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This is the ultimate boys toy. I wonder how much of a pilot you need to be to fly this? Are there aileron, rudder and thrust controls?
by retube 16y ago
This is the ultimate boys toy. I wonder how much of a pilot you need to be to fly this? Are there aileron, rudder and thrust controls?
- reitzensteinm 16y agoEven if the controls were simple, I think you'd probably want to have experience flying just so you're practiced keeping your cool in similar but less dangerous situations. This thing looks like it's about three seconds of panic away from killing anyone.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoApparently he has a throttle but no other controls, and steers using body english. Sounds like skydiving would be slightly better training for this than piloting.
- raquo 16y agoYes, and he also said that the "controls" are very sensitive. Even slightly moving his head changes his course.
- dualogy 16y agoSo no looking around and enjoying the scenery... if he or anyone ever builds a "two-seater" (not a seater to begin with of course) this would surely, well, take off.
- dirtyaura 16y agoThere's more to it than piloting experience. You need to have a lot of experience controlling your body in air. In skydiving circles, it's usually a requirement of a few hundred jumps before you can start learning to fly a wingsuit. (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wingsuit http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wingsuit)
- guynamedloren 16y agoThis is how much of a pilot you need to be: - Swiss Air Force pilot - Captain with Swiss International Air Lines on commercial flights on Boeing and Airbus airliners - All free time dedicated to flight and experimentation - 5 years of rigorous training and practice with a working prototype