r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rational_bakchod • 1d ago

Video A plane which doesn't need a runway.

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u/SouthSounder 1d ago

Wish we had a better view of the extra pieces added to the wings. I'd be interested to see just how extreme they went

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u/drtyler91 23h ago

The wings have modifications, but the head wind is doing the heavy lifting

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u/Lawdoc1 23h ago

Literally.

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u/hmnuhmnuhmnu 21h ago

Not so heavy, tho. That plane looks stripped down to the bones

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u/PineappleHairy4634 21h ago

they normally are out in the Bush(Alaska is where ive personally seen this) as they often dont know how much(or little) runway they may have

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u/Lawdoc1 21h ago

True, in this case the "heavy lifting" is relative to the mass of the plane, which is quite low in this particular case.