N9MB Flying Wing With David Vopat 2017
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2018
- Come along for the flight with David Vopat in the Northrop N9MB "Flying Wing". This video features a compliation of several flights for an unprecedented perspective with 8 different onboard camera views plus Air-to-Air footage of one of the worlds rarest flying aircraft.
Air-to-Air footage provided by Craig Rembold. - บันเทิง
We will miss you Dave, thanks for everything.
gracias a los hermanos horten y la tecnologia nazi.
Heart breaking absolutely heart breaking. First an foremost we lost a good man yesterday. My buddy got a ride down the taxi way in the back of a P51 piloted by David last year. Second what a shame this beautiful piece of history has been forever lost. Thankyou for giving us all the opportunity to see such an amazing aircraft that at one time was so secret a handful of people knew it existed.
So sad to hear. Rest In Peace David Vopat.
Ignacio Abreu 😢😢. He was a great stick. A great man.
What!!!!!!!!???!!!!
That was amazing!!!!!
Then I see in the comments you're gone.
damn.
One of the sharpest pilots I’ve had the pleasure of flying with, and at the same time one of the most humble and personable. Tailwinds David.
So sad to learn that David has Gone West.
Very sad to hear of the accident. Condolences and love from New Zealand. RIP.
Godspeed Mr Vopat..Thx for the amazing flying
God Bless you David. I'll miss you my friend. RIP.
May 11, 2018---Thanks for the video. Last time I was in Chino, they had just started restoring it.
I am really sad about heard that. R.I.P David Vopat.
I am quite sure that David Vopat and Jack Northrop are having a grand time together in heaven... You are sorely missed, rest easy luv...
MAGNIFICENT AIRPLANE.
My wife and I and our unborn daughter were at this show. My favorite performer!!
Some of the worst news I've ever heard.. RIP my Friend of 35 years.. I look forward to sharing a some Beemans gum with you when I see you again...
Beautiful aircraft. Looks solid and stable.
RIP Dave. You were a good friend.
I saw this plane when it was being rebuilt many years ago with my son we both took to it right away, something beautiful and simple about its design we loved.
Cant help feeling its a little personal its lost and very sad for Dave and his family.
You can tell in this video he loved what he did and flying that craft. Tragic is all one can say.
Bruh, this is such a cool flying wing
*was
Flying wings without FBW controls and ejection seats belong on the ground.
Amazing flight. Rest in peace
I can't imagine why anyone would put a thumb down.....
Well done video.
I'm very sad to learn the loss from this aircraft and he's pilot, but i remember that this flying wings (Horten had similar design and problems) was always unsafe in certain situations...the Only flying wing who was realy safe without "fly by wire" was the Fauvel, who use a "autostable" profile (+ 2 vertical rudders for yaw controll) but such profile is only efficient at relative low speeds (less than 300km/h) , so was mainly use on gliders (See Fauvel AV 361)...Fauvel wings was close impossible to stall because they recover alone without pilot action...
Horten 229
th-cam.com/video/gXP-6jkdOD4/w-d-xo.html
RIP Dave and this beautiful plane...….
Still remember this Incredible flying machine!!
Don't know the pilot, but what I see on the posts below.....sounds like a Great Guy!
I remember what happen to this A/C ... truly a Loss of Man and Machine. 12/22P
Rest in peace
Amazing aircraft! 😃
Beautiful aircraft
Blue Skies & Tailwinds my friend!
May you rest in peace brother.
R.I.P.
RIP.
RIP
rest in peace david
Not sure how much of it is the flex in the camera mount contributing but looking at the background that does seem like there is some nasty pitch instability going on as well.
can you see the screw that's not tight sticking up on the wing
Are there performance specs on this aircraft?
Impressive @ outstanding presentation, very neat, seems to me that it just glide like a feather, my questions is how well it can maneuver in sharp turns? I would like to know. Very sweet landing, someone handles it like a baby.
1:44 That's a big no no, retracting the wheels while they're still spinning.
Long range FPV?
Tragic loss of a unique aircraft.
