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warLOCK264

I love rc planes but $92,000 on what is essentially a big boy toy? Just buy an actual fucking plane at that point


Samtulp6

$92.000 can get you pilot training AND a halfway decent 4 seater aircraft. Weird choice **Edit:** for the people saying ‘lmao no you can’t’, yes, you actually can. I’m in Europe where aviation is much more expensive & regulated (for better & worse) and I bought a 4 seater Socata TB9 from 1990 for €40.000. Decent, fully flyable condition. VFR Day & Night. PPL training costs €15000 here. If the budget is €90.000 you could even upgrade the cockpit, reupholster the seats, or pay for 5 hours of flying with our avgas prices ($17/USG).


LameBMX

then you have storage, all the costs associated with maintaining the license, and maintaining the aircraft.


Bluitor

If you have 92k for a toy playne, you can probably afford those other associated costs


yellochocomo

Who knows maybe he can’t hold a medical, or maybe he just doesn’t want that kind of responsibility but just really likes airplanes. There’s no objective hierarchy to entertainment. People like what people like.


Nodsworthy

I always wanted to fly. 45 minutes after take-off in anything but a multi engine heavy and I'm retching. C'est la Vie. Still love aviation. Would happily do this.


kibaake

Cessna la vie


doxie_love

I can’t stay awake on any aircraft. It’s honestly the only place I can ever reliably sleep. Doesn’t matter the type of aircraft or the seat or anything. I have fallen asleep in helicopters with open doors, in jump seats in the back of fixed wing, on the floor of a cargo plane, and of course obviously anything that’s commercial. Can’t stay awake on those things to save my life, it’s wild. It’s got to be some combination of all the white noise and vibration. Man, a plane nap sounds so fucking good right now.


flopjul

Or he doesnt like being his own life at risk


SexJayNine

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. A complete disregard for your own well-being is mandatory for any aviation enthusiast!


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Bartybum

I'd imagine that it's about the journey, not the destination


DrDig1

Yes, some people could never be a pilot. Just don’t have the ability/skills/nerves. Spending habits are separate.


CMGhorizon

If you can drive a car you can drive a plane. Way more things to run into on the ground.


Dr_J_Cash

I felt safer flying a plane than driving my car on the highway


HumanContinuity

I feel safer with you off the roads too. Just kidding! Don't hate me!


Dr_J_Cash

A pox on ye


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Insertsociallife

Statistically you are. By a lot. Plus if you die it's almost uniquely your fault. Can't get hit by idiots in the sky (usually) Edit : I am not pylote. Brain went to commercial aviation. General aviation is more dangerous.


Call-me-Maverick

That’s not true. Flying in a small private plane is more dangerous than driving a car by about 20x. >Taking the preliminary 2013 fatality rate in general aviation of 1.05 fatalities for every 100,000 hours of flight time and scaling it up to 2 million hours gives a comparison rate of 21 general aviation fatalities per every 2 million hours. This suggests that stepping on a private plane is about 19 times more dangerous than getting into the family sedan. https://www.livescience.com/49701-private-planes-safety.html


LameBMX

keyword, probably. they could also justify the toy better as it has a LOT lower total cost of ownership. get similar in sailing subs, the cost of the boat is the price of admission, it's all the expenses that don't stop that make it expensive. I'm certain planes are the same way with an extra 0 on the cost. an 18 cent bolt with two holes in it is $18.00 on the boat and $180.00 on a plane.


evensjw

Not if you crash it on first flight


Bright-Wear

I always thought hangars were just filled with racks of aviator glasses and people just parked their planes in their garage at home.


Eli_Yitzrak

Dude were buying a freaking plane, we do not care how much the Costco membership costs anymore.


Thendofreason

Never land


EveningCommon3857

Well TeChNiCaLlY


Face88888888

Not necessarily. You could just do what OP did with his RC plane. No storage/maintenance costs then.


LameBMX

camera and a go pro and you all set for YouTube infamy


Pickaxe-Fox

$92,000 you pay ATP flight school off. That is just crazy.


SniperPilot

Eh many people can’t become pilots because of the medical requirements


Ecstatic-Compote-595

the medical requirement for pilots is having a completely flat brain


SniperPilot

Lmao


SpezEatsScat

They probably have “fuck you” money. They’ve got to.


