Comments on: Not Buying It http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cough Cough http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/comment-page-1/#comment-301954 Cough Cough Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:28:41 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5955#comment-301954 It is profoundly fake. It strikes me as likely intended to be a viral promo video for the Killa Thrill clothing line. The two aircraft, the real one and the R/C (or CGI) model, in the video have only a passing resemblance to each other (nose length is different, white trim stripe missing, wheelpants angle inconsistent and more). The wing loading of a monoplane aerobat is quite high and the landing shown, especially the hop and lack of rollout, are behaviours associated with aircraft of very low wing loading, such as a J3 Cub or biplane along the lines of a Bucker Jungmann. There is nothing anyone can write here that will convince me that the video is anything other than utterly fake and an only moderately executed fake. It is profoundly fake. It strikes me as likely intended to be a viral promo video for the Killa Thrill clothing line. The two aircraft, the real one and the R/C (or CGI) model, in the video have only a passing resemblance to each other (nose length is different, white trim stripe missing, wheelpants angle inconsistent and more). The wing loading of a monoplane aerobat is quite high and the landing shown, especially the hop and lack of rollout, are behaviours associated with aircraft of very low wing loading, such as a J3 Cub or biplane along the lines of a Bucker Jungmann.

There is nothing anyone can write here that will convince me that the video is anything other than utterly fake and an only moderately executed fake.

]]> By: Roberto http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/comment-page-1/#comment-283027 Roberto Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:27:28 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5955#comment-283027 Stop THAT! It's all bullshit. The pilot did it. The F-15 pilot did it. It's fake because it wasn't an accident, but it's REAL because the pilot did it! He did it, it's not RC, it's just REAL. Leave with THAT, people. Stop THAT! It’s all bullshit. The pilot did it. The F-15 pilot did it. It’s fake because it wasn’t an accident, but it’s REAL because the pilot did it! He did it, it’s not RC, it’s just REAL. Leave with THAT, people.

]]> By: Jason Colliver http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/comment-page-1/#comment-278608 Jason Colliver Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:25:06 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5955#comment-278608 bud soucy: More difficult?! haha-Guess what!? When you're flying a TOY plane your life isn't on the line! I'd think that fact alone would make it infinently more difficult. bud soucy: More difficult?! haha-Guess what!? When you’re flying a TOY plane your life isn’t on the line! I’d think that fact alone would make it infinently more difficult.

]]> By: bud soucy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/comment-page-1/#comment-277369 bud soucy Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:20:25 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5955#comment-277369 You sceptics make me laugh, everybody thinks he's an MIT graduate when all they are doing is looking at the inside wall of their lower intestines. Any real pilot knows that you can fly with the wings (or wing) vertical with enough horsepower. Secondly, it's much more difficult to fly an r/c rather than the real thing when trying such an intricate maneuver. You sceptics make me laugh, everybody thinks he’s an MIT graduate when all they are doing is looking at the inside wall of their lower intestines. Any real pilot knows that you can fly with the wings (or wing) vertical with enough horsepower. Secondly, it’s much more difficult to fly an r/c rather than the real thing when trying such an intricate maneuver.

]]> By: skeptic http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/comment-page-1/#comment-275972 skeptic Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:37:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5955#comment-275972 Impossible! With a wing only on the left side the lift is only on the left side, so the airplane would want to spin clockwise. To stop it from spinning you would have to overcome it with the ailerons. The ailerons are smaller than the fixed portion of the wing and therefore cannot negate the lift of the wing, only reduce it. Even if you could overcome the lift of the wing to stop the spinning, you would then have no lift at all and the airplane would slam into the ground. Not to mention, that if this actually happened, this would have been all over the REAL news all over the world, and not just on the internet. FAKE FAKE FAKE. Clever but fake!!! Impossible! With a wing only on the left side the lift is only on the left side, so the airplane would want to spin clockwise. To stop it from spinning you would have to overcome it with the ailerons. The ailerons are smaller than the fixed portion of the wing and therefore cannot negate the lift of the wing, only reduce it. Even if you could overcome the lift of the wing to stop the spinning, you would then have no lift at all and the airplane would slam into the ground. Not to mention, that if this actually happened, this would have been all over the REAL news all over the world, and not just on the internet. FAKE FAKE FAKE. Clever but fake!!!

]]> By: SpazSinbad http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/30/not-buying-it/comment-page-1/#comment-275447 SpazSinbad Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:33:44 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5955#comment-275447 www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml

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