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Parachute propeller UTV crash.
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0:10 aftermath video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdRSfb9KrbI
More: https://www.flyskyrunner.com
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...825#post133421
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...451#post127603
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2642#post76720
Looks like they tried their inaugural flight a little before they had the thing completely finished. I didn't see any directional control vanes behind the propeller.
Altitude would have been controlled by throttle but without any directional control save for pulling on static lines their abilities to avoid obstacles would be limited
Wrong I kmow, but this made me chuckle. I think it was the way the bloke just wanders off after take off.
"My job here is done..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Fluffle-Valve
Not sure what caused this accident, but reading about it brought me to this unusual attentional phenomenon: Target fixation.
Well that is one guy who knows he can hit the broad side of a barn!
Agreed Frank. There was no apparent way to steer the thing. What were they thinking?
FAA-regged "powered parachute", SkyRunner Mk 3.2, complete and ready to run/ fly.
NTSB engaged in investigation, though accident took place Feb 9th last year in Dubai, UAE:
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Pilot error? Low climb rate & air speed due to low air density (high temp, high RH, low barometric pressure)?
Those goat-herders can't fly Cessnas either!
here's how it's done -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNIOu8yLaiY
And I still didn't see any flight controls but surely they had something like what is shown hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Rattlerjake
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