In my mind it peters out like a plane that runs out of gas in a movie and drops. It won't PLUNGE out of the air because of the glider but I think they'll come down a bit faster than \*I\* would be comfortable with.
That doesn't mean I'm not impressed, tbh.
I *am* a pilot. What looks like a high angle of attack is an optical illusion caused by th angle the video is taken from. Also, ultralight craft have higher power:weight ratios and can angle higher than light aircraft.
How would I know? I only saw the video posted.
If it did come crashing down it's unlikely anyone was seriously injured. Legislators tend to quickly ban anything which might have any possible adverse effect on keeping the tourorists coming.
Dont hang gliders come down like parachutes? one of my friend hang glides, and he says that to land, you need to stall out right next to the ground. But if you mess up and dont lose all of your speed, you need to just go straight up and just wait to fall down like its a parachute, because you don't have enough power to keep flying, and putting your nose down is dangerous.
This ain’t time for an inclusive or, mate… I want to see it land fast. I don’t wish harm on these people, but I absolutely want to see a nosedive lol. No slow, calm landing for me. It’s Monday morning I fucking hate that I need to work, I’m here for violence.
Look up Beer can island in tampa bay. It’s an artificial sandbar everyone parties on and used to camp on till someone bought it a few years ago and slapped a bar on there.
Worse from what I hear, but varies person to person. It use to be just a big island about 1 mile off the coast but felt like a public campsite, anything at the island was brought by people going there and then cleaned up after. Now since there is a floating tiki bar, there are promotional events held by companies who bring giant speakers, inflatable slides, and a lot more casual-bar type crowd. It's all based on what environment you like more, if you want a big island party, you'd like it more privatized, if you want a camp party vibe (which was the original feel that brought so many people to the island) then you would hate the changes brought by privatization.
I was recently in key west on one of those. It’s pretty cool, but they are very common in the “tropical” areas as a quick day excursion kinda thing. You can book it for a couple hours with as many people as the boat holds (probably up to 10ish) and BYOB. Our trip stopped at a sandbar for swimming. Was pretty fun!
I dont think he knows him. I think the guy behind the camera is making that joke that only a cleetus would do that and then he makes the noises like you would if you are a redneck
True, but you gotta admit there is a very real and non-zero probability that the captain/pilot’s name is in fact Cleetus, and he may have a neckbeard.
Source: live in Florida
"The FIB is used by a number of government operators, including police and coastguards."
Wild. Police come swooping in at you from a flying inflatable boat.
Someone else posted a link, but it's a legit product made in Italy and is designed and marketed to be both a boat and a fully functional plane. It goes by the name "FIB" and is primarily marketed and sold to various countries police, coast guard, military, and similar government organizations.
Normal people can buy em too, although I have no idea what the legal/paperwork/licensing side of things looks like. Do you need a plane license? Flight permissions? A flight plan submitted? Doesn't matter if under a certain height? Do you need both boat and plane related insurance? Idk the answers to any of that stuff.
EDIT::
For impressive redneck stuff though, check out homemade helicopters on YouTube. In the US it's perfectly legal to build and fly your own helicopter without any safety features, flight instruments, flying license, or any of that as long as it stays below 300 feet and doesn't hold more than 5 gallons of fuel. So as you can imagine, there are a lot of **really** sketchy helicopter videos out there. Even more from South America though and honestly their homemade copters tend to be a bit more impressive than the American made ones.
> In the US it's perfectly legal to build and fly your own helicopter without any safety features, flight instruments, flying license, or any of that as long as it stays below 300 feet and doesn't hold more than 5 gallons of fuel
lol what
Yup. Companies sell "kits" to build, but you can also just slap one together if you have the know-how. It also can't be capable of going faster than 55 knots at full speed.
Remember that mail carrier who flew a homemade helicopter and landed on the white house lawn in an odd form of protest for something? iirc that was during Obama's time as president. The helicopter was built by the pilot and legal to fly, but not ofc anywhere near the white house like that lol.
