LANDINGS GONE WRONG - Plane CRASHES

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  • čas přidán 21. 03. 2023
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  • @thelightersideofrc
    @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +3

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  • @pre7ender
    @pre7ender Před rokem +55

    I've been an RC pilot for about 15 years. Got my PPL on full scale planes last year. What we learned is that every approach ends in a go around with the option of a landing. Looking at your video, some of these incidents could have been avoided by just going around an trying again. 😊

    • @st3v3nk3
      @st3v3nk3 Před rokem +2

      Naah but the pride would been hurt :D

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +4

      That is totally correct! Go Arounds save lots of aircraft!

    • @jeffs7915
      @jeffs7915 Před rokem

      Yeah , but then they wouldn't be learning
      nuthin.

    • @terrallputnam7979
      @terrallputnam7979 Před rokem +3

      Exactly! Unless you are already out of fuel and making a dead stick landing, going around is a great idea!

    • @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus
      @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus Před rokem +3

      Now admit it - it’s a lot easier than RC flying, eh? Congratulations on the PPL. 👍🏻

  • @gertnood
    @gertnood Před rokem +6

    LOL the tendencey to push the nose down to get it on the ground is strong.. and the beginning of a SNAFU in many cases. I've been flying RC since 1974, consider myself half ass decent at the circuit and landings, but I never take them for granted - you need to earn the good ones every time.

  • @onebravotango
    @onebravotango Před 10 měsíci +3

    Absolutely, your insight is spot on. Whether in RC or full-scale aviation, the ability to recognize a less-than-optimal situation and opt for a go-around is a skill that comes with experience and a commitment to safety. Trial version of testing before flying is always good.

  • @slap-nutzrc7145
    @slap-nutzrc7145 Před rokem +7

    Thanks for the video and also the reason I stay with foam, usually bigger and less pieces to pick up lol.

  • @mikeframe5450
    @mikeframe5450 Před 3 měsíci +2

    F7F hits and smashes...pilot yells "Stupid plane, just lay there till you get it right!"

  • @iqeen
    @iqeen Před 7 měsíci +7

    Shocked at how they can miss a hella big runway. Most of us don't have the benefit of big fields and have to land on a spaghetti strip. 😔

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 7 měsíci +1

      HAHA. It happens!

    • @phsavatage8681
      @phsavatage8681 Před 4 měsíci

      They love grass lol

    • @trevor5290
      @trevor5290 Před měsícem

      I know.. and the paved runway is about 3000'+++ feet long and they all feel the need to land before reaching the taxi way or the world will blow up.

    • @johnnichol9412
      @johnnichol9412 Před dnem

      @@trevor5290 Regardless of the length you should be on the ground before the plane gets to you, let alone past. I have the benefit of about 40 metres x 40 metres, fences on 3 sides, one 8 feet high, and a street with light poles on the fourth. You get it down or go around, 3000' I would get lost.

  • @robertcovell2787
    @robertcovell2787 Před rokem +5

    I'm getting old. Been at this a long time. Watching those approach speeds makes me appreciate a Cub that much more :) I love Cubs ... I have 3 of them! :):):)

  • @pauljanssens4449
    @pauljanssens4449 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Shocked at a lot of these approaches. Buying a fancy model doesn’t mean you get golden fingers delivered in the box. Learning how to walk before running, I.e. learning all about landings in a simple model, is far less expensive

  • @matchthat5053
    @matchthat5053 Před rokem +4

    I hope there were survivors from the landings gone so terribly wrong. Hopefully no animals were abused also. It's times like these ,we should all come together and hold hands in prayer!

  • @stevesloan7132
    @stevesloan7132 Před rokem +10

    After examining the debris field the RCNTSB is expected to release the definitive report on the cause of the accident relatively quickly. After all, it was a small accident.

  • @alexj3709
    @alexj3709 Před rokem +3

    So the lesson to be learned is to make sure you get some really good photos of that beautiful model before you fly it. Always nice to have a "before" pic.

  • @emanuelmota7217
    @emanuelmota7217 Před 3 měsíci +4

    As a fellow middle-age RC pilot, most of these guys are flying planes above their skill level. Besides being a waste of money, time and effort, this can also be dangerous to others at the field. They should move back to flying more basic planes and practice landings.

  • @randomnickify
    @randomnickify Před rokem +10

    Ugh... That debris field was brutal 😢

  • @shelbyseelbach9568
    @shelbyseelbach9568 Před rokem +10

    The first one didn't appear to even be an attempt at a landing, but more like a low level high speed pass gone wrong.