We remember and miss Dave, and the N9MB. Such a tragedy, but I'm sure Dave knew the risks.
Music?
it's really Sad when any of the Warbirds Crash and people who love them Die
Bob Hackworth... I thought that you flew that?
I was surprised how small it was. Some reason I thought these planes were way bigger.
They were, this was just a small proof of concept model.
Why could we not see it fly from the ground?
Y el delta de la foto ??
Has ANYONE determined what caused the crash?
Aircraft crashed recently killing the pilot. Condolance to all involved. Also piece of history lost. I have mixed feelings about flying rare aircraft. PS Noticed all the control movement without much response from the aircraft.
Perhaps this is where I should post my question(s) as your post answered one of my questions:
I only very recently heard of the crash and pilot's death. But,I have lost track: #1 was THIS aircraft in the video the last of the ORIGINAL prototypes? #2 part of my confusion is due to it being not that long ago I saw several magazine articles showing what was billed as the "restored" last original on a truck trailer being towed "eastward" to be put on display, never to be flown again. (Every aircraft fan within 100 miles of the route took to the road to get a first hand view, I couldn't gettime off from work...) #3 The articles mentioned that. the plane had been "test flown" without FAA permission during the restoration. Is this video one of those flights? #4 I also recall an article with the aircraft next to a recently constructed prototype duplicate that was slated for production. It had a computer to assist aircraft stability. I was questioning the FAA allowing production due to the instability of the flying wing design. The B2 uses a computer AND a military pilot, not a sportsman pilot. Yes, I did pay close attention to how the plane responded to the control. At least I had the chance to ride along, even if it was via a video. THANK YOU!
@@rogerc.roberts4705 All great questions. I can say this was one of a few original prototypes Jack Northorop made in the 1930!. This indeed was the one and only last flying M9M.
The other prototypes are gone, except one (non flying) one in the National Aerospace Museum (I think).
The N9M prototype led to the XB35 and YB49 and eventually the B2. As you said those early flying wings didn't have fly-by-wire stability control, and the jet powered YB 49 crashed. That ended the program with the Air Force, and is the reason why Edwards Air Force Base is named, after one of pilots killed in the YB 49 flight test.
The early Flying Wings had a tendency, if flown at very high angle of attacks, when it stalled, it didn't drop the nose and fly again, but it actually flipped backwards.
Wiki has more
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-9M
@@gmcjetpilot You answered my question, as I recall, there were 3 of this prototype, or six? I remember the photo of three being flown to their "final resting place" when testing was canceled, two in formation and the third chasing them as its take off had been delayed and the photo op was ruined.
I am very aware of the flying wing design becoming unstable and rolling end over end as I "have been known" to make and throw boomerangs, and have experimented with wing angle.
Not happy with only getting to see a B2 up close at the USAF museum where the "Ohio" is on display.
However, here in Central Ohio during past Octobers it was cool enough to spot the contrails of B2's flying westward toward Dayton(?) now and then.
Yes it looks like it wasn't fun to fly. At 4:29 you can see the vertical speed indicator show up and down when you wouldn't expect such variation. Also telling is the location of the indicator. It's right under the attitude indicator as opposed to under the altimeter. Making it almost a primary instrument for control of the aircraft.
Please get RID of the MUZAK!
Flying wings without FBW controls and ejection seats belong on the ground.
Just wanted to write some congrats, but now I see he died with this yellow bird :-(
RIP David.
PS: unbelievable this futuristic design and coloring comes from early 40s, when middleage violence evil was spread here in Europe. Howard Hughes would admire this design.
The design from this plane is a copy from horten plane, the horten plane fly with jet engine in gemany 1944 !!!
You do realize this first flew two years before the 229 even began *development* ?
Wrong this came before the horton n9m came in 1940
Hind sight 20 / 20... Should've had safety chute installed... And or a flying replica with said safety chute.
Musique de merde complètement inutile car le son du moteur est tellement plus beau et agréable.
Dommage que ça gache la vidéo.
RIP