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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

Жыл бұрын

Naah but the pride would been hurt :D

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

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

@jeffs7915

Жыл бұрын

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

@terrallputnam7979

Жыл бұрын

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

@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus

Жыл бұрын

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

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.

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

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

6 ай бұрын

HAHA. It happens!

@phsavatage8681

3 ай бұрын

They love grass lol

@trevor5290

9 күн бұрын

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.

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.

@thelightersideofrc

9 ай бұрын

😎

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! :):):)

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Thanks Robert!

@robertcovell2787

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc 🙂

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

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

😎

@user-gl5yk5ys5b

3 ай бұрын

where is the fun in that?

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!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

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.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Well said!

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.

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

🤔

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

@AlanMydland-fq2vs

Жыл бұрын

way cheaper too!!

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

@thelightersideofrc

2 ай бұрын

LOL.

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.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea exactly.

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. 😂

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

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.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA!😂

Ugh... That debris field was brutal 😢

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea no kidding. BOOM! YARDSALE!!!

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.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea well put Keith!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

👍

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Understandably!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

You got that right! Thanks for watching

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

🙄

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Well put!

The first guy looked excited lol

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

LOL. Yea no kidding! WOOHOO! 😂😂

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

@thelightersideofrc

5 ай бұрын

😂

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....

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. It happens!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

It Happens!!!

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Love the Snowbird model!

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

😎

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..:)

@thelightersideofrc

6 ай бұрын

HAHA. once an RC Flier, Always an RC Flier?!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure most of us have!

@tonywright8294

8 ай бұрын

Just a crap flying

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Well. Don't do what he did! HAHA

This was a nice change

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Been Saving this one for a while.

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.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Great Points!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

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

"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

Жыл бұрын

WELL SAID!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😱

@sophiejaysstuff4026

Жыл бұрын

He doesn't have a choice.....

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Almost did myself a little stall last weekend too😅

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

It happens!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

LOL.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Totally!

This is an advanced technique, so-caled lithobraking.

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

HAHA.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@tungstenkid2271

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

🙌

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

LOL. Yea you and many others.

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 KZread though.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

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

@user-gl5yk5ys5b

3 ай бұрын

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

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Well put!

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.

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

Fun Video hey! 😂 Thanks for watching!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂🤣

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…

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

Very true. Still stressful for some.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Touch and Stay! I like that!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

No Animals or pilots were harmed in the making of this film.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Totally.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Possibly!

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

@thelightersideofrc

9 ай бұрын

😂

Short final....inverted!

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

😂

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Totally understand!

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

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

Happens!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Yea that was the most brutal for sure!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Exactly!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea it's always sad to see one crash!

building and flying are two different things.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

YES!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😳

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!!!

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

HAHA. Phew!

Dang..

@thelightersideofrc

6 ай бұрын

🙌

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.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

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

4 ай бұрын

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

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?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Sounds about right!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

@lamarw7757

Жыл бұрын

Bad pilots put a trash bag inside their plane. That way, it's already there.

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

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

Lol

The goods and bads!!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Lol

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Truth!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

Very painful to watch lol

@thelightersideofrc

Ай бұрын

😂

*Let the Sunshine in...*

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!

I think that would get to be an expensive hobby.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

It can be if you have lots of last flights with your aircraft.

😂😂😂😂 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.😂😂😂

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Johann!

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

@thelightersideofrc

4 ай бұрын

Always some around that need a bit more pracice!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

🙌

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. No kidding!

ouch to the wallet

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes, unfortunatley.

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????

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA. Yea only had like 60 ish flights I think.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂

Landing? Flyby got too close.

@thelightersideofrc

5 ай бұрын

👍

"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!

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

haha. Well Said

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

7 ай бұрын

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

@gscott5778

7 ай бұрын

@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.

This why I got out of RC planes

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

🙌

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

OK. Why?

@alien_menace971

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Because, your total could suggest real aircraft crashes.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

We all have our moments.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

HAHA.

Zoom lens. Love the flights. Can see them

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😎

Bit of spit and polish... she'll be right mate!

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Haha. And a bit of duct tape!

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Some yes, most no.

I actually enjoy watching RC Electric plains crash. Seeing those screaming, expensive little bombs destroyed right off the shelve has reward. They deserve to crash. However, I DO NOT like seeing turbines and radial engine planes crash. They represent time and a huge investment in the hobby. In those instances it is a heartbreak seeing a beautiful model crash.

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

😂😂

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

I have a feeling it wasn't intentional.

@tahirusman2298

Жыл бұрын

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

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 😂😂😂

@thelightersideofrc

7 ай бұрын

😂

There away going to be casualties

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@thelightersideofrc

8 ай бұрын

HAHA. Probably.

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

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

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.