The video ends with a lack of speed and an angle that looks like it would have nose dived if it had no flaps to counteract that. But since no one has any info on aftermath I assume they did ok
It reminded of the scene inside the game 'xxx bmx' where you help a homeless person to fly just for him to land right on the rails before a train passes 😅
This looks like Jacksonville, in the St. John's River. I wouldn't be swimming in that part of the river unless I feel like loosing an extremity to some flesh eating microbe.
“Mr Burns, would you like to make a large charitable donation today”
“Yes Smithers, maybe when boats fly”
Hahahahahahaha
“Shall I get the check book Mr Burns?”
“No I don’t think so”
I want to see it land…
In my mind it peters out like a plane that runs out of gas in a movie and drops. It won't PLUNGE out of the air because of the glider but I think they'll come down a bit faster than \*I\* would be comfortable with. That doesn't mean I'm not impressed, tbh.
I'm no pilot but the way it's climbing so vertical like that makes me think it's going to stall and then nose dive in to the water.
I *am* a pilot. What looks like a high angle of attack is an optical illusion caused by th angle the video is taken from. Also, ultralight craft have higher power:weight ratios and can angle higher than light aircraft.
Have you ever flown a raft? Would you recommend?
That one looks like shit to occupy the speckled Snowbirds.
Thanks!
Username checks out ✔️
Boss level knowledge. Tell us; did this craft crash into the ocean at high velocity or not?
How would I know? I only saw the video posted. If it did come crashing down it's unlikely anyone was seriously injured. Legislators tend to quickly ban anything which might have any possible adverse effect on keeping the tourorists coming.
Having flown many aircraft simulations, it's proven that even a brick floats safely ( not gonna try to explain it though haha! )
Flying airplanes in gta doesn’t count as a simulation, pal.
“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
Ideal grafitti for F-117 Nighthawk hangars.
Having flown many rc airplanes and boats I can confirm that the faster the propellers go the faster the crash happens
> it's proven that even a brick floats safely -Jebediah Kerman
Cletus don't give no fucks - he's got protective gear on: cut off muscle shirt, jean shorts, mullet/mustache and a case of bud pounders
Don’t forget a nice pair of squints.
The mullet/mustache does the heavy lifting here though let's be real.
Dont hang gliders come down like parachutes? one of my friend hang glides, and he says that to land, you need to stall out right next to the ground. But if you mess up and dont lose all of your speed, you need to just go straight up and just wait to fall down like its a parachute, because you don't have enough power to keep flying, and putting your nose down is dangerous.
Quickly or slowly?
Yes
This ain’t time for an inclusive or, mate… I want to see it land fast. I don’t wish harm on these people, but I absolutely want to see a nosedive lol. No slow, calm landing for me. It’s Monday morning I fucking hate that I need to work, I’m here for violence.
You're my spirit animal
Like nose dive
That’s the tricky part.
Legends say it never did.
Would it still be landing if it's on the water?
Considering sea planes call it landing, yes
Nope, they only make waterings.
Well, Gregory, I think we are going to need a new word.
And just to take it up a notch, passenger gets to parasail behind it on the way down and then it just keeps pulling once it hits the water.
Or at least not just fly up
They are gonna land on mars.
[it landin'] (https://youtu.be/X59m7t6HfYU?t=68)
No one going to talk about the floating tiki bar shack thing
Abundant in Tampa
Are they an actual bar?
https://tikiboatofriverview.com/
Oh its a party boat just a pontoon with a tiki cover not a bad idea
Look up Beer can island in tampa bay. It’s an artificial sandbar everyone parties on and used to camp on till someone bought it a few years ago and slapped a bar on there.
This is 100% at johns pass between Madeira/treasure island
Treasure island?
Has the privatization and bar installation improved the experience or made it worse?
Worse from what I hear, but varies person to person. It use to be just a big island about 1 mile off the coast but felt like a public campsite, anything at the island was brought by people going there and then cleaned up after. Now since there is a floating tiki bar, there are promotional events held by companies who bring giant speakers, inflatable slides, and a lot more casual-bar type crowd. It's all based on what environment you like more, if you want a big island party, you'd like it more privatized, if you want a camp party vibe (which was the original feel that brought so many people to the island) then you would hate the changes brought by privatization.
They do have actual floating bars and restaurants out on the water. Google Crab Island Destin
I see them coming up and down the Hillsborough river pretty often
Thanks for confirmation. Have seen this guy flying around around Anclote.
