{"id":1466,"date":"2010-07-31T07:03:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T14:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2010-07-31T07:03:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T14:03:06","slug":"hanging-on-the-prop-backwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/hanging-on-the-prop-backwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging on The Prop, Backwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burt Rutan,\u00a0as part of\u00a0his keynote address at the World Symposium on Electric Aircraft, \u201c\u2019mused about electric-powered aerobatic aircraft whose reversible motors would enable them to deliver symmetric or asymmetric thrust as called for by each maneuver,\u2019\u201d according to the Experimental Aircraft Association\u2019s news release by James Wynbrandt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2019Imagine an Oshkosh air show where [the planes] dive straight toward the ground and stop,\u2019&#8221; Rutan said. \u2018They&#8217;re not fantasy anymore. The RC [radio-controlled model] indoor guys are doing this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2019It&#8217;s happening. It&#8217;s easy to do.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Video proof of Rutan\u2019s assertion can be found on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCU Event Coverage - TNT&#039;s ETOC 2009-RJ Gritter- Freestyle Sequence\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hl0EXJ0RUkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Electric Tournament of Champions, held at Toledo, Ohio April 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2009 drew competitors from all over the world.\u00a0 As shown in the video, R. J. Gritter showed off his variable-pitch (obviously capable of reverse thrust) \u201cfoamie\u201d type model, named for the light-weight closed-cell foam from which these little craft are made.\u00a0 Note also the pivoting wings.\u00a0 Gritter is not the first to accomplish reverse flight, examples on YouTube going back to at least 2005, but he is one of the more polished performers with this extreme of radio-controlled flight.<\/p>\n<p>This blog will have more on the rest of Burt Rutan&#8217;s, as well as other presenters&#8217; talks, in following entries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fhanging-on-the-prop-backwards%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burt Rutan,\u00a0as part of\u00a0his keynote address at the World Symposium on Electric Aircraft, \u201c\u2019mused about electric-powered aerobatic aircraft whose reversible motors would enable them to deