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    Para-propeller Skyrunner crash - GIF and video

    Parachute propeller UTV crash.




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    More: https://www.flyskyrunner.com

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    wing snaps off plane, whole-plane parachute deploys safely

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    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

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    Wrong I kmow, but this made me chuckle. I think it was the way the bloke just wanders off after take off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fluffle-Valve View Post
    Wrong I kmow, but this made me chuckle. I think it was the way the bloke just wanders off after take off.
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    Not sure what caused this accident, but reading about it brought me to this unusual attentional phenomenon: Target fixation.

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    Agreed Frank. There was no apparent way to steer the thing. What were they thinking?

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    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:

    Para-propeller Skyrunner crash - GIF and video-ntsb.jpg

    Pilot error? Low climb rate & air speed due to low air density (high temp, high RH, low barometric pressure)?
    Last edited by DIYSwede; Aug 12, 2019 at 01:14 PM.

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    Those goat-herders can't fly Cessnas either!

    here's how it's done --
    Last edited by Rattlerjake; Aug 12, 2019 at 01:16 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rattlerjake View Post
    Those goat-herders can't fly Cessnas either!

    here's how it's done --
    And I still didn't see any flight controls but surely they had something like what is shown here
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