F2A Ken Morrissey world record

F2A, Ken Morrissey, world record

[@sblack48]

There are probably 12 modellers in the world who grasp the significance of this. But to them it is awesome.

[@andersstrand5252]

Its about as significant as racing with your car a quarter of a mile in a straight line.......

[@madeinyorkshire52]

Well, I’m one of those 12 ! Ex model shop owner - used to race Class B C/L team race and dabbled at speed.

[@robertladd1689]

awsome is right

[@hwoods01]

The cope in the replies to your statement is awesome.

[@davelowets]

That motor is NUTS when it gets up on the ports and the pipe.. Outstanding!!

[@Mini0801]

nobody the mosquitos at the night when i trying to sleep:

[@peterzingler6221]

My God his face

[@VUO4E]

the force required to hold that plane at 300kmh... 100% crazy

[@Toscanto]

Mais non et heureusement la traction se fait sur le pylône le pilote durant toute la base commande le vol de l'avion et tout doit etre anticipé avec au minimum 3/4 de tour d'avance car à ces vitesse tout est amplifié et il faut tout contrôler tout en veillant à ne pas laisser l'avion vous surprendre en prenant de l'avance. Notez que cette catégorie la vitesse FAI EST TRES COMPLEXE ET les compétiteurs sont tous de très bons modéliste tres expérimentés et des Motoristes très techniques

[@VUO4E]

@@Toscanto Yeah, obviously - you can see him gliding his control in the fork. But that's not what I meant. I believe the total amount of force on the central pole, with that plane at that speed, must be enormous. You can see it bending in the video.

[@vetalveral8920]

F= m•pi•pi•n•n•R/900, n- rpm

[@LC-ue6mp]

Needs roller skates, olive oil, g string

[@daalid7087]

gerrrrr

[@Loulovesspeed]

I'm looking at that thing @0:39 and saying, yeah, right, that will run nice and smooth with a one blade prop! Wild!!

[@hotchilli2525]

I thought I'd seen it all till I found 3 men doing it round the same pole.. I'm sorry but I was crying for an hour after.

[@stockcar26]

Yes ken yes you did it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marcoliuo8464]

Serious Bro?

[@Hubbledriver]

Bonkers stuff. 👊👏👏👏

[@tremainej8171]

Looks like a ride at the fair

[@fernandoalbarran5097]

I was waiting for bass to drop

[@Homo-sapiens999]

Impressive!

[@okdzgn5649]

2:29 Me when i search the fckng Mosquito in my bedroom at 3AM

[@ze2004]

hahahah that face

[@johnbirkett]

I have seen this a few times, but it's just occurred to me, I do not know where this was ?

[@hatacoyama1246]

this is so much better when you have sound muted

[@alexojideagu]

And dubstep was born

[@randall1959]

That was wild AF

[@julien2095]

WTF... The purpose of that game is to finally vomit faster than the others?

[@fiddyg-sen8777]

Damn, he officially holds the world record in "turning around a pole without vomiting"

[@sacdos47]

Wtf ?? Amazing

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

They get scary when they get up on the pipe.

[@stockcar26]

Do you mean the crack pipe cause these cunts gotta be on something

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

@@stockcar26 tuned pipe exhaust en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_chamber?wprov=sfla1

[@konsumer]

The real Ken from street fighter

[@TSZatoichi]

That's the weirdest looking 'airplane' I've ever seen.

[@Statek63]

You've seen nothing yet mate ;-)

[@Toscanto]

Bravo les britich. Des grands du F2A

[@user-xu2wv9if2o]

Speed BOSS

[@pabloiervolino2265]

Impresionante!! 307 Km /h

[@davelowets]

That is gibberish to me... how many MPH?

[@timharper4246]

How do they not vomit?

[@sblack48]

Facial expression is hilarious

[@MrDrakePrice]

It weighs 300 pounds at full speed , he's fighting for his life.

[@lewandlo]

And his head is still spinning inside today in 2022...hehehe

[@jeffpiatt3879]

Any idea what RPM the motor was turning? Had to be well north of 30K.

[@sideshowbob5237]

Circa 40,000 rpm apparently.

[@mcgavin098]

I've had a bumble bee chase my eflite mini helicopter. Betting the bumble bees around there don't even bother.

[@andgate2000]

Dizzy

[@fatdad64able]

Rumor has it that on his last training he drilled himself into the tarmac to his hips.

[@janofb]

1 propeller. How's the counterbalance on the crankshaft?

[@davelowets]

Probably a weight in the nose cone(spinner) of the prop.

[@frankmuller8300]

He looks like al abundy

[@davelowets]

That's not a plane... It has no wings, and only half of a propeller. 😜

[@sblack48]

How did he cut the power? It looked like he made some abrupt control input to make the engine quit

[@Toscanto]

Oui en donnant le coup de poignée en piquant brutalement il déclenche la coupure carburant.. car il faut éviter toute surchauffe du moteur surtout a ces régimes environ 35 à 40000 v minute...du grand art

[@jasonmagill9137]

Yes, he did...the handle he's holding is used to control the up and down elevator of the model, one line for up, one for down....after it's timed for 10 laps, a quick application of down elevator triggers a fuel shutoff device inside the model,stopping the motor...in the olden days the pilot would sometimes just fly the whole tank out, but that's really hard to do now the models are flying at 300 kph plus!

[@sblack48]

@@jasonmagill9137 I don’t know how comfortable I would be putting in down elevator a 300kph. Sounds like a great way to dig a hole! 😜

[@MENSCHENAFFE]

crazy :D

[@Himan7197]

At the end all dizzy...😅

[@saldainis55]

in Poland ?

