John Denver's Russian counterpart
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Ural Mountain High? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqH9Y16t6s
Ahle2 isn't the only one who can make beautiful music with a propeller.
Ahle2 isn't the only one who can make beautiful music with a propeller.
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Why wasn't that prop tuning since 0:09 ov the video. Was that just a descent under no power?
I still have parts for John Denver's craft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Long-EZ
Still want to build one
Parody done by Bob Rivers and his gang shortly after this happened.
Thanks, erco. It really cracked me up, too. Could it be that a dram or two of vodka was involved in the production of this video?
Turns out that powered paragliders can ride ridge-lift and thermals, too. Many paramotors also have electric start and/or centrifugal clutches, partly to facilitate soaring.
I've wanted a Long-Eze forever. But it takes a lot less space to store a paraglider. Four of them will fit in the back of my truck.
@NWCCTV: What a crack-up!
For now, I just deal with two low flying craft. I can fit two
It turns out that there's a rocket powered version too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBX7aqvRuo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
That is so crazy, I can't get over it! Ya gotta love the sound of that...
Speaking of rocket sounds, if you ever have a chance to visit an LDRS/Tripoli launch, by all means do so!
That is insane, but for a small cockpit jet, I'd go with the BD-5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede_BD-5
Black Rock is on my bucket list. Only launched two Estes E engines thus far, as far as high power. 400-500 standard rocket launches Estes is now selling E, F and G engines.
I can only imagine what 8-N's and 1-P would sound like in person:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVcAJFU-5E
or even one Q:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGK-NUDMiZM
I used to belong to a flight club at a nearby airport. One day, while preflighting one of the club's planes, in swooped the Coors Silver Bullet BD-5 jet (as thought it were on rails, I still remember). It landed and taxied to a stop quite close to my location. I had the opportunity to talk with the pilot for a few minutes and check out the jet up close (alas, not in the air). It is a treasured fantasy to own and fly something like that. Alas it will likely remain just a fantasy.
Still, for the sheer thrill of being airborne, it is hard to beat the front row seating that paragliding provides.
From reading the Wiki page I'm surprised it does not hold the record for the highest proportion of pilot fatalities. It seems to be more dangerous than I guessed when I first heard of it in the 1980's.