TurboProp Yak Disaster

[xrayracer1]

that was a classic "OH FUCK" moment.

[pdc023]

Great save! 

[forseesolo]

Good job!!!

[ddrlankyj]

nicely done. great recovery

[MrJohann64]

The pilot is an ace for sure. He needs a good maintenance man though :-)

[wildmetal16]

nice nice nice recovery!!

[ritualghost]

that was an awesome recovery

[edmari440]

nice save

[erkq]

Man... I was always taught to sacrifice the aircraft "out yonder somewhere" if you loose control like that rather than expose fellow fliers to a possibly errant bird. But I guess you take a chance when you're into the 5 digits of investment. Wouldn't want to get hit by THAT thing for sure!

[yaniel87]

@erkq that plane was nowhere near dangerous, it had a slight wag and any competent pilot can bring it back down fine.

[MIRCWOOD]

@erkq Sacrifice...as in CRASH IT? Youre freakin kidding right? For a loose rudder, its not dangerous at all, my grandma could land a plane without rudder!! Who taught you that anyway, the guy who sell you airplanes?I would get my money back if you paid him for that "advice"..

[erkq]

@MIRCWOOD The guy who taught me that was my R/C instructor, a WW II test pilot who test flew the P-38 among others. Back in the early 80's that was the general consensus, perhaps because a contest director's son had just been struck in the back of the head and killed by an errant 60 size pattern ship. So no, I'm not "freakin kidding".

[MIRCWOOD]

@erkq Maybe rc planes is not for you..

[erkq]

@MIRCWOOD R/C is absolutely "for" me. I'm loving the electric revolution and with both airplanes and helicopters. R/C is "freakin" awesome compared to the early 80's.

[MIRCWOOD]

@erkq Yes its freakin awesome..and RC is for everyone..Viva le BL & Lipo revolution!!

[modawg8k]

man awesome job!

[TestECull]

There's some damn good flyin' there!

[wristp1n]

wooo hooo! thought i was gonna see that beast destroyed! good save!

[chrisjdoran]

Anyone else cac in their pants? that was an amazing save by the pilot, just proves that by the time you own one of these, your good! lol

[ograymare]

That was a great landing for having no rudder, you evan got it on the Tarmac

[aerobatic500]

Good save

[x7Chaosbullet]

Thats a pro pilot

[local907riders]

totally a sweet save!!!

[MrRheingold]

Good landing, 7452!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Savvrawr]

Amazing landing! 10/10!!

[pieman12345678987654]

sweet save!

[FSXflyer1143]

Very nice landing!!!

[Lars789852]

nice

[cjdrange47]

Great recovery, a true master of the art. Well done.

Fantastic plane.

[canopypilot01]

The great landing! It`s real cool landing!!!

[1allan2]

Great recovery !

[jerarri]

nice landing 

[microdon2]

Was a good landing, but the truth is you don't need to use the rudder to fly these planes. Most fly without it. Of course, he didn't panic, which is major, and he used the ailerons to steer the plane and offset any yaw from the bad rudder. Good landing, but not amazing.

[MartinObviously]

@microdon2 Well if that's too easy for you, try landing with a battery slid to the back of the plane and a jammed elevator which only lets you point the nose up!

[tallguysd]

Great skills! good job getting her down in one piece!

[bogey19018]

you didnt panic, that saved the plane. good flying.

[7249xxl]

who man respect i mean the skils you have landing it when i hat that the plane goes outof controll and crashes

[CorruptH3ro]

Dang cool plane man

[myironlungca]

some awesome piloting there. 

[detonator5000]

congratulations ..................

[kbucher1977]

wish i could have did that about a year ago

[crusazul]

please tell me how dificilt is to fly thouse planes or iseasy do you need pratice a lot of practice???

[Crazylogie]

Great save guys!!! keep'em level

[wrduckclub]

Jaw still open, can't believe he made it. Way to keep cool, and get her down!! GOOD JOB!

[Croozer]

Nice save.

[GlassByThaddeus]

Awesome landing!!!

