https://www.vintag.es/2023/09/elephant-helicopter.html

OMG you just gave me a fantastic idea!

Evanie can hire himself out to pilots who anticipate becoming distracted... he can sit in the back seat and tell them everything they're doing wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35VC0OUv4gs

Admit it: you cried too!

Given the reporting of the landing gear creating trenches, it sure seems like trying to take off from the same "runway" isn't the greatest idea.

But... it's now late September, and if the ground were frozen...

I'd really like to test that procedure... does anyone here have an F-16 I could borrow?

Automated
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Apparently an aircraft flying on autopilot is now called "Zombie mode": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... pdate.html

Yeah you have to wonder why a pilot would eject from a (seemingly) perfectly good airplane. Maybe unintentionally?

I suspect others here are more expert than I but here's my take. To get combustion, you need 3 things all in the same place: fuel, oxygen, and an ignition source (spark, flame, etc). To get an explosion, in addition to that you need a fuel that will burn fast (good luck getting a fire log to burn in...

I voted for Bieber but it's a complex issue.

On the minus side: Bieber and Buble. On the plus side: Leonard Cohen, Nelly Furtado, Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell...

My theory is that it's a highly complex design, done that way for the sole purpose of making people on obscure internet fora ask questions.

Ah, I remember reading about that one! Quite the Swiss cheese involved. And I love how Hollywood portrays such events: OMG THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!!!!! OMG THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!!!!! OMG THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!!!!! OMG THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!!!!! (17 pages deleted here) OMG THE W...

I remember many years ago from time to time seeing signs on the road that said "PED XING" (or was it "PEDS XING"?). That would have quite a different meaning now!

I hadn't before but yeah, it's pretty short on data. After accelerating on the water for about 3 seconds, the airplane suddenly became airborne... and started to climb... As the climb continued, the airplane stalled... Barring any mechanical issue, that certainly sounds to me like too much weight in...

The passengers were supplied with food, water and chargers for mobile phones

When I was in school (approximately 1000 years ago), we learned the 3 things necessary for life were food, clothing, and shelter...

(snip) Directional control was eventually lost. But the pilot talks about being unable to control the plane in any way, even in pitch, which I find hard to believe. (snip) He just tried hard (to do what?) but the plane didn't respond. If that was true, the plane either had a mechanical problem or s...

Skip to about 2.50. But quit before about 3:00 when it starts sounding less like a proper turbine engine and more like a leaf blower. :lol: Presumably because the "good noises" from turbine engines come out the back and not the front. Re identification, it's tough because most turboshaft ...

Can someone please explain the causal relationship between the failure to maintain directional control and the wing exceeding its critical AoA? I will not ask about the causal relationship between the failure to maintain directional control and the loss of control. I can think of a couple of ways t...

That said, I do want to see more of the video from the onboard cam...

Just make sure you have a barf bag handy when you watch it!

There is software that makes an autonomous Quadra copter hover stability, or deliver Amazon packages. Optimizing a a race course with turns, climbs, descents…a much smaller challenge. Do you really think so? The amazon/hobby drone just needs to climb to an altitude high enough AGL to clear any obst...

Identify and terminate all humans... even simpler.

Are you a Dalek?

With the amount of LSD people were doing back then, abrupt craft, altitude, and model changes were to be expected.

Man, I hope that's not all 6000 HP we're seeing there!