Verhees Delta D-2 Two Seater F-PDHZ Homebuilt Flying Wing (UFO) Teuge Airport 12 Sept 2020

Verhees Delta D-2 Two Seater F-PDHZ Homebuilt Flying Wing (UFO) Teuge Airport 12 Sept 2020

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Wow! That's an amazing little flier. It reminds me of a cross between the Horton brother's flying wing and the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It's really great to see this fly.

[@kenmilne2379]

What a brillant, well made little craft, flys beautifully !!👍👍👍👍👍

[@craigpennington1251]

That's pretty darn cool there. Very interesting and certainly unique.

[@UFOUnexplainedMysteries]

Very nice content! I like it! Succes to you

[@demaridendy9120]

That is a heck of an airplane it's an airplane I haven't seen in my life but it's perfect for me I'll take it

[@youtube.youtube.01]

Well done sir!!

[@koyaanisqatsi316]

And now we know where these UFO sightings came from.

[@firstdenofearth]

You must be seeing much nosier and more aerodynamically shaped ones than the rest of us. LOL

[@louisvanrijn3964]

It is well designed concept, with advances (less drag) and drawbacks. With low aspect-ratio wings a nose-high attitude at low speeds is designed. See the Delta dagger and others. I cannot state if there is enough (meaned: safe) vision over the nose to oversee the runway during the final approach.

[@louisvanrijn3964]

According 0:59 there is good sight on the runway during approach, but in the final seconds before touch down the nose is high. The pilot can see left and right tough.

[@palfab962ify]

Nice!!!...

[@albertogarciaarango2411]

AWEDSOME;

[@anthonyhunt701]

I’d love to close-nacelle two of the largest R/C turbojets to this and see the climb rate! Bet’d be fun!

[@steveststst2968]

Looks like the glide angle of a greased crowbar....

[@firstdenofearth]

Reportedly 10 to 1.

[@jeffedydooda]

How long of a flight can this do??.

[@richardjensen2769]

Pilots WILL forget to lower their landing gear - but this "Solves" about 66 to 75 percent of THAT problem. (Which Burt Rutan did Pretty Well, with his Quikie -- and That One is reputed to be a bit of a "handful" for a pilot, when it is close to the Ground.)

[@robjohnson8522]

"Pilots WILL forget to lower their landing gear" What do you base that on? Millions of pilots have gone entire careers without a gear-up landing. So far I am going on 30 years of flying without forgetting. This one and "no old bold" pilots are the most wrong yet most repeated myths in aviation. {shrug}

[@louisvanrijn3964]

@@robjohnson8522 If you do your checks and drills, and perform them always, even 51 flying years without any scrath on the bottom is possible. (my experience). The requirement is the consistency in the checks. Neglect distraction, keep your attention on the integral landing operation.

[@conradboss]

Hey a do it yourself mini B2 bomber. Could use a computer actuated fly by wire control system ....😊... Forward visibility appears somewhat limited.

[@yogeshbhalekar9109]

Sir good aeroplane

[@HermitagePrepper]

I wonder if that delta wing shape would work with a rear engine pusher prop

[@jamesperezp]

bonito avion

[@burtstreet263]

How much is a kit for this

[@baronrogervonk.winitzky894]

The nose wheel looks like it is retractable but I didn't see it being pulled up after take-off...Is it rigid?

[@maxsparks5183]

My understanding is it is retractable. The in cockpit video I have seen shows the pilot manually lowering the nose wheel.

[@user-wp6qm3ec4i]

А на штопор он его проверял ?

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Love it! Probably a good thing I don't fly any more, or have a high paying job. Retirement has it's down side - lol.

[@firstdenofearth]

The designer's last model was a single seater and aesthetically challenged while this one looks like a winner but last I read the designer decided not to distribute plans but is looking for a buyer to build it instead. Sigh!

[@marioherrera4949]

Please let me know

[@LawmanIL]

I wonder what the stall characteristics are like

[@gee_bee-zn9tz]

For me, the most elegant and, above all, the most efficient small aircraft. Would immediately buy the plans. Unfortunately the manufacturer does not sell them. such a pity.

[@sibylvane75]

Why this kind of plane didn’t get development ?

[@ribeirotecnico7180]

Armando São Paulo Divisa de Diadema Top Nice

[@thszntatst]

I always heard that the stealth fighters and B1 bombers with the delta wing configuration were unstable without advanced computerized flight controls. I wonder what the situation is with this little gem?