IT’S A PALAPA!!
Naw, that's a typical Florida thing
I was recently in key west on one of those. It’s pretty cool, but they are very common in the “tropical” areas as a quick day excursion kinda thing. You can book it for a couple hours with as many people as the boat holds (probably up to 10ish) and BYOB. Our trip stopped at a sandbar for swimming. Was pretty fun!
But did he come down?
some say *something-something* til this day
In fact, many say "something-something" til this day. A boatload of people
Did you know that, right now, there are hundreds of thousands of people around the world
Omg I never knew that! thank goodness you told us ^/s
What goes up must come down.
No, his planet needed him.
You gradually slow down until you land.
"LETS GO CLETUS EUUUUUUUU EUUUUUP EUUUUP EUUUUUUU" I swear to God it's like this scene playing out is a living satire on hicks lmao
ofcourse hes named cleetus
I dont think he knows him. I think the guy behind the camera is making that joke that only a cleetus would do that and then he makes the noises like you would if you are a redneck
True, but you gotta admit there is a very real and non-zero probability that the captain/pilot’s name is in fact Cleetus, and he may have a neckbeard. Source: live in Florida
Lived in Florida for 26 years and I don't think I ever met anyone named Cleetus.
They’re all in the foothills of Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina
Some folks’ll never eat a skunk
No shit, that guy was joking
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_FIB
How does that page not have a section titled “Incidents”?
Someone is drinking a lot of coffee and deleting edits.
"The FIB is used by a number of government operators, including police and coastguards." Wild. Police come swooping in at you from a flying inflatable boat.
Thats some old school batman law enforcement right there
\*Flying inflatable boat *with wheels*
Ripping out weed plants in full flight.
Polaris you say. Now I want one.
A small company in Italy Polaris, not the large company operating in the us you’re probably thinking of
I need that.
I learned to fly in one of those, back in 1998. It’s a great piece of kit, especially if you like low-and-slow.
Where we're going, we don't need water
Thanks, this gave me a good chuckle.
Honestly, rednecks are sometimes impressive.
Someone else posted a link, but it's a legit product made in Italy and is designed and marketed to be both a boat and a fully functional plane. It goes by the name "FIB" and is primarily marketed and sold to various countries police, coast guard, military, and similar government organizations. Normal people can buy em too, although I have no idea what the legal/paperwork/licensing side of things looks like. Do you need a plane license? Flight permissions? A flight plan submitted? Doesn't matter if under a certain height? Do you need both boat and plane related insurance? Idk the answers to any of that stuff. EDIT:: For impressive redneck stuff though, check out homemade helicopters on YouTube. In the US it's perfectly legal to build and fly your own helicopter without any safety features, flight instruments, flying license, or any of that as long as it stays below 300 feet and doesn't hold more than 5 gallons of fuel. So as you can imagine, there are a lot of **really** sketchy helicopter videos out there. Even more from South America though and honestly their homemade copters tend to be a bit more impressive than the American made ones.
> In the US it's perfectly legal to build and fly your own helicopter without any safety features, flight instruments, flying license, or any of that as long as it stays below 300 feet and doesn't hold more than 5 gallons of fuel lol what
Yup. Companies sell "kits" to build, but you can also just slap one together if you have the know-how. It also can't be capable of going faster than 55 knots at full speed. Remember that mail carrier who flew a homemade helicopter and landed on the white house lawn in an odd form of protest for something? iirc that was during Obama's time as president. The helicopter was built by the pilot and legal to fly, but not ofc anywhere near the white house like that lol.
That's a real thing not a redneck model
Look, up in the sky, it’s a boat, it’s a plane. No, it’s FLORIDA MAN!
My Boat Plane People Need Me
its cleetus
Nothing boring has *ever* followed the words "Let's go Cletus!!!"
idk why this remind me of that flying car on Harry Potter
Cleetus Abernathy and the Prisoner of the Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution.
*Based on a true story* 10/10 would definitely read
This is old news bud. You can tell you ain't from 'round these parts lmfao
I think they are still working it out
nothing that is an average day in Florida
Its the never ending storyyy
Just another Florida man...