  • @heeder777
    @heeder777 Před rokem +5

    It looks like they are teaching a new RC landing technique. Dive at the runway, pitch up hard and hold it till it almost stalls then stretch out the glide until it stalls/snaps or pancakes in on the belly. 😂

  • @thomashockin4128
    @thomashockin4128 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the video ... ouchie!!! Lots of work and time lost there!!

  • @keithcarpenter5254
    @keithcarpenter5254 Před rokem +4

    Heartbreaking to watch, knowing how much time, effort, skill and money went into building them all.....but. No-one injured, property damage limited to dents in the earths crust, no endangerment of anykind.

  • @keithnoneya
    @keithnoneya Před rokem +5

    Ah the pit falls of not being prepared before entering the air. Happens to all of us.

  • @Grossman2868
    @Grossman2868 Před rokem +5

    Amazing how so many of them can't seem to find the runway!! Are you turning over your waypoints to ensure you're lined up? You can turn and aim it toward you, then kick it out slightly. You could also make a much lower down wind pass so you don't build up speed and slap the thing on the runway....

  • @HamRadio200
    @HamRadio200 Před rokem +1

    I’ve had some nice planes. My favorite was my boomerang jet. Man I flew the wings off it! Never really crash landed it. So much fun.

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +1

      Totally! Such a great plane that grows with your flying ability!

  • @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus
    @ThreenaddiesRexMegistus Před rokem +1

    Ouch! I’ve got that same Tigercat, haven’t flown it yet.

  • @gregoryh4601
    @gregoryh4601 Před rokem +2

    Jonathan looks like you will never have a Slow Year Building Airplane & Jets with these Guys Flying! lol.

  • @michaelwhinnery164
    @michaelwhinnery164 Před rokem +1

    This is why I love FT foamboard planes... because my soul doesn't get squashed when I crash..... and they're fun to fly.

  • @Jay-zc7iq
    @Jay-zc7iq Před rokem +2

    Yay the baby mig made the blooper reel 😂 god that hurt even me 😢

  • @tungstenkid2271
    @tungstenkid2271 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Funny thing is, although I haven't flown r/c for 40 years, I still have dreams at night in which I'm fiercely concentrating on flying them, I suppose it's so deeply embedded in my subconscious for the rest of my life..:)

  • @gmorphan
    @gmorphan Před rokem +6

    Been there, done that...more times than I'll ever admit too. 🤣

  • @waltergrosselfinger3490
    @waltergrosselfinger3490 Před 6 měsíci +1

    🙈🙈🙈 Wurfgleiter aus Papier machen auch Spaß 😅😅😅

  • @edwinthomas618
    @edwinthomas618 Před rokem +2

    This was a nice change

  • @victorrcjets7660
    @victorrcjets7660 Před rokem +1

    Almost did myself a little stall last weekend too😅

  • @liarspeaksthetruth
    @liarspeaksthetruth Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love the Snowbird model!

  • @ToyManFlyer1100
    @ToyManFlyer1100 Před rokem +2

    Well, Certainly one way to keep the plane manufacturers in business..😂😂😂😂

  • @MrDlt123
    @MrDlt123 Před rokem +2

    This is why I have about 30 RC cars and drones, but zero airplanes. I just know I'd auger an RC plane into a spectator's cranium. LOL. The kicker is...I'm an actual pilot (1:1 scale 😂), but it's different. I love watching them fly on CZcams though.

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +3

      But planes are so fun!!!! Thanks for watching!

    • @user-gl5yk5ys5b
      @user-gl5yk5ys5b Před 4 měsíci

      don't go through life like an old lady with hemorrhoids crossing an icy street
      get a hobby zone carbon cub and you'll be flying like a pro in no time. a thin coat of epoxy fixes foam airplanes real well

  • @Gavs_rc_hobbies
    @Gavs_rc_hobbies Před rokem +2

    Some of these landing cut right to the soul....😥

  • @tungstenkid2271
    @tungstenkid2271 Před rokem +3

    I used to fly r/c, their wrecks are scattered all over the countryside..:)

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +2

      😂😂

    • @tungstenkid2271
      @tungstenkid2271 Před rokem +1

      @@thelightersideofrc I lost 3 r/c planes on separate occasions in cornfields, the amazing thing is that although I saw the exact spot where they went in just a hundred yards away, i couldn't find them despite trudging around through the corn for an hour.
      I eventually got 2 back months later when farmers found them and notified me, but they were in a soggy waterlogged state after months exposure to the elements..:)

    • @6h471
      @6h471 Před rokem +1

      LOL! Too true. A burn barrel, the ultimate fate of all RC planes.

