McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Martinair Cargo has 1 turbine engine. It is 3.23 metres wingspan and is 3.80 metres in length. Scale of the model is 1/16.

CRASH LANDING ! Martinair MD-11 RC Turbine Cargo Airliner: BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT ENDS VERY BADLY (8 min 46 sec)

that thing must be built like a tank

The bunny hop

Originally Posted by Carruthers43

that thing must be built like a tank

Yeah, I've bent nose gear retract pins with much softer arrivals than that. I would have expected the fuselage to snap in half with the force of that landing. Lucky guy is all I can say. It flew again the next day.

Geesh...

Holy Cow....