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Old 12-19-2010, 10:09 AM
engarde engarde is offline
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Default In case you're wondering how planes fly without vertical fins....

We've all seen it. Done it. Flown it.

A stunningly effective, highly satisfying gunnery run on an aircraft shears off its vertical stab.

Yet it still flies, albeit slightly sideways.

And refuses to go down.

Flight model failure?

I used to think so....

www-youtube-dot-com/watch?v=BEeROJixl6A

Adjust the link to make it work, if I have to tell you how, then you dont deserve to take your next breath.

Last edited by engarde; 12-19-2010 at 10:12 AM. Reason: embedding no longer works.
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