  • @Blueberry954
    @Blueberry954 Před rokem +2

    First clip is mine. Glad to see it here. Hope the owner of the tigercat is OK with you sharing it.

  • @Stafernisy
    @Stafernisy Před rokem +1

    The first guy looked excited lol

  • @IceMan2035
    @IceMan2035 Před rokem +1

    It happens I know the feeling. You just hope you can repair it or salvage what you can.

  • @tomcline5631
    @tomcline5631 Před rokem +2

    That first one, Is that what they a touch and stay? That was a gorgeous model!

  • @rcplanesandfriends3067
    @rcplanesandfriends3067 Před rokem +2

    I wanna fly at this field, my landings will look spectacular.. lol.

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-01234 Před rokem +3

    What I see at the RC filed is people don't practice landings. They get the thing up in the air trim it out and go right to aerobatics. Should be doing touch and go's and learn to land the thing. If you can't land it should not be taking off. If your worried about crashing it learning to land buy a cheap foam plane for learning. If you never learned proper way to land, get some instruction.

  • @SilntObsvr
    @SilntObsvr Před rokem +2

    "Why is R/C such an expensive hobby?"
    "Because the hardest part to learn is the landing."
    I've flown R/C, thirty-five or so years ago. Jets as we know them now didn't exist (ducted fans were new back then, and ran on high performance glow engines). I had a couple major crashes -- spun in after a "count the spins" went flat, repaired the airplane and was back at the field in two weeks; pulled the wings off an Olympic 650 glider flying with two pounds of lead ballast in slope lift and seeing how tight a loop I could pull (that one was a total, but I saved the radio and built another glider). I don't think I ever landed as badly as these, though. I always flew birds that could slow down...

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +1

      WELL SAID!

    • @johnnichol9412
      @johnnichol9412 Před dnem

      An Olympic with 2lbs of lead, yeh right.

    • @SilntObsvr
      @SilntObsvr Před dnem

      @@johnnichol9412 Well, yeah. It wasn't a low-drag fast glider, and the wind was 15-20 that day, so I needed ballast to penetrate.

    • @johnnichol9412
      @johnnichol9412 Před dnem

      Carl Goldberg or TopmodelCZ?

    • @SilntObsvr
      @SilntObsvr Před dnem

      @@johnnichol9412 This was in 1983, so Carl Goldberg. The one I wrecked was bought already built, the one I built to replace it (also CG) would not have broken under the same stress (the first one's spars weren't properly bonded to the shear webs, allowing the wing to flex just outboard of the mounting bands, which then allowed the ribs to crush and the wing to fold until the spruce failed).

  • @Shadow0fd3ath24
    @Shadow0fd3ath24 Před 9 měsíci +1

    First guy had no business flying that low 5 secs before it hit, let alone by the time it was skimming the ground lol especially with no gear out and under power still. Gear battery guy did excellent an didnt hurt anything but the paint. amazing how many can find the runway when its 60+ft wide too

  • @tomthumb5688
    @tomthumb5688 Před rokem +1

    Well to you hotshots glad you are flying model planes not full size ones.

  • @mrsmith4662
    @mrsmith4662 Před rokem +1

    I love RC planes, but they love to crash all too often.

  • @RubyS.1
    @RubyS.1 Před rokem +4

    That first one for some reason was the worst to me. Hits the ground it's fine hits again and it's gone

  • @Tonyloeffel
    @Tonyloeffel Před rokem +3

    its like most people don't know how to trim their planes for take off and landings.

  • @johndemeen5575
    @johndemeen5575 Před rokem +4

    What about the pilot’s family’s, so tragic. What a loss.St.Paul.

  • @Bigtimber1980
    @Bigtimber1980 Před rokem +1

    almost thought my jet was done before I got to play with it 😅

  • @capnhardway
    @capnhardway Před rokem +1

    That sucks, just lost my Pioneer in the sun. Crash and burn or a loss, just as sad..

  • @foobar201
    @foobar201 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is an advanced technique, so-caled lithobraking.

  • @jammer4578
    @jammer4578 Před rokem +2

    Almost all these landings happened with elevator trim set for high speed.😢

  • @johndd8186
    @johndd8186 Před rokem +1

    Nice to see I am not the only one....

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +1

      HAHA. If your flying, you will have Ooops moments at some point!

  • @richardbell1668
    @richardbell1668 Před rokem +1

    I'm sorry, but I just have to say this, based primarily on the way this is presented. "AND NOT A SINGLE PILOT WAS INJURED IN THE CARNAGE. ABSOLUTELY MIRACULOUS!!!

