Incredible!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by sydneysiders | Discussion: Community
Just incredible!! 
throws it 'round like a toy...
This is a video of a stunt pilot who, in real life, is a Delta Airlines pilot. His act at air shows is to pretend that he is a drunken spectator who rushes from the stands and jumps into a Piper Cub and takes off without any understanding of how to fly a plane.
The Piper Cub is actually specifically built to withstand an enormous amount of stress and has a very powerful engine.
This type of stunt is actually the most dangerous of air show acts, because of the low altitude at which the pilot performs.
Obviously, this pilot possesses unbelievable skill.
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Reply #21 Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:37 AM
Yes...both are propelled....and both by 'props'...hence the name. One MUST have 'thrust' that exceeds weight...the other does not NEED to.
Whether a plane has a wide body or not only affects 'glide ratio'. The best/worst 'glide ratio' in 'modern times' was the F104 .... some twit forgot to bother with wings at all [almost] so landing was inherently 'problematic' and why it's killed more of its own pilots than any plane has. The higher the wing-loading the more 'ballistic' the aircraft needs to be able to approach.
As for tail rotors to react against yaw [helicopters] or roll [aircraft] there are other solutions...vectored thrust is a recent preference....twin contra-rotating props was an earlier trend.
There ARE high-output contra aircraft that could quite possibly emulate the RC plane's efforts... no torque issues at all....