I bet you were sweating bullets

[welshrocketman]

Great control, fair play!

[artyomsdaddy]

Superb stick skills. Well done there.

Was it a wire pull-pull?

The reason I ask is that I had this happen to me twice, once recovered, once a sacrifice to the god of broken balsa.

Since the last one I only use kevlar thread, even on my big stuff. No stretch, no interfere with RF, light and thin. I'll never go back to wire pull-pull.

Tally Ho

Neil

[7452]

Yes, it was a pull pull system. This video was shot of a fellow club member and he was lucky to get it back onto the ground since the rudder is huge on this plane.

[jdcwelch]

@artyomsdaddy You must not have setup your wire pull-pull very well because that should never happen twice. I have done tail touches and tons of hard flying with a wire pull-pull setup and have never had any issues.

[MrCraigian67]

EXCELLENT RECOVERY,great looking plane,thanx for sharing vid,cheers.

[rsaba]

WAW !!! guy is good !!!!! nice landing !!!

[7452]

Hence..the reason you came to look. LOL

[taofledermaus]

I would think if you put "disaster" in the title, we'd actually see one.

[amiraldz1970]

good landing good landing

bravo

[pyy1axs]

nice save! kept the speed to minimize rudder resonance...

[adampilotf22]

wow nice landing!

[myklobe]

Very nice save!

I was flying my 70" Funtana a couple weeks ago, and somehow the servo screws pulled out on the right aileron... I couldn't figure out why I had to keep trimming the plane, so I brought it down. Luckily, the servo casing held the servo mostly in place (Right aileron was dropped about 2" on 1 side). So, from one disaster recoverer to another, Great save!

[RcAndries]

Even though you had no rudder control, you still landed smoother than a lot of people would have with rudder control, nice!

[kydawg1]

Great save.

[tvoice1]

that landing was amazing

[gertnood]

What disaster?

[Alexw851]

well done that man!!!

[PATTACAT]

Great job!

[David17336]

that thing has one heck of a smoke system!

[duckandhover]

Okay, I'll say it.

Any Idiot that would fly a Q.Q. yak at that speed right out of the gate is just that.

[gmccord1970]

@duckandhover....is it maybe because you can't do it?? I fly my planes (except warbirds) right out of the gate with no problem.

[cigolo90]

you are a real pilot.

[cigolo90]

you are a pilot

[Aircraftfreak155]

brovo nice save.

[claytonjester]

turbobprop, damn, thats gott be pricy. and a lot of maintenence, with all the gear reduction and shit. nice plane though, very nice.

[stu27777]

5 star landing!

[Bmants]

Should have titled this vid TurboProp Yak Disaster AVERTED!!!

[bliglum]

Should have titled this vid TurboProp Yak Disaster AVERTED!!! But then that would have given it away. NICE SAVE of a very cool rc turboprop!!!!!!!

[navajo1806]

Great landing. exelente pilot.

[burschti]

great landing!

[ericasw28]

Impressive landing in deeply shitty condition, i tear my hat to you dude !

[ambientflier]

The acceleration on this thing is just crazy...

Does anyone fly these with video cameras installed into the cockpit?

[milzeh]

Nice plane saving!  ;)

[themainproblem]

Well done! Your skills are excellent!

[xoio]

Super recovery!  WELL DONE!

[PhilipHo92]

nice! manover ;)

[bigdi27]

Nice landing!! I would have just crashed! Lol

[Junije1]

Rofl me too =D Id just say, ahh well, I can't do anything and let it fly straight down rofl...

[nishbrown]

WOW! That was an exceptional landing!

[lewandlo]

wow nice handling

[norm53]

i had the same thing happen ,and luckily the same outcome,,6 flights later ,the piece of shit wild hare plane broke apart behind the wing,total destruction

[ddrummerboi]

I was expecting some epic crash but that was 10 times better. NICE job! If it was me flying, it would have really been a disaster.

[lejink]

i came to this video to see a crash.. after seeing how awesome this rc is im glad i didnt! great save man

[were562]

it was better than a disaster

[headgalskit401]

goood damn save.