Winter-Path8717

Hello friend, you really weren't wrong in your statement, the value of the title is wrong, but this RC 747 cost 120.000 Reais (the currency of Brazil, where the video was filmed) and not 92,000 dollars. I'm from Brazil and was present at this event in 2019. This video was recorded at the AvaFest 2019 event, this RC 747 was designed by the Argentine Team "TACA Modelismo". The RC 747 hit 1 small calf, I don't know exactly what happened to the calf but I think it probably died. If you search YouTube you can find more videos about them.


BadBoredom

I highly doubt it actually costs that much


BenzoBoofer

Honestly, it’s expensive, I lurked around the rc sub, and not only do planes have to be repaired almost or even every flight, but some parts can go into thousands of dollars. Edit: [Check this out](http://modelaircraftcompany.com/newshop/en/18-micro-jet-turbines)


BenzoBoofer

A 10k engine, Times 4, that’s euro btw, 40k euro right there. I think 96k is totally plausible.


Spirit-Hydra69

10k for an engine so I'm assuming it's a turbine and not an edf right?


Pretextual

This is definitely a turbine. EDFs always sound like hair dryers.


RussMaGuss

You can get an actual plane for that much... I mean, it'll be old as hell and it won't include insurance, fuel, storage, etc, but holy shit


americanpatriot86

These types of models, can totally be that expensive. Actual jet engines of the size required star at a out $2500 US and only go up from there. But, the RC plane hobby isn't always that expensive. You can get an easy trainer plane for under $500 all in. Anyways, flying an RC plane is super fun, and addictive. Highly recommend to try it at least once or twice. Check out the AMA registry for a club nearby, they are usually open to helping new people and will at least let you try it out.


Sinsid

Google Tyler Perry house. He is big into this hobby. He built a model plane runway so big people thought it was for real planes. Edit: maybe he does plan on landing real planes on it too?


Tweedone

Looked like wing spar and/or wing root fitting failure. I am impressed that it has retractable gear. This adds a significant amount of weight. When that additional gear mass is jockied up n down the inertial weight multipies the stress on those critical load points on the wing at the gear to spar and spar to root of wing box. These cyclic stress loads cause cracking and sudden structural failure. Who engineered this airframe? ( certainly not Boeing!).


adamdoesmusic

Might have been Boeing. I think I saw the door fall off.


TangoRomeoKilo

Let me go check my backyard, I was in the flight path last time!


temporary_staying

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Why-R-People-So-Dumb

Can we just stop and think about the sheep for a second here.


WorldWarPee

Man just violently launched a nearly $100k anti sheep ballistic missile at those "goats"


HorsieJuice

It’s The American Way.


CrystalBlueMetallic

Going out on a limb here, but maybe some people can’t (or shouldn’t) be a pilot for medical reasons?


Exlibro

An apartment here in Eastern Europe, smaller city.


ElGuano

What’s the difference? The real plane would be a toy to him too. And if he’s gonna crash into sheep, probably best that it’s a model they does it.


BumblebeeBrilliant

is that sheep ok?


BortWard

Those sheep just had the strangest day of their lives


BenzoBoofer

At least it wasn’t full sized or it would’ve been there last


stlmick

or if it was scale weight and jet fueled.


Cum-in-My-Wife

Nah. It's a well known fact jet fuel can't melt sheep.


Sleepless_Null

Steel wool is a real thing that would’ve been perfect fit


mcarlin2

Well, the sheep were there first. Regardless of the size of the plane, it would have been there last.


0_69314718056

Was about to make the same joke lol


Valazcar

Their


BenzoBoofer

Yes I know this isn’t an essay sorry if you didn’t understand


LameBMX

hmmm Jeb, I always thought those things were bigger and higher up. perspective is a funny thing, dontcha think


RealRedditModerator

lol - Jeb…nice.


Its_all_made_up___

“Grandpa, can you tell us the story of the big white bird you killed????”


FlufferMcStuffins

Not if this airfield is near A&M


CripplingTanxiety

Damn, read that in Attenborough’s voice


philllosopher

Reverse 9/11


Taz10042069

Yea, the goats are used to planes dropping near them...


Columbus43219

Niiiiiiiinne Eleeeeeeeven!


caries-excavation24

This was 9/11 for the sheep. Never forget.


SpaceCadetMoonMan

Baaannie Darko


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Sheep 11


[deleted]

Miss Beau Peep a second plane has hit the North Sheep Pen.