[@ladamyre1]

It's not an actual flying wing since it has a rudder, which makes it easy to fly and decidedly NOT stealthy.

[@FrancoandMark]

[horizontal] Tailless aircraft are longitudinally stable as long as the aerodynamic center is behind the center of gravity. So you can fly them without computer augmented stability. In the B2's case, the center of gravity sometimes falls slightly behind the aerodynamic center, so it becomes unstable, though this is probably not always the case since the center of gravity various with payload/fuel tensioning/other things. Anyways, fun aircraft design problem.

[@marioherrera4949]

Is there any kits the buy or build this awesome UFO AIRPLANE????

[@erwinpoll]

Yes look at verheesengineering.com

[@Grunchy005]

According to Wikipedia you'd call this a "cropped delta". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_wing Delta wings aren't so unconventional, we know another variant of the delta wing aircraft called "hang glider". The chief advantage here seems to be the small folded size that can be stored in a garage! The disadvantage is higher angle-of-attack than a regular wing (this one is raked back significantly to accommodate that) and generally higher drag. So the fuel economy probably isn't all that great, compared to a "normal" aircraft. Good luck fitting a normal aircraft in your garage !!

[@AlienArteStoreMX]

Cute little toy, I want one in red please

[@pilotimodele4598]

👏👏👏…😜👌

[@efanclublolsmaforlife2501]

Hay bud your missing the rest of your airplane

[@keeledover4218]

tower to wing nut roll the wheel up

[@user-bz3sc4yp6y]

🍬

[@steffanjansenvanvuuren3257]

A wing? that flies? go figure...

[@mayamachine]

Taxi nightmare

[@maxsparks5183]

Nope

[@RatRickenbacker]

I expected a much higher stall speed.

[@RatRickenbacker]

Didn’t realize I was taking a course in physics. Just makin’ a comment.

[@flappingflight8537]

@@RatRickenbacker Ok ,sorry for bothering you :)

[@SchoolforHackers]

Yes it slowed WAY down before touchdown.

[@rudehr]

Sweet little suizide machine isn't it?

[@user-is3ng3cw8s]

обзор из кабины ни какой

[@user-dv5yt9yc9x]

Aircraft based on the ground effect. The advantage is low in-flight resistance. I assume there is considerable stability when landing in crosswinds.

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

How tf is this based on ground effect? That doesn't mean what you think it means

[@user-dv5yt9yc9x]

@@krotchlickmeugh627 There can be no aircraft that is completely unrelated to the ground effect. The amount of this effect is different, depending on the design, and where conditions are created, it will always be present during acceleration and landing.

[@krotchlickmeugh627]

@@user-dv5yt9yc9x you said aircraft based on ground effect. I didnt question the existence or ground affect. I questioned your title of this airplane being built for ground effect. This is not an ekranoplan this is a delta wing fighter style aircraft. Not a ground effect aircraft.

[@user-dv5yt9yc9x]

@@krotchlickmeugh627 Functioning remains unshakable, and all the rest is the difference in understanding and perception.

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Владимир Ильин ---- No mate, once you have taken off there is no 'ground effect' . It is an aircraft and it flies due to the the aerodynamic properties of the wing. How high or low it is to the ground has zero to do with . An Airbus A320 does the same. That doesn't do ground effect either.

[@micharebuz2542]

NOSE IS TOO MUCH UP - - -- - DID YOU EVER SEE A JET WITH A "NOSE-ANCLE" LIKE THIS ? - - -- WHERE IS YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY ?

[@HotelPapa100]

That's the consequence of a low aspect ratio wing like a delta. For high lift / slow flight, the nose does come up like this. (Lift increases much less with angle of attack for a low aspect ratio wing.) So anything around landing will be at an extremely nose up attitude. Remember the Concorde's foldable nose? Same thing. And, yes, I did see fighters with a nose up attitude like this. Every time they take off or come in for landing.

[@MCF787]

@@HotelPapa100 like Mirage 2000

[@veloxsouth]

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?!

[@2150dalek]

Yes..a Cessna.

[@micharebuz2542]

@@veloxsouth HAVE NOT GOOD GLASSES - - -USING BIG LETTERS IS BETTER FOR ME TO READ

[@pat14162]

Rien de plus affreux !!! des roues en bout d'aile, un train avant démesuré, et une incidence d'aile ridicule au sol. N'importe qui ne devrait pas être designer.. Rien de plus affreux !!!

[@michaelball5272]

Looks terrible

[@maxsparks5183]

I must disagree strenuously . Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I behold a gorgeous baby stealth fighter.