The Gun Counter

The last Red Bull flying video I saw was faked--you may recall, the plane loses a wing yet the pilot lands the plane. In this one, a pilot named Matt Hall nearly plants his plane in the water during a race; both wingtips touch the water. Real, or fake?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO7BuPG_vVo

Darrell wrote:The last Red Bull flying video I saw was faked--you may recall, the plane loses a wing yet the pilot lands the plane. In this one, a pilot named Matt Hall nearly plants his plane in the water during a race; both wingtips touch the water. Real, or fake?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO7BuPG_vVo

It's hard to call.

Much of it depend on his actual airspeed when he contacted the water and what was his wing position along with stick and throttle. Since he was already pulling up at the time (I can see why one wing slap would cause the other - and even so he'd need lightning-fast reactions), it might be possible making MINIMAL contact (and there was a piece of the aircraft flying off what it appear to be right wing), but even so, hitting the water at that speed creates a whole 'nother bunch of force issues not designed into the aircraft.

Right now, I can't call BS or not - and I don't have the software I'd REALLY like to slow down and enhance the video to figure out what happened.

If that video is genuine, he is one lucky SOB.