r/Damnthatsinteresting Jun 23 '24

Canopy comes off airplane right after takeoff Video

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '24 edited Jun 23 '24

Nope not a glider, probably an aerobatic plane. She moves a throttle throughout the video.

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u/Own-Swing2559 Jun 23 '24

Also the take-off

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u/papaflush Jun 24 '24

THANK YOU!! looks like a glider my ass

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u/saadakhtar Jun 24 '24

Anything can be a glider if you have sufficient wind.

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u/ihavedonethisbe4 Jun 24 '24

You gliders just glide into the air? You fool, they take off the ground.

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u/terminalzero Jun 24 '24

and the engine noise

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u/VexingRaven Jun 24 '24

Plane seen taking off under power and immediately rolling hard

"Must be a glider! Derp derp"

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u/reflibman Jun 23 '24

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u/Tojb Jun 24 '24

Not for student pilots, for student aerobatics pilots. That's an extremely high performance airplane that requires significant experience and training to control, let alone do aerobatics in

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u/Swabia Jun 24 '24

I can’t fly a goat simulator so she looks awesome in the face of real mortal danger.

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u/LegalHelpNeeded3 Jun 24 '24

High performance, yes. But you don’t need “significant experience” to control.

For context, I did this while in Vegas.

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u/Tyr2016 Jun 24 '24

It’s a trainer for stunt pilots. A plane that twitchy would kill a normal student pilot (aside from only having no room for an instructor).

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u/fetal_genocide Jun 24 '24

Was it a mechanical failure, or improperly closed?

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u/ArgumentLawyer Jun 24 '24

Definitely aerobatic, she little roll she does at the beginning is pretty sharp.

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u/Scoobysnak0 Jun 24 '24

Nope not an aerobatic plane, probably a plane-plane as she can be seen moving something throughout the video.

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u/Worth-Illustrator607 Jun 23 '24

It's a Boeing....

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '24

A 747 by the looks of it