Flying Lawnmower
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as a favorite flying oddity and as a joke about projects that get airborne through sheer thrust.
What it is
A short clip of a jet-powered flying lawnmower, the Sky Cutter, and related RC flying lawnmowers.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2009 to 2014.
What Hacker News said
Cites georgieporgie · 2012-04 · on “R/C SR-71”
My personal favorite flying oddities are the lawnmowers: [this video] The reason that the SR-71 surprised me is that it seems like it doesn't have that much wing area (which is probably somewhat counterintuitive given the length), and it wasn't flying at a significant upward angle like those foamies.
Cites stcredzero · 2014-03 · on “Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing?”
RC plane builders have known for a long time, that if you put ridiculous amounts of thrust on something, you can make anything fly. [this video]