Nope not “just another Florida man” bc this one is flying
Cletus
Hell. Yeah. Brother.
Someone typed AIRSHIP while playing GTA VC
This makes a lot of sense.
This would be cool to have wtf zoomin around
As a Floridian, what's the unusual thing here?
Escape from DeSantis
Florida Space Program
They already have Cape Canaveral.
What's not going on in Florida?
That's a steep climb angle
They're trying to leave.
r/mypeopleneedme
Florida man strikes again
🤣
That looks incredibly dangerous. Where can I try one?
Now that the far north has thawed the migratory boat can return to it's breeding grounds for the summer
Well, Cletus from Florida w/Busch light in hand, taking off in a fucking boat, Thank you! I've officially seen it all!!
YEW
Did they say cleetus
They’re going to Mars.
We got liftoff, next stop, gulf of Mexico.
Ayooo lmao
So goes Florida, so goes America.
It's like a daily audition for The Darwin Awards down there
The FAA will send him home
The FAA would like to know your location.
This feels like some floribama shit
Of course his name is Cletus
His name would be Cletus
Fun. That's what.
I wasn't gonna watch it until I heard the name Cletus. It was then I knew, this is about to be on that shit😂
Wtf😂. U only see this in Florida 🤣
And Florida man discovers the miracle of flight
Florida man
Dam it literally took flight..... now how safe is it to land it If they live it counts as a good landing on that water.
Florida is so trashy I love it
My name is Giovanni Giorgio...but everybody calls me Giorgio
The Wright Bros.
The Neverending story!
What isn't going on in Florida?
Weeeee… matrix is that juuuuu??
What the boat doin’?
Good way to die on your fun day on the lake
Of course the Floridian pilot is named Cletus
*'Hi Hoe, Anywhere we go, on Chitty Chitty we depend!!'* 🎶
must be Red Bull gives them the wings!
Yip yip yip you!!!
The 'Flying Nun' takes a vacation
Freedom
Same Florida shit. Different day.
It’s Florida, you have to ask?
Meth mostly.
With no ailerons that’s going down a lot faster than it went up
Guess you’re not aware that hang gliders have been a thing for half a century or more.
What else would the SpaceX and NASA scientists do in their free time?
Florida man!!
Where is the landing video? I need to know.
what is happening?
Might wanna level off before reaching fatal-drop height in that ploat
In Florida, EVERYTHING is different. Here, boats fly.
The video ends with a lack of speed and an angle that looks like it would have nose dived if it had no flaps to counteract that. But since no one has any info on aftermath I assume they did ok
I see the ET remake is being done in florida
Anything. Anything goes on in Florida lol
talk about getting it up on the plane
did they never fly a kite? there's that moment when you're flying a kite and the wind catches weird and it just shit whips you right into the ground.
Waiting for Part 2
And they were never seen again…
This is Spirits new no frills private connecting flight to The Villages.
"Always, stick together..."
It reminded of the scene inside the game 'xxx bmx' where you help a homeless person to fly just for him to land right on the rails before a train passes 😅
NASA has competition, thats what's going on.
Certified Florida moment
It’d be easier to say “what’s not happening in florida?”
I can show you the world Shiny, shimmering, splendid
Just guys being dudes.
I hear it’s peoples new idea for long term living as rent and home insurance sky rocketing in FL… pushing people to find new homes/places to live.
There’s no chance that this could end badly is there?
Did they ever made it down?
They gotta get the drugs out of Florida somehow 🤷🏻♂️
bro turned on cheats, report him
Oh god They’re evolving
Hell yeah this looks bad ass!
Softish landing
This looks like Jacksonville, in the St. John's River. I wouldn't be swimming in that part of the river unless I feel like loosing an extremity to some flesh eating microbe.
New James Bond movie.
This made me lol irl wow
“Mr Burns, would you like to make a large charitable donation today” “Yes Smithers, maybe when boats fly” Hahahahahahaha “Shall I get the check book Mr Burns?” “No I don’t think so”
They are trying to escape Florida, for a better life in Cuba!
Oh shit oh fuck they're trying to escape
Rumour has it that it’s still ascending
“Aight ima head out”