  • @Tld0026
    @Tld0026 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Flown RC a long time and I can easily say this video is a case of having more $$ than skill set! I flew RC Heli’s in competition and I’ve seen it many times. Guys barely learn to hover and show up at the field the next week with big $$ competition Heli’s top of the line. All the while there’s some poor guy with duct tape on his canopy just shredding it.😂🤣 one thing you can’t buy is skill and experience. Which takes time and patience. The best advice I can give anyone is to remember power is for altitude and pitch is for speed when landing full scale or models.

  • @TalkingGIJoe
    @TalkingGIJoe Před rokem +1

    been there, done that, filled the garbage bags...

  • @johnmorykwas2343
    @johnmorykwas2343 Před rokem +1

    I've done that. It's call loss os situation awareness.

  • @shaunbitz3569
    @shaunbitz3569 Před rokem +4

    It’s entertaining but hard to watch at the same time 😢😂

  • @Mgp-Rc
    @Mgp-Rc Před rokem +1

    Airspeed!! / Landing too FAST! / What centreline!?!? / ARE YOU CLEAR OF OBSTACLES ON APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY!? :P :P :P

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington1251 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Some very nice aircraft that shouldn't've been lost. And time/money/emotional distress.

  • @mitchd949
    @mitchd949 Před rokem +2

    In real aviation a good landing is any you can walk away from. What's the RC equivalent - any you can carry away in one piece?

  • @fateswingman3006
    @fateswingman3006 Před rokem +4

    Old guys with diminished skills aside...it just boggles the mind to be this deep into the hobby and you can't find the center line of the runway. Even on a 100 foot wide runway guys are missing the center line! Did they learn to fly on park foamies and scale up everything except flying fundamentals? That's a lot of money in the dirt at the edge of a perfectly good runway.

  • @jacobdavidcunningham1440

    F7F wood for a bondfire now
    F5J when you gotta land now 3:13

  • @stevenvater8720
    @stevenvater8720 Před rokem +1

    A lot wernt landing on the strip. When flying planes of that standard and cost ya gotta be able to land on that strip!!

  • @GolfRomeoIndia
    @GolfRomeoIndia Před rokem +1

    Huh, didn’t see of of TBrum in there. Must not be flying much. 😉

  • @dont6441
    @dont6441 Před rokem +3

    Always take a large plastic bag to the flying field :)

  • @gscott5778
    @gscott5778 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Key issue I see that results in the major part of the damage is ... Poor Depth perception. I know because it happens to me.
    In these videos clearly the folks think they are over the runway when they aren't either in distance from runway start or lateral alignment on the runway. Now when it's going to be a gear up landing, yeah the grass apron might be softer but in most cases it's just simple depth perception, and when you add that to an engine out issue or something not working right, it clearly has bad results.

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Agreed! And Nerves I think add to some of the issue as well.

    • @gscott5778
      @gscott5778 Před 8 měsíci

      @thelightersideofrc Can't do much when the problems occur one the first loop, but one more reason to add an alignment and distance pass at least once or twice before landing AND consciously do those as pre-landing actions. For me... I'm always taking multiple approaches because I realize I'm not lined up. Pulling grass out of hinges and foam is not my favorite post flight past time.

  • @ReedMalcolm378
    @ReedMalcolm378 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Im guessing that some of these pilots jump straight into jet aircraft without learning the basics of flying. Doesn’t matter how good you think you are, ALWAYS start with a simple trainer or at least a simulator…

  • @DaveZotzman
    @DaveZotzman Před rokem +1

    Ugh, still hurts to see the Diamond, that plane wasn't that old either. But as usual, we all know they have a built in number of flights, could be 1000+, could be 1, or in case of the mini-Mig, does that even count as 1??? 1/10th maybe????

  • @stevemorgan5684
    @stevemorgan5684 Před rokem +1

    The goods and bads!!

  • @HappyHands.
    @HappyHands. Před rokem +1

    I once made the mistake of trying to fly the plane with one hand and hold a camera in the other hand. buried it

  • @johannnorris6350
    @johannnorris6350 Před rokem +2

    😂😂😂😂 I know there’s lotta pilots the power back too premature. That’s why the airplanes tip stall you got to keep the momentum going don’t throttle back so early and also you gotta be careful don’t fly to slow it’s a right balance in the middle. You have a lot of spirit flying jet. You shouldn’t have this problem and also if you have lotta experience that helps.😂😂😂

  • @badgumby9544
    @badgumby9544 Před rokem +1

    I've noticed. That many older guys that build beautiful scale aircraft. Are not very good pilots. Not all, but many.