[stoichiometric]

Nice recovery!

[16151615]

what you do to keep he ruder from shaking is finding out wich cable broke then turn the ruder to to the ok side a little then the air passing by keeps the rudder tight (incase it happens again)

[spitvace]

Good job - keeping cool and flying the plane all the way in. Two thumbs up.

[HobbySuperFreak]

Very nice save.

would have been a shame to see something so beautiful crash

[bennnglenny]

nice recovery

[7452]

I guess you could sue me, that's what attornies are for.

[jerzdvt]

Nice job!

[SuprSi]

Awesome plane, glad you got it back in one piece!

How does the weight compare with a 50cc gas engine? Watched the vid of QQ's one fly, looked very steady in a harrier.

[SuprSi]

It's not a junior 60 lol, it won't climb just by adding throttle, or bank just with rudder.

If you lost either both ailerons or both elevators it would crash period. Luckily those surfaces each have their own servo driving them. If you lose 1 elevator or 1 aileron the chances are good of landing it.

[7452]

Typical internet Ghoul...looking for real disaster.

[Gruntol5]

Disaster? There was no disaster. "False advertising." Typical.

[antipolesmoker]

Execellent flying skill!!!! I would of crashed A+ lol

[MisterBaz1]

Good pilot.

[7452]

Depends on whether your the owner or not.

[7452]

Good point, my good friend John who owns the plane bought it because it would be an oddity and only 1 of two in existence. You are correct in that the lag time prevents this 3D YAK from ever performing to it's full potential.

[Gliderflier01]

Just curious, why in the world would you turbo prop a yak? Doesn't the spool up take so long that you are behind on manuvers?

[glockguns]

Great job and happy fly from Switzerland

[RCRedBaron]

Love the Plane! The Yak is the big boy for my hanger that I'm considering! I've had rudder go out before, but never had it "flap" around like that. Bet the Pucker Factor went way up. Nice control and landing! Glad to see her touch down without damage.

[Parubhi]

Well, I was referring to the RC place but you are right about the F-15.

[Parubhi]

Landing with a jacked up rudder is not that big of a deal. There's a video of a guy landing with a wing missing...now that's tough.

[Spaventacorvi]

Great job

[sheldonholy]

Is that the QQ-Somenzi yak?

[Lionforever1860]

Great Job ;)

L.G.

Lion

[turbosuperiority]

Wow! great landing, it all comes down to getting it on the ground safely when something goes wrong. kudos

[adam7687]

nice save...

[TamiyaExperienced]

Holy crap nice save..=0

[coolfukindude]

i dont use rudder cables any more I mount the high torque servo next to the rudder with a carbon fibre pushrod... easy.

[2007TypeR]

Nothing wrong with rudder cables. You can double up if youare so scared. Most people do. Dual servos, dual cables on the big planes.

[horizonflyer9]

great landing. a lot was at stake

[U20E27]

Nice save! Fantastic plane I've saved a couple of RC planes with similar failures it sure keeps you on your toes!

[pete2778]

You obviously can afford to then, I think most people would prefer to be in the real thing but most people can't afford it. In my opinion a gas turbine at any scale is not a toy.

[coolfukindude]

how do u fly a full size turbo prop yak if it doesnt exist?

[7452]

Hey cool, were you on drugs or something when you posted here?

[coolfukindude]

Nope, i think u will find if you read below that one guy claims to fly the real thing, but there is not a full size turbo prop Yak so hes lying

U silly idiotic fool read the txt b4 you comment you Spastic .Doh!

[xlqex]

"TurboProp Yak Disaster"

That was no disaster! Disaster was averted!

Thank goodness, I wouldn't want to see that lovely plane crash.

[lothar2048]

Very nice job man ! Loosing the rudder isn't a small affair and you managed it very well... It means that you may have some flying time... Did you survived any autorotation after a rudder blades crush on an heli ? I did, but i was at high altitude and my heli was pretty simple...