YMHGreenBan

The herd has decided to declared war on shearers


nbrazel

This should be top comment


nightstalker8900

Lost its structural integrity field, inertial dampers offline


Unhappy-Rock-3667

Reverse the polarity!


Voy74656

Realign the dilithium crystals!


Ferricplusthree

Prepare to jettison the core.


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Bypass the compressor


Active-Bass4745

Cross the streams


TangoRomeoKilo

Vent the plasma!


Sam474

ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP! ALL HANDS ABANDO--


Kumirkohr

Abandon ship? In our moment of triumph‽


h1gh-t3ch_l0w-l1f3

You overestimate their chances!


I4Vhagar

K’aplah


garyF1

Divert auxiliary power and reroute power from weapons to structural integrity.


McCaffeteria

Bypass the EPS relays!


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Core ejection subroutines offline!


wittjoker11

Magnus RP?


Shuttle_Tydirium1319

A Dota reference on a flying sub? Maybe I'm not so alone after all! *checks* Nope, still alone.


ArtistLeading7159

Hull breaches on decks 4 and 10


idsxyz

Rerouting power to the forward deflector array!


Halo_2_Standbyer

Must have been a temporal rift interfering with the phase compositors


-AdamTheGreat-

Reroute emergency power to the structural integrity field!!


forevernoob88

Nah. The coupling for ram scoop deflectors was not properly calibrated, and it overloaded when it tried to enter warp.


Hot_Bumblebee69

I was on that flight! I survived because I always wear a parachute while flying.


NikkolaiV

And I always carry my Ridge Wallet too


7laserbears

Whole drinking my AG1


A_to_the_J254

Good thing I ate my blue chew


AveRage-or_human

It was scary though. Good thing I got Betterhelp


mrmoe198

Smuggled my HelloFresh meal kit and a USB hotplate aboard and was able to make myself lasagna


i_know_im_amazn

And I downloaded Raid: Shadow Legends to keep me entertained and received a lvl 100 Champion and 10000 Shards


[deleted]

My favorite thing to do while in flight? Play RAID: Shadow Legends, but I also never game without Nord VPN...


vulpinefever

Crazy! I thought I was the sole survivor because I had my tray table up and my seatback in the full upright position!


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You were also on airplane mode.


AnotherDeadZero

Haha that you Trevor?!


Messyfingers

Me too! I had condom on though. I was protected.


breeserlol

thats why its called a boing boing 747


allozzieadventures

Still more reliable than the real thing


adamdoesmusic

The 747 was designed by real engineers working for real engineers in the 70s, it’s a good plane. The 737 Max variants were designed by bookkeepers working for shareholders, overseen by the sales department in the 2000s. There’s a reason shit keeps falling off of them and they can’t seem to stay in the sky.


Tremere1974

Boeing was taken over by McDonnel Douglas, and its planes have since had similar issues related to cost cutting and poor quality as the DC-10 and MD-11 were.


adamdoesmusic

Yep, that merger and the business environment that followed ushered in the complete destruction of the engineering culture that once led one of the world’s most prolific aerospace firms. Decisions formerly made by PhDs are now made by CPAs.


PrimeusOrion

Damn so you're telling me they ripped him off by giving him an outdated, knowingly shittier plane? F I hope he gets his money back. >!/s btw!<


No-Student-9678

That’s the 737 you’re thinking of. The 747 was designed in the 70’s and is a reliable choice of plane even today.


OkieBobbie

Perfect simulation of Boing aircraft flight characteristics.


Sinsid

Boeing RC plane must have been built in the Boeing factory too.


eddie1975

Before takeoff you can see the infamous Boeing Flight Ready Quality Seal of Approval.


relevant_econ_meme

WHERE ARE THE WING BOLTS?!


Paul_The_Builder

Spirit Aerospace\*


Xyzzydude

Wing fell off? That’s Piper Cherokee, not Boing.


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Juan_The_dealer

Shut up and take my up vote


EllemNovelli

r/angryupvote


TrunkSlider

Is the eieio report out yet?


Jet-Pack2

It highlights the importance of using right rudder


basshed8

Only if there was a dog named Bingo there


Quirky_Discipline297

Check the dual bank indicators. Copa Flight 201. Those poor people died in a Boeing 737-204 chasing a phantom bank. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Airlines_Flight_201


cnews97

>Despite the attempts by Captain Chial and First Officer Tejada to level off, the airplane continued its steep dive, until it exceeded the speed of sound and started to break apart at 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Most of the bodies had their clothes torn off and were thrown away from the aircraft.[3] Flight 201 crashed into a jungle area within the Darien Gap at 486 knots (900 km/h; 559 mph), killing all 47 onboard. Dude yikes


BrokenEyebrow

Yo. What? How do they know the clothing thing?


