Okay, WTH is This? – IOTW Report

Okay, WTH is This?

I’m not sure I’m comfortable knowing this is my species.

Why would you do this?

Even if you win, did you really win?

37 Comments on Okay, WTH is This?

  1. @BFH – interestingly enough I was JUST watching something like this a couple of daze ago, this guy set a world speed ‘land’ record:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=sKTeWIw7Y5Y&feature=emb_logo

    There is a WHOLE BRAVE new other world out there…

    BTW, the guy in the yellow CHEATED at least two times by holding on. Also, the guy that has to ‘catch’ that thing????

    Makes me feel dizzy now…and a bit dislocated from that reality…

    @ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ – I just caught your comment…that’s it!!

    Wooowooowooo…yuck ycuk yuckkkkk…

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  2. Tether line model airplanes.Were popular
    in the early 60’s. Alot of guys got Cox
    control line airplanes for Xmas. Radio
    control electric helochoppers are much
    better!

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  3. Control line model airplane racing is what you’re watching. Depending on the rules you may have required pit stops, take on duel amd restart emgines, etc. Many hours of practice to get that catch and restart flawless.

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  4. D@mmit Fur – that is two minutes of my life I cannot get back. Yes, I know the video was longer, but that is all I could take.
    And now I am too dizzy to do anything, though that may be from the alcohol.

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  5. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer & Joe Biden do something very similar to that several times. Usually just after Trump successfully completed some project they tried to block him from accomplishing. Well, maybe I didn’t see it see it. It might have been how imagined their reaction to Trump’s success.

    Other times it has been a combination of three other democrats from congress to combinations of mayors & governors.

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  6. Damn it, BFH! I watched this video of those competitive Polish tethered model airplane flyers and searched to see if I could find out more about this exciting distraction from American politics. These are some of the most dedicated, skilled competitors in the F2C world. It’s really easy to become hooked on this sport if you turn down the sound and have some Polish vodka near to hand to increase the tension as the little models and their controllers go round and round. I’m somewhat proud to say that I am Subscriber Number 947 to the F2C YouTube channel to keep abreast of this exciting game. Hopefully with that woman behind the fence.

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  7. @Chuckie – not sure IF it was a Christmas present or some other special occasion when ‘I got mine’.

    I think I gave up on it because of the sound it made in the Projects? IT echoed off all the buildings…

    FIND that engine and then get some balsa wood (and some added fuselage weight) at the hobby shop…be a kid again.

    It’s ok.

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  8. Why would you do this? Beats me! I’m sure there is an enthusiast who can explain the appeal. Otherwise, it looks like three idiots (4?) spinning around a small circle with airplanes on guide wires. That’s pretty dumb.

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  9. Its Ucontrol model airplane racing you young whippersnappers.
    Its how us airplane hobbyists “flew” before all this RC crap.
    You try doing it without winding your control lines around the other guy’s, while keeping track of your airplane that can approach speeds of 50MPH.
    Back when a couple of guys could do things like this without the perverts sexualizing it.

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