A YouTuber purposely crashed his plane in California, FAA says

Re:A YouTuber purposely crashed his plane in California, FAA... by kuhewa on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:28PM (#31105776)

If the plane is set to bank slightly it will just do a loop or three on the way down with a manageable radius

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Re:A YouTuber purposely crashed his plane in California, FAA... by salawat on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:15AM (#31105982)

IF winds and drafts remain favorable.

Which is something one can't guarantee from outside the plane.

Also, it's much easier to ensure a safe crash site when you're only doing the calculations in one axis, which a nose down, straight in trajectory would have offered.

But that wouldn't have made good cinema would it?

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Re:A YouTuber purposely crashed his plane in California, FAA... by kuhewa on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:22AM (#31106019)

I feel like you might be underestimating the difficulty of setting up nose down dive and then bailing out successfully, but I'm not pilot.

It would have made great cinema, it would just not have looked like an accidental bailout which was the whole point.

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