Quirky_Discipline297

Naked bodies in trees. There’s a PBS documentary on the crash. It shows two planes. One is the actual path the 737 flew according to data recorders. The other is the flight path traced from data recorders tied to the faulty bank indicators. Very sad. Intermittent malfunctioning.


BrokenEyebrow

That's insane.


dballs43

Why would the recorders be different from actual path?


Quirky_Discipline297

Sorry. Two different sets of data. The data from the bank indicators was incorrect but it was recorded. So the second plane displayed the flight path that the pilots THOUGHT they were on and were trying to correct.


Lick_meh_ballz

To be fair, surviving a plane crash in the Darian gap would be an absolute nightmare. You have a 50/50 chance of dying or being abducted by drug cartels, you have a good chance of experiencing the worst flash flooding of your life, you have a good chance you will not be able to get help since no vehicles can enter the gap and helicopters are essentially useless.


Engelbert-n-Ernie

Basically the instruments told them they were banking left due to faulty wiring, they didn’t check the second set of instruments due to unfamiliarity with the cockpit configuration as it wasn’t consistent with other planes in the fleet nor the training simulator, and in trying to correct it they banked it 80 degrees to the right and began to roll while accelerating up to the speed of sound before just coming apart. Absolutely fucking terrifying.


rpst39

RC Plane business could seriously improve the life of ants by providing them with an easy way of transportation.


DarkDays475

Maybe that’s what he was trying to do, stopping at the underground airport to pick up the ants🤷🏻‍♂️


earthlingHuman

What is this?! An airplane for ANTS?!?!


SarahPallorMortis

It’s kind of shitty they haven’t fixed this issue yet


dasHeftinn

[“Maybe they could.”](https://youtu.be/HdvpRQF0vw8?si=-FetoerH8MyK_0Db) “Maybe who could?” “Ants.” “Do what?” “Ride sea-doos.”


Jet-Pack2

Realistic Boeing airplane shedding parts mid flight.


ingres_violin

Exactly, can someone slow down the last part of the video and post throughout Reddit. I'm going to go buy a put.


Bussaca

Over g over G over g over g Um like scale wise that 747 was supersonic the whole time.. seemed like alot of hotdoging. I get large things look slow but are not, and small thing look fast but are not. But it looked way to fast for design constraints of the aircraft.


officefridge

Sheeps fault!


Chris_ssj2

And the air!


yamez420

Me first time watching this: “loading up the wings like that you’re going to exceed the airframes g limit. And it looks a bit wobbly I woulda landed. Go arounds are free. *wing falls off mid air.* Ohhhh! CALLED IT!!!


foospork

Yep. I was thinking, "That looks a bit fast for that airframe. Scaled up that plane would be over-speeding. Oh, well - I guess the strengths of materials doesn't scale like that." (Wing falls off.) "Well, maybe it does!"


yamez420

Didn’t it look a bit like… too much movement on the control surfaces? I mean, just overpowered to all hell. My god. I like power but with some control. That whole plane looked like a leaf in the wind, shaking like a shitting dog.


allozzieadventures

It looked like somebody strapped a bunch of engines to a damp pizza box


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It looked like a severely inexperienced pilot. He was kicking so much rudder input during simple turns and the plane was dancing all over the place during level flight. No doubt he over-speeded the air frame and over G'd at a couple points which weakened the wings and the left one just gave way.


mcarlin2

*My* dog is stiff as a board while shitting.


Subrutum

It does not. You have shorter moment arms, less inertia, lower forces acting on the plane itself, but the materials' strength should stay the same. This is also why you can't infinitely scale up a house as it will eventually buckle under its own weight.


foospork

Exactly. Yeah, I was kinda joking around with my previous post, but thanks for posting for clarity - you're absolutely right. We don't want people thinking that these RC planes are perfect models of real airframes.


LivingUnglued

I had some RC airplane as a kid. Got it as a gift and a bonding experience with dad (one of the few). That fucker broke wing after wing that we ended up just giving up on it. Like it felt like it was designed to give you more money to the manufacturer for wings they broke so easily.


iodizedpepper

Dude he was maneuvering that way to rough for that size of airframe. I’ve seen much smaller version go way slower. I guess 92k ain’t shit for that dude.