[BryanDavison]

Cant fly a QQ yak at 100mph+...it wasnt meant to do that. Its a 3D plane, not a jet. Im surprised the hinges didnt pull out.

[igehring]

I´d agree it was a great landing if the loose rudder would make the plane hard to pilot. In this situation is it hard ?

Many people are used not to use rudder for landing. What do you say ?

[markotraco]

Way to bring it down bud. Great landing.

[mozzateste]

You saved the day!

[IflyN38PA]

I am parshile to large turbos myself i would say that the cables were streched on a knife edge or a high speed snap

[blinkandpearl]

Do you own one?

[blinkandpearl]

yep you have one do you

[driftability]

Good job, looks like alot of leverage was put on that cable connection.

[mounikia]

amazing work dude

[87mc12]

nice work dude

[carnifex3]

I'm not surprised, the g-force being put into the flying surfaces must have been immense with those turns. Nit that I am saying it is your fault, it should have been able to take the force, but the cable must have been a little bit brittle. A master of flying.

[Brayamreds]

Man...WHAT A PILOT!!!!

In my hands...that plane could cut the head of someone...

[horizonflyer9]

i didnt even know that they sell mini turboprop engines for RC planes! wow, where have I been...

[pete2778]

Google "wren turboprop" and you should see the details, I saw one running on the bench once, a beautiful piece of engineering.

[will79601]

nice landing!

[andy1200]

HOLEY SHIT nice save that could have been bad

[RockOnBob85]

That was a great landing considering the situation.

[warftrat87]

landing reminds me of the movie blow

[exaybache]

nice landing!

[7452]

It sure was a disaster for the pilot and owner when it happened so I think I'll keep the title. Obviously, you were looking for some real disaster...just wait until one of the presidential candidates gets elected, then you'll see disaster.

[gtq838]

lol, agreed... unless you are talking about the man who was a pow for years and refused to forsace his country

[calstate]

You call that a disaster. Man I was expecting to see this thing dive nose first into the ground. Change the title "Nice Landing"!!!!!

[aneelmattu]

damn son nice landing

[magicfunghi]

awesome plane.

damn i would love to have a turbine (or turbo-prop) driven plane or heli or both. :D

cant affort one though.

very nice landing indeed!!!

[Andy1008]

That was an insaine landing!!!!!!!!!!

[tearbear60]

watch out in coming....

[franckaera51]

nice save man ... good landing !!

[RA7]

when do you hit the yak with the airplane?

[toblertwo]

lol

[7452]

WHAT ???? Make some sense !

[sputnik1nz]

aaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahah­a

[drmmrlittle]

bro....crash???? common ur pro

[rcaquinoyak]

perffect landing

[REI02021809]

Brill landing!!

[bigbear1684]

may heart was in my mouth as i added up the cost of that bird. Had a friend lose half of his left wing on 42% extra (hit antenna) and managed to bring it back to the field

[Thomy007123]

WOW, nice for a rudder cable "crash"

[knifeedge63]

well thats gotta stink!

[nibbler125]

well theres youre problum

[Yenzah]

nice landing!!!!! 5/5

[DG121480]

I think this could be called a NEAR disaster. Kudos to the pilot.

[jcreature]

Nice save.

[corbystarlet]

need stronger rudder cable

[Vic3D]

Holy Shit! That was tragic!

[LeeAlbrandt]

Always fun when the teeth are grinding during a landing. Pilot's abviously landed a few planes in his day....but there's no excuse for that near stall and wingtip runway tap.

[dan4011]

better than my landing when my rudder is in tact haha.

[scavenom2008]

it helps when you have experience to do this type of a landings

[iriwan]

whoa! the pilot responded well!!!! welldone and safe landing! would still look good for 'july 4th'!!!!

[lylecham]

That guy rocks. At least with the fishtailing he didn't have to slip to lose altitude quickly!

[wavewash]

Well done!! I was worried when i saw it fishtailing in!

[Mattelliott1234]

Phew, close , very good, im a rookie at the moment with these