j-malotky Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 My wife shot this video of my doing a flat spin this afternoon. Don't mind bragging, but I have not seen anyone do a flat spin that is flatter than this. Check it out. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 you're a crazy man- very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I can't imagine that I would have ever known anyone who could do that! You must have lightning reflexes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturn5 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Good recovery, Mav! [] Can you do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st. patrick Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 as the kids would say: OMG! as us adults would say: NFW dude, or WTF, i can't believe it. Seems as the Good Lord wasn't doen with that pilot yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted September 6, 2009 Moderators Share Posted September 6, 2009 I thought you flew RC I didn't know you really flew ? I think I would wet my pants if I were in that plane. [:$] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I thought you flew RC I didn't know you really flew ? I think I would wet my pants if I were in that plane. If you could fit in that plane, you could borrow a pair of dry pants from Ken or GI Joe. [ap][Z] Nice stunt JM - both times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darylomer12 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!![] Your a very talented and brave man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 This is one of my model RC airplanes. It is a 1/4 scale YAK 54. The model has about a 7 foot wing span. I've been flying model airplanes since 1986 so I have a lot of experiance in my head. As for flying real airplanes..... If my plans work out, I will be buying a real YAK 52 next spring. That model is a Russian military trainer. Do a google search and you will quicky see why I have been working so hard at getting one. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Good recovery, Mav! Can you do this? That video was a fake. If I remember right this wing falling off stuff started a few years back when Bill Hemple lost a wing at an RC flying event. He flew it in knife edge and landed it amazing the crowd. Ever since people have been copying it. I even know guys who have there PC flight simulatos set up to loose a wing so they can practice landing with one wing. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturn5 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yes, it's a fake. I didn't mention that because it would ruin the effect for people who hadn't seen it yet. [] What I was really asking is if you can do a 1 wing landing with your RC aircraft. Looks like a pretty hard stunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 I've done it on the simulator. Never in real life. I probably have about $2500 invested in this YAK 54 Both wings are bolted on really tight. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 This guy almost did a flat spin in an Airbus and its real. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDVq2gGgaA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I thought you flew RC I didn't know you really flew ? I think I would wet my pants if I were in that plane. If you could fit in that plane, you could borrow a pair of dry pants from Ken or GI Joe. Nice stunt JM - both times. one of my tours in the coast guard, our office tested merchant mariners and gave them their licenses or endorsements on their licenses. we had a scaled down version of a lifeboat that they would use to get their lifeboat endorsement. i walked past it one day and this guy was staring at it. he stopped me and said, "i can't figure out how you would get 65 people in this thing." in one of my rare moments of acting professional, i explained it was a working model, it was not "actual size." afterwards my buddy told me that i should have told him that in the first aid kit there are these "shrinking pills" that people take before entering the lifeboat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 This guy almost did a flat spin in an Airbus and its real. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDVq2gGgaA Nice touch and go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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