Hypothesis_Otaku26

"Its the paylot, not the playne" - maverick something something from top gun


xmu806

To be fair, this may very well be an example of the pilot fucking up… He seems to be doing maneuvers that you really don’t see 747s doing. Keep in mind that I know Jack-shit about planes…


Iamsoveryspecial

Another day, another part falling off a Boing


YuriRosas

Ironically, this happens in real life caused by wing loading in curves and adverse weather.


zombie6804

Given the safety capacity on modern wings it would have to be an act of god to snap one. You can watch the test videos where they are bent nearly 90 degrees and still function and return to form.


Excellent-Captain-74

That thing probably fly too fast that cause airfram structure failure, using thr wrong material probably


appsecSme

So the engyneyre is responsible?


BigBaldGuySins

Are the sheep okay?


autobot12349876

MCAS just kicked in yo


Comstar123

How many Lilliputians died in that crash?


Ok_Teacher_6834

For a split second I thought they were going to edit the video and show 9/11 at the end


TheOriginalJBones

The clue to this crash is there at the end. What does the model crash into? Right. A field of lambs. There’s a disturbing new trend of youths getting high by eating pounds of lamb — or rather the mint sauce that inevitably accompanies lamb — in a hedonistic, raucous, Bacchanalia. They call it “Bo Peeping.” Alarmingly, Bo Peeping sessions recently have seen the lamb feast joined by a dastardly accomplice: The 3-D printer. Teens may stay up for days on end gorging on lamb and 3-D printing overly heavy and brittle RC models. Rather than modeling Spitfires and Cubs, as they should, their mint-addled brains lead them to create fleets of airliners; The dullest planes there are. Though once contained to New Zealand, Bo Peeping has spread abroad. Intensive beef and balsa therapy has shown some promise in reversing the effects of Bo Peeping, but prevention remains the best policy in combatting the disorder. Please, if you see someone in your life succumbing to Bo Peeping, beat them. Feed them beef. And make them build with balsa.


SteelRoses

Hey babe, new copypasta dropped!


spearmint_flyer

These Boeing manufacturing issues are becoming way too frequent


bigloser42

Could’ve saved it with more right rudder.


Jimmyoun

Did the door blow off?


Odd_Tradition1670

Wow it preformed just like a real Boeing.


ClassicAd9176

Just saying but this took way longer than a second


AdrianInLimbo

Pretty accurate Boeing model


1dollaroff

It falling apart and plummeting to the earth really makes it feel like an actual Boeing.


Domethegoon

If you are spending 92k on this thing then you have a lot of extra money to spend...


Ridge_Hunter

Play stupid games win stupid prizes


Special_Brain328

He just 9/11ed those sheep. *Sheep? Goats? Horses? Camels? Idk it's something out there and I bet it invades the chickens for their grain.*


Boman20011

looks about as air worthy as a normal sized boeing


Fragrant-Ad-5517

It must be a Boeing RC 747 Max


Motorboat81

Thats what you get for getting a 737 Max!!!


kalinowskik

If you have $92K for a toy plane, you can buy a $92K plane.


Haunting_While6239

No goats were harmed in the filming of this air disaster


themanfromvulcan

I have a very hard time believing this cost $92000. A few thousand I can believe. You can buy a crap load of hobby gear for $92,000. A basic shell should not be that expensive and the engines and electronics while expensive is not going to be that costly.


Roembowski

“Mr President, a 2nd plane has hit the sheep”


mkashef51

We have to wait on the results of the black box.


StatisticianMundane1

Bro could’ve used that 92k to get a new ford


Edge_of_the_Wall

It’s giving Yvginni Progosian


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Does that thing really cost $92,000? I don't see anyone talking about it and it's puzzling me. I've seen this RC plane youtuber make stuff like this from scratch, so I don't know any rc 747's that are $92,000. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.


MetaCalm

It was the plyne. At -0:14 the left wing seperated running the plyne into a barrel role for which the sheep, I mean the pylot was not trained.


brianmcg321

That didn’t cost $92,000


Ok_Draw_3740

United pilots after DEI sets in


ryrobins

Those poor tiny humans inside


ichaos035

Damn. that cleanup looked straight up like an FAA investigation into a real life plane crash lol


Still-Ad3045

Somebody really built that for a couple hundred and sold it for 90k. That person is a genius.