Losing a wing in flight?

In article ,
cavelamb himself wrote:

Alan Baker wrote:
In article ,
"Larry D. Cosby" lcosby at knology dot net wrote:


I can't decide.

Did this really happen?

Or is it doctored?

Too much important stuff happens off screen, and the landing
doesn't look real

This incident is fake, however Rockwell Collins is currently working on
this
very subject. The following link has a video showing an F-18 scale model
flying with 60 % of the wing missing.
http://www.rockwellcollins.com/news/...tolerance.html


AFAICT, this incident isn't a fake:

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



Uh, ok, what part of it is not fake?

It's a History Channel dramatization!

The video at the end of the aircraft with no wing. The interview with
the pilot.

I didn't say they showed the incident, I said the incident was a facke.

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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On Nov 4, 12:01 am, cavelamb himself wrote:
I can't decide.

Did this really happen?

Or is it doctored?

Too much important stuff happens off screen, and the landing
doesn't look real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY6LjeAEPJk
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Richard

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I'm surprised that an experienced pilot such as yourself would even
think for a moment that that video could be all real.

Monk

Flyingmonk wrote:

On Nov 4, 12:01 am, cavelamb himself wrote:

I can't decide.

Did this really happen?

Or is it doctored?

Too much important stuff happens off screen, and the landing
doesn't look real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY6LjeAEPJk
--

Richard

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I'm surprised that an experienced pilot such as yourself would even
think for a moment that that video could be all real.

Monk

Not at all, Mr. Monk.

But it might makean interesting topic for discussion.

It was getting kinda dull in here...

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Richard

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On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:36:32 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:
I'm surprised that an experienced pilot such as yourself would even
think for a moment that that video could be all real.

Monk

Not at all, Mr. Monk.

But it might makean interesting topic for discussion.

It was getting kinda dull in here...

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Unless this nonsense gets put out of its misery immediately,
if not sooner..... DULLNESS has "kinda" returned! :-)

Until technology can improve piston power to weight dramatically for
real aircraft, performance of this sort remains in the model world.


- Barnyard BOb -
CAA/FAA licensed and active since 1954

Until technology can improve piston power to weight dramatically for
real aircraft, performance of this sort remains in the model world.

- Barnyard BOb -
CAA/FAA licensed and active since 1954

Not necessarily true! You can see the video of the model that Rockwell
Collins is testing. The software is meant to be implemented in all types of
aircraft eventually. Any aircraft with an autopilot and this software will
be able to duplicate what only a few lucky people have done. The model is
just a test bed to debug the software.

Yes I have seen the video of model r/c aircraft that have been landed with
only one wing also. These examples are just luck and the power to weight
ratio of models. Not to mention the skill of the model operator.

Barnyard BOb wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:36:32 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:

I'm surprised that an experienced pilot such as yourself would even
think for a moment that that video could be all real.

Monk

Not at all, Mr. Monk.

But it might makean interesting topic for discussion.

It was getting kinda dull in here...


-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Unless this nonsense gets put out of its misery immediately,
if not sooner..... DULLNESS has "kinda" returned! :-)

Until technology can improve piston power to weight dramatically for
real aircraft, performance of this sort remains in the model world.


- Barnyard BOb -
CAA/FAA licensed and active since 1954



You may have a point...