Pilotless F6F Hellcat drone barely claws into the air before coming to grief on landing

[hw97karbine]

View: https://rumble.com/v6qx2vc-pilotless-f6f-hellcat-drone-barely-claws-into-the-air-before-coming-to-grie.html

 

[SaparotRob]

I hope the pilot was okay.

 

[GreenKnight121]

I hope the pilot was okay.

Pilotless F6F Hellcat drone

As in... no pilot.

 

[Sabrejet]

I hope the pilot was okay.

Probably several cases of beer lighter.

 

[SaparotRob]

As in... no pilot.

Hence the receipt of the "funny".
I guess it just wasn't that funny.

 

[SaparotRob]

Probably several cases of beer lighter.

Any one you can walk away from, right?

 

[special ed]

I can see this at the R/C field every Sunday afternoon.

 

[Sabrejet]

Hence the receipt of the "funny".
I guess it just wasn't that funny.

I thought it was amusing. Maybe too subtle?

 

[Admiral Beez]

I can see this at the R/C field every Sunday afternoon.

R/C fields are where we get to see great pilots and great builders - and yet seldom the same person.

 

[ccwilber]

I can see this at the R/C field every Sunday afternoon.

Yep, just like at our airfield with novice pilots…

 

[tyrodtom]

As bad as that takeoff was, I'm surprised the landing was that good.
I was expecting a real splat.

Or is the video of different aircraft?