[@zithe0ne]

Yes in Czestochowa

[@fymoonedogmane]

Why the camera zoom in on the person?

[@zrxdoug]

'cuz it's pretty much impossible to track the plane..they used to fly these near my old home in Detroit at a place called Strathmoor Park..it's pretty wild to see in person, looks like a big circular blur surrounding the pilot like a giant, living Hula Hoop..

[@sblack48]

Why did the engine sound change suddenly? Did the engine come on the pipe? Or was there a throttle control and he waited a couple of laps until he had it trimmed out ?

[@geebee3d]

I believe that the engine is warmed up in the first few laps, and then the pilot starts to muscle the plane around the circle. This brings it up to full pitch speed by temporarily unloading the prop.

[@sblack48]

@@geebee3d ah ok that makes sense.

[@theKidsPlace]

Yes - that's the sound after it comes on the pipe. After it warmed up the pilot whipped it to help get it up to speed.

[@carlosmanuelgonzalez310]

"That" doesn't even look like an airplane... Fast & Furious? Maybe... Beautiful??... Nah!

[@michaelhall202]

Wtf is going on here.

[@ZsaZsaUmbra]

What is this called?

[@mac2913]

controlline f2a

[@jeffs7915]

His first few laps he looked like Jackie Gleason shuffle😅

[@tuberhead]

Why don't they just sit on some sort of swivel stool. Eliminate the fancy footwork.

[@abundantharmony]

How is that prop balanced?

[@sideshowbob5237]

A mass hidden inside the spinner. Tungsten?

[@thewaltbrownellchannel9318]

The amount of ignorance in the comments is amazing.

[@edgardopaladino4502]

2:19

[@robertladd1689]

how do they nrun half a prop

[@deepmaze1]

Heavy counterweight on the opposite prop wing side

[@smacksman1]

At 47,000 rpm two prop halves would run in dirty air. Half a prop runs in less dirty air = more thrust. This is a very 'high cutting edge' sport.

[@oldgeorge1939]

At those speeds the wake of one blade interferes with the other. There is a counterbalance weight within the spinner.

[@shrapnut7612]

@@smacksman1 Also, the prop. would have to be counter-balanced by extra weight on the crankshaft, otherwise it would just explode at those RPM.

[@3000gtwelder]

@@smacksman1 Strange, I run 3 blade props at 46,000 RPM with no problems. No "Dirty" air.

[@user-wv9bn1hu6k]

а голова не закружится?

[@user-hn6cm2hv6f]

иногда после полета невесело совсем )

[@user-wv9bn1hu6k]

@@user-hn6cm2hv6f как с перепоя?)

[@Southernrefinish88]

Why do just old people do this 🤔

[@devintariel3769]

Thought you got arrested

[@c50ge]

Because they are spending their children’s inheritance.

[@robertpreuss6226]

Easy answer... Speed

[@axidrain]

because they got no one to impress at that point. younger guys still have some dignity left hahaha!!

[@cruzcollaborative949]

Dude at 2:40

[@williameaston136]

😳👍🏻

[@rickguerrero2282]

What in the f*ck is this guy doing????

[@blstravlr]

I’m a Drone pilot for Hobby I mean at least it’s a thrill I don’t get this ????

[@LC-ue6mp]

Try it, you'll leave the drone behind. This takes skill. Drone is auto pilot. The end.

[@onefastslimjim]

Control line planes date way back, circa 1950's-60's. This was before the days of electronic radio control. This was radio control back then. Of course, like most people, "If it can move, it can move faster." And that's how this sport came to be. Not as popular nowadays because of course, we have radio control, but it's still a fun sport to watch, and they are blindingly fast.

[@martinhiggs7027]

Halman, Eisener and Ken-M were the true modelers period possibly the lemon drop kid ! Eastern European teams were just operator's as the complete FAI modeling was payed by the Russian government ! in the early 80's after about 6 contests in 10 years Russia came from nowhere with rule book correct FAI speed entrants also some exposure of rules ! the norm was highly modified ROSSI engines the Commies completely designed and made there superior engines in house ! the Russian's cleaned up ! this year the team had military escorts ! 2 years later the next world championships the military was gone and every team was getting the Russian's pissed nightly and buying everything they had after the contest ! I personally saw many of these east block exotic engines ! History points out one Carl Dodge kept developing his own bar stock R/R engines and 2 years later he beat the Euro-trash !

[@peruxD1000]

Wtf

[@3000gtwelder]

But it's not even a plane?

[@MinifreekMatt]

No it isn't, you are correct, it's an aircraft.... ;-) :-D and a bloody fast one at that too....

[@gertnood]

And no they don't hold themselves up with centrifugal force and the wing works like any other wing and it flies according to all the same basic principles. Except it is really small and slippery and has a wacko 2.5cc speed engine powering it. Asymmetrical or not it is an airplane/aircraft.

[@shrapnut7612]

I think he's just real strong and he's just slinging it around (engine noise for effect.)

[@Grimmis1027]

@@shrapnut7612 - Control line speed planes also need to do a "pull test", usually around 90 lbs or so, also notice the circle is enclosed with a wire mesh fence, also note that 307 Kph is about 190 mph

[@3000gtwelder]

And it's only got half a prop it looks like?

[@dcl4dg]

whats the point!?!?

[@bobafett1404]

it's fun

[@estebangonzalez5689]

BobaFett140 haha no

[@zieWRITES]

There isn't any, that's the whole point.

[@dissimulii]

what's the point in anything? just killing time before we die.

[@tonywright8294]

To be the fastest

[@surubi8842]

Jajajajaja

[@thierryvingelli822]

Pfffff mdr

[@sween13377]

Lol wtf