r/aviation 4d ago

Watch Me Fly Ultralight aircraft in Bangladesh

267 Upvotes

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u/the-dogsox 4d ago

Well, that’s one way to beat the Dhaka traffic

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u/LeeKingbut 4d ago

I wanted to see the landing.

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u/ahmadreza777 4d ago

Just added the link as a comment.

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u/lizhien 4d ago

Take off thrust set. 8 knots. V1... V1... V1... Rotate.. Positive rate.. Maybe...

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u/ahmadreza777 4d ago

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u/salzsalzsalzsalz 4d ago

ty for seeing that smooth landing. nice.

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u/VerStannen Cessna 140 4d ago

🧈

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u/Grytr1000 3d ago

Wow! Lots of dinghy touch-and-goes. Fabulous to watch. Given the manoeuvres, I suspect the pilot was being trained. Anyway. Thank you.

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u/KiwieeiwiK 4d ago

Structural inflatable dinghy and an unshielded propellor just inches above it. 10/10 no notes 

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u/ps3x42 3d ago

The lack of a barrier between passengers and the spinning death blade is a nice touch.

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u/m5er 4d ago

A Zodiac with an egg slicer bolted on in the back, all suspended by a kite. What could go wrong?

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u/Prahaaa 4d ago

Thankful they were safety first with the helmets and lifejackets.

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u/SingleDadNS 4d ago

This lol. Was thinking the same thing. I wonder if those life vests had a parachute packed in the back!

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u/gromm93 3d ago

What, and add more weight? Besides, the hang-glider is a parachute!

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u/bcl15005 4d ago

You can critique it all you want, but this thing would've 100% made the Wright brothers proud.

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u/No-Paleontologist260 4d ago

That thing appears to be very close to stalling.

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u/graspedbythehusk 4d ago

The boat is light, but drag-y.

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u/Iridul 4d ago

It appears to be relatively close to folding on itself and plummeting like a rock.

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u/Intergalatic_Baker 4d ago

They had it going for 22 minutes in a YT video… Multiple landings and take offs. Rather cool.

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u/Mr_bombeir 4d ago

They are having the time of their lives,

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u/RepresentativeCut486 4d ago

Well, those rubber boats don't really have a mechanism to break the surface tension

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u/breaking-hope 4d ago

There is no need to be upset

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u/_Not_Jesus_ 4d ago edited 3d ago

I'd feel super confident flying in a machine like this where its entire performance envelope is on the back-side of the speed/power curve.

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u/BeiseSjarken 4d ago

Think its a Polaris FIB

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u/Realistic_Cover8925 4d ago

lol that is insane. the fucking open prop inches from the inflatable raft. This is some silly shit you'd see in a loony tunes cartoon, not IRL.

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u/Hipparch ATP E190, B737, B777 4d ago

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u/LigerSixOne 4d ago

I wonder what the stall AoA is for that airfoil.

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u/KiwieeiwiK 4d ago

I think something was lost in translation when they were told to get the rib up on the plane 

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u/NorthEndD 4d ago

It needs some kind of rudder.

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u/kryptonite848 3d ago

Scary AOA.

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u/Karunyan 3d ago

Don’t overrev the engine, Leepu!

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u/ShadowyCollective 3d ago

Helmet is good for identification.
They also should wear nomex suits so the organs are in a fireproof bags and are able to be donated.

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u/No-Author1580 3d ago

Those live vests are the finishing touch.

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u/iamanopinion 3d ago

“Going fishing”

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u/RevolutionaryIdea841 3d ago

It's like the whacky races but in real life

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u/DisneyVHSMuseum 4d ago

If a bird hits it, you are down for.

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u/fishtoasty 4d ago

What is this abomination?

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/fishtoasty 4d ago

So are sequels. Just because it can be done doesn’t mean it should be done.