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rayiner on March 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just o...

The point about fuselage lift isn't wrong. The F-15 has a relatively lightly loaded wing because it generates so much lift from the fuselage. Which means that the torque created by one wing continuing to operate while the other is destroyed isn't as much as you'd think.

stcredzero on March 7, 2014 [–]

RC plane builders have known for a long time, that if you put ridiculous amounts of thrust on something, you can make anything fly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNWfqVWC2KI

jefftk on March 9, 2014 | | [–]

Note: that's not a real lawnmower, and in fact is designed to have a good bit of lift.

mpweiher on March 7, 2014 | | [–]

See also: rockets. :-)

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