Now here's a pilot!

[cobra bill]

Originally Posted by NeoConMan

Sport/aerobatic aircraft of the Extra/Edge/Sukhoi pedigree are state of the art.
If you could remove the skin to see the structural members inside, you would probably crap your pants when you saw how little metal is actually used.
Seriously, those planes are mostly air inside!

There's an insanely thin beam that gives the wings strength - passes thru the fuselage.
Commonly called the wing spar, it's made of aluminum on most aircraft, sometimes titanium and such.
This is the ONLY thing in there that can withstand the bending loads of the landing gear.

The engine mounts consist of a lattice-work of tubes extending back to this junction, giving a 3-D box of sorts when it's all done.

Anyhow, it is an art to put just enough metal in the framework and then use the skin for the final strengthening, with no more material (weight) than absolutely necessary.

There is no spare support or bracework, lose anything and it all comes apart like a house of cards.
From the cockpit back, it's simply a sheetmetal tube with stringers under the skin for stiffness.

Like I said - state of the art....

VERY WELL EXPLANED!

[trularin]

Burped the wrong thread.

[J. T. Toad]

My problem is that people like you are allowed air without taxation.

2ndly, I shudder to think of ANYONE who has logged ANY time that would need an explanation of what a spar is.

Not all aircraft have the gear attached to the spar. Not all of Van's do, if any for that matter.

[427 S/O]

Let's get back to the clip, someone show me what I'm missing?, I replayed the last part many times and it still looks real!. If it's fake that camera guy is the best in the business...imo.

[cobra bill]

I have to agree with you Perry, I have been going over it, and over it in full screen, stopping the video throughout, and you can even see the left aileron pitching up in the last seconds. I don't see any obvious splices into the video.

[clayfoushee]

Try this for another "real one" from the same website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivSgzxFcdg

I can't believe we're still talking about the possibility this was real. The motions of that alleged airplane simply defy the laws of physics. It is CGI or an RC aircraft, plain and simple.

[clayfoushee]

And this from the respected AvWeb site.

http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/A..._199096-1.html

[J. T. Toad]

Originally Posted by clayfoushee

I can't believe we're still talking about the possibility this was real.

AHHHHH, I found my Valium.

[Excaliber]

Good find Clay! Sounds like that video took the web by storm all right.

[J. T. Toad]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Good find Clay! Sounds like that video took the web by storm all right.

from page 1

"No, it is not real...it is a video created by the KillaThrill sports apparel company. They're hoping the video goes viral."

only took 3 more pages of comments. There is this thing called google, many Obama supporters don't know about it, or find it hard to use, or choose to be ignorant about it, but it can be enlightening for those willing to open their blind eyes and see truth IF and ONLY IF they are willing to discern.

[427 S/O]

Fake huh!, well I'm impressed.

[J. T. Toad]

Here you can see that even an RC has a spar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au2Ik...eature=related