  • @mnpd3
    @mnpd3 Před rokem +3

    I think that would get to be an expensive hobby.

  • @Airbrushkid
    @Airbrushkid Před rokem +1

    This is some of the reasons RemoteID are here to stay!

  • @garyjohnson1970
    @garyjohnson1970 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Short final....inverted!

  • @bobbyricigliano2799
    @bobbyricigliano2799 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Not knowing anything about RC, is it safe to assume those fences and nets are to protect the operator from a plane that decides to kamikaze?

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Sort of. Many purposes but if 2 are flying at once and someone has a bad take off it keeps the other pilot safe.

  • @Workerbee-zy5nx
    @Workerbee-zy5nx Před 6 měsíci +1

    Dang..

  • @TheThedeuce
    @TheThedeuce Před rokem +2

    It’s shocking. Seems like they started flying on the aircraft they are crashing, instead of starting smaller and save some money.

  • @scottmonroe6522
    @scottmonroe6522 Před rokem +4

    Jeez, all these jet flyers can’t land! Learn the basics before you move up. How did these guys get signed off?

  • @cosmiccharlie8294
    @cosmiccharlie8294 Před rokem +1

    What is the fun of a plane that is very difficult to land in one piece?

  • @DerGuenthi
    @DerGuenthi Před rokem +1

    building and flying are two different things.

  • @jamesp13152
    @jamesp13152 Před rokem +1

    This is why when going flying always make sure you bring along trash bags... I do anyway

  • @vfatore
    @vfatore Před 8 měsíci +2

    3:47 so piloto ruim com uma pista dessa consegue pousar fora ainda é demais .nossa pista aqui tem 10x200 e um brejo na frente 😂😂😂

  • @stevenjones2371
    @stevenjones2371 Před rokem +1

    ouch to the wallet

  • @saraheart8527
    @saraheart8527 Před rokem +1

    Why couldn't these people find that BIG-WIDE RUNWAY ?? I'd kill for a paved runway of that size!! Learn these mistakes people, I think all of these could have been prevented.

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +1

      HAHA. I would love to have a paved runway period! Most of our flying is from grass.

  • @thomasschmidt9281
    @thomasschmidt9281 Před rokem +1

    Every Pilot hate this OMG Moments on the Field and the Blood is cooking 😉

  • @secularsunshine9036
    @secularsunshine9036 Před rokem +1

    *Let the Sunshine in...*

  • @rcadventureclub
    @rcadventureclub Před 2 měsíci +1

    Very painful to watch lol

  • @ThePlainNsimple
    @ThePlainNsimple Před 9 měsíci +2

    "If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing." - Chuck Yeager
    These were all good landings haha!

  • @kdr955
    @kdr955 Před 8 měsíci +1

    At least there weren’t any morons blaming the crashes on “tip stalls”.

  • @korkav8r
    @korkav8r Před rokem +1

    What happened to the Diamond? bummer. You rekitted that one. Sorry

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +2

      I'll keep it simple. The Diamond was the Reason I switched to JETI. Much more to the story but that was the final push.

  • @tungstenkid2271
    @tungstenkid2271 Před 27 dny +1

    2:37 is that a UFO at top right corner of screen?

  • @redbarchetta8782
    @redbarchetta8782 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Landing? Flyby got too close.

  • @scottmitchell7302
    @scottmitchell7302 Před rokem +1

    There away going to be casualties

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +1

      You got it! If your flying them, they will expire at some point.

  • @alien_menace971
    @alien_menace971 Před rokem +1

    You should change the title of this video to R/C Crashes in it.

  • @OmarAhmed-jr6kf
    @OmarAhmed-jr6kf Před 5 měsíci +1

    it actually looks like some people flying should not be flying turbines

  • @JL-jq5rx
    @JL-jq5rx Před 9 měsíci +1

    why do they break them. Don't they want them any more ?

  • @tahirusman2298
    @tahirusman2298 Před rokem +1

    What a stupid thing to do! Flew right into the ground. Scientist😮

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před rokem +1

      I have a feeling it wasn't intentional.

    • @tahirusman2298
      @tahirusman2298 Před rokem

      @@thelightersideofrc Sad to see a model crash. Takes an effort to build one!

  • @paulg5501
    @paulg5501 Před rokem +1

    cant believe those landings, the runway is so big they could of landed a private plane on them and they missed it and went on the grass. i dont think they should be flying jets but should be back on a trainer aircraft instead. everyone has a bad landing some those were just bad flying.