The wobbly tethered flight of the Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet - a VTOL research aircraft with two ducted fans and powered by two fuselage-mounted Allison T63 turboshafts, built in 1967 and first flown in 1968
Posted by Xeelee1123@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 16 comments
Light_and_Sun_8377@reddit
Did it ever fly?
Tau_seti@reddit
Yikes. That's pretty scary flying for a plane that didn't even get two feet off the ground.
LightningFerret04@reddit
With fly by wire technology, this would probably be fairly easy to do today vs in the 60s
adrewflowers@reddit
Woooooo. Getting a little seasick on that one!
Dave_A480@reddit
Required computing power to make it work not yet invented.
Cambren1@reddit
I like how they attach a streamlined fuselage to the lift mechanism, just in case.
Su-37_Terminator@reddit
hes throwin it back and shakin dem titties
4art4@reddit
Code brown!
zoinkability@reddit
More than one kind of skid mark on the pad that day
wolftick@reddit
It awkwardly bounced so others could soar.
f-14guy@reddit
Always the ducted fan vtols😂
syringistic@reddit
Looks like it's doing :jazz hands:!
ZuStorm93@reddit
Looks like a prototype of the Orca gunship from CnC Tiberian Dawn...
TorandoSlayer@reddit
He's doing his best okay
mexchiwa@reddit
Always keep at least one wheel on the ground
Xeelee1123@reddit (OP)
Source: https://youtu.be/zTu7F8NdCpY
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Aviation_N_500_Cadet
Source: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/386091/F-WOFM