Starship N514RS in flight (Real Starship)

[Ragtopjohnny]

Well, here's another video of this aerial beauty in flight....hope you all enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8qKXPJKdw


John Thuot II
Team Lead/Founder/Texture Artist
http://www.captainjohnfsx.net

[ytzpilot]

Looks great John...I like the way she moves through turbulence at low speeds....You can tell the Carbon Fiber Airframe behaves different then Aluminum. :cool:

[B747man]

Thanks for sharing. This is a great looking plane would love to meet the person who came up with this design.

[Ragtopjohnny]

No problem, the design was by Burt Rutan, and he is an aviation genius as far as I'm concerned - did a real nice job on that one....:D.

John Thuot II
Team Lead/Founder/Texture Artist
http://www.captainjohnfsx.net

[ED_4]

Practically every design that Burt Rutan makes is a work of art. He is a genius in many ways on his designs. I wish more aviation makers would adopt more of his designs. We'd see tons of canard flying aircraft if they ever did.:eek: Although the use of canards dates as far back as the Wright Brothers.

[Ragtopjohnny]

Just like in the computer industry Ed, what's old is new, right? That would be sweet if aviation companies did do that. Burt was on to something then. You can also tell he loved the design so much - look at the Rutan - Reminessence of the Starship, just smaller....:)

John Thuot II
Team Lead/Founder/Texture Artist
http://www.captainjohnfsx.net

[angels355]

So beautiful

[Raptor22]

Cool video, thanks for the link. My nephew and I were walking to a
nearby store and one flew over us. I'm fairly sure he was local,
Addison airport is only a few miles away. A very unique plane.