☠ MOMENTS 2022

Crashes and mishaps of r/c planes
They all have to land ... sometimes it goes wrong!!!

[taofledermaus]

The damage to the fence from that jet, ouch! It can be really EASY to misjudge distances.

[avipatable]

Superb Horst! Glad to see there weren't too many write offs. Felt bad for the signal loss and the 260mph with the Heras fence! The Spitfires were both a good lesson... you don't have to land first time!

[didierneeferc]

DUDE The pilot jumping out of that Daimond is hilarious!!! xD

[oscarzt]

7:40 bloody hell that was catastrophic

[rcnfo]

Routine flights and textbook landings may appear boring to observers, but I'll take boring over busted any day! This video is a great reminder of some of the many things that can go wrong. And, wow, failure can be spectacular!

[agilis]

I just watched all the moments within the playlist and I will say that a lot of pilots need to learn how to land on top wing (trainers) aircraft before transitioning to bottom wing aircraft with large control surfaces and throw. OMG they are coming in way too fast. Way too steep. Then they rush to land causing the aircraft to bounce which either ends up in a crash or loss of control which results in a crash. None of them fly far enough away to approach the landing strip with a nice, easy glide scope. Also, if I’m the owner and pilot of these aircraft and I do a fly by and see no landing gear or missing landing gear etc., I am definitely not going to ditch on asphalt. Instead, I’m ditching into the grass. I do enjoy these *moments* but damn does it prove how some these pilots lack the training required and instead just transitioned right to more advanced models. Thank you for such a wonderful insight into RC with all your playlists and the dedication you show to this amazing hobby!!

[sawtooth]

I will never understand the need to make those high speed extremely low passes where one minute twitch or electronic glitch could turn that model into a killing projectile a mere feet from the pilot and spectators.

[riptide]

Man, I’m new to the hobby and even thought I have never flown those real cool jets, it hurts to see them crash

[jhonsiders]

Yikes the damage to the fence if that had hit a spectator !

[popsfereal]

The "fast jet"....lol. the best thing that could have happened to it as far as the safety of everyone concerned.

[allandavis]

I have to admire the courage of RC aircraft fliers, they spend a huge amount of time building the aircraft, putting their heart and sole into it, not to mention the amount of money, they are rightly proud of their finished aircraft and then put their flying skills to the test, and sometimes it goes completely FUBAR and their pride and joy ends up nothing more than a pile of scrap, personally I will stick with my non-flying model kits, I couldn’t bare the thought of my work turning into matchsticks.

[blankblank]

7:48 the slow clapping from a handful of people after the sudden 260mph explosion
right before the announcer mutters holy smoke just sets it off for me haha.

[thomashockin]

Thanks for the video ... great!!! So many things can go wrong ... great respect to the builders and pilots!!!!

[imbok]

Conclusion: Landing is hard. Thanks for the great video!

[Rigel_Chiokis]

I like the last clip of the Corsair coming home with a broken rudder. In WWII, Corsairs did return to their field or carrier with damaged parts. I remember my RC flight instructor telling me "it's not IF you crash, it's WHEN you crash". Everyone crashes. At first, it's your lack of experience. Later, it's having parts fail (like a servo stops working).

[driesneyrinck]

Nice compilation! Scary moments indeed but some great saves too. The P-47 at 6:20 is a textbook example of "never give up flying", exactly like that Corsair at the end....

[ChrisB]

I admit, I winced more than once Horste - some major ouch examples. If I turn the clock back a long way I have had most of those one way and another in early days! My saddest was a favorite plane I'd flown for 3 years or more - all sorts of aerobatics - and one day flying inverted low level - threw elevator wrong way - big ouch of destruction into corn field. Sympathies to all the sufferers! :)

[welshpete]

Looks like it was very windy, so difficult to land . But beautiful models, hope the damage wasn't to bad !

[fouresterofthetrees]

7:00 Got a good belly laugh out of the "worm burner." Great recovery getting it airborne.

[SomeGuyInSandy]

At least the pilot made it out @8:01 Wow!