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the "RV Grin" (Read 453 times)
Jun 16th, 2012 at 3:35pm

wahubna   Offline
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One of my class mates posted yet another video of those autonomous quad-copters flying about and yet again worshiping what amounts to R/C helicopters..

So I began looking for a response. Then I thought, what better video to show something meaningful that is done all the time in aviation than that of the infamous RV Grin.

For those that do not know what that refers to, it refers to the grin on a persons face that flies his homebuilt Van's RV aircraft for the first time.

Here is one of those wonderful stories from start to finish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9HXzZT1dE&feature=related

A similar story but with a Midget Mustang in Italy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n221dnCKicg&feature=related
 

‎"At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation."- Igor Sikorsky
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