Comments on: FLYING GRASS CUTTER

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:49:06 +0000

Wow. It’s actually pretty easy to see how this is done. It looks impressive at first because conventionally we think of mowers as large, heavy and cumbersome. But if this was just a hollow model of a mower made out of plastic, it would maybe weigh an ounce or two and most electric model airplane motors have sufficient power to lift an ounce or two helicopter style straight up. If you freeze the video in certain spots it’s apparent that the motor is mounted on the front and the entire body of the mower is hollow and airfoil-shaped: this is a flying wing. The handle functions like a modified t-tail, sort of like one on a learjet. The control surfaces are towards the back of the mower and are apparent in certain shots.

By: Behemoth

Behemoth — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:00:32 +0000

You gotta love people who just say “this is clearly impossible blablabla”

Shawn is right and so were a few more people, the RC kit can be bought online and in many shops around the US
http://www.rc-airplane-world.com/flying-lawn-mower.html
this is a description

http://www.redrockethobbies.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=FTZ3001A&Click=6136
this is a shop selling the kit
it’s made of balsa, plastic and plywood

and it’s AWESOME

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:12:30 +0000

Shawn Pitman is the exact type of douche who makes the Internet a better place

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:45:58 +0000

I’ve stopped noticing when know-it-alls are wrong. they almost always are.

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:18:13 +0000

Sean pitman the know it all. who knows nothing. I love it when people like you are wrong

By: douche

douche — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:19:32 +0000

sean pitman is the exact type of douche that just ruins the internet.

By: Super Dave

Super Dave — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:33:46 +0000

who cares how it happened? Just let it be awesome.

By: Murlough

Murlough — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:07 +0000

I assume that the wings are the handle and crossbar. But seriously what shitty music its embarrassing watching this.

By: BB

BB — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:23:34 +0000

It’s an RC plane — a bit smaller than a real lawnmower. It’s 24″ wide and weighs about 6 pounds. You can buy one here:

http://www.redrockethobbies.com/Flying_Thingz_Sky_Cutter_p/ftz3001a.htm

By: logic

logic — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:40:36 +0000

it’s a model plane, I saw this on discovery channel, he built one to look like a chair too

By: ShawnPitman

ShawnPitman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:13:59 +0000

Upon a second viewing, it does appear to be real. I would guess that this is half scale (no more) and is made of balsa wood. The control surfaces are evident on the rear and the handle probably has at least one control surface on it. It appears to only have one engine which still gives me trouble, but I suppose that would be easy to explain if the mower were one quarter scale or lighter than solid balsa (foam perhaps).

By: ShawnPitman

ShawnPitman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:11:54 +0000

It’s clearly impossible. If it were something to do with the blade acting as a propeller then there would be no method of regulating forward motion. Even if there were, then there would be no way of motivating the air downwards (like a helicopter) since the top is covered.

Probably good CGI, or the lawnmower is suspended somehow for most of the shots (it goes upside down once).

If this were to be an actual flying lawn mower, then there would have to be MANY RC airplane engines at the front and a method for maintaining control. Call it 5 engines total, and at least 3 GOOD control surfaces with a high stability rating.

By: Tridio

Tridio — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:03:19 +0000

this thing can fly because it believed it could =)

By: That Guy

That Guy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:38:36 +0000

WTF!

that doesn’t seem possible.

By: Fill

Fill — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:45:38 +0000

It’s a model airplane design that is made to look like a lawnmower. You can search the web for plans and kits. Fun to watch one fly, thanks for the video!