Aerodynamics at it's best.

[bidderswede]

A buddy sent this to me. Not sure if it's fake or not. You decide.
http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/08102703.html

 

[coa787]

Twelve posts in the General Topics forum. It's fake.

 

[SFCC/UND]

The grass doesn't even move when he touched down.

 

[Clint H]

That's fake, but this one isn't:
http://www.billhempel.com/video/whknife.wmv

It's just an R/C model, but at 30 lbs, a 106 in. wingspan, a 100 cc engine, and costing over $3,000, it will still get your heart pumping if this happened to you.

 

[coa787]

I'm still trying to figure out how it's even possible to fly like that.

 

[Clint H]

It is essentially just knife-edge flight. The fuse is providing the lift and the rudder becomes the elevator. Missing a wing actually helps by reducing the rudder pressure needed to hold knife-edge. The wing that is still attached tends to point upwards because it still produces lift; however, it also still creates drag. This drag causes the plane to yaw toward that wing. Or were you talking about R/C and the whole flying without leaving the ground thing?

 

[deadstick]

And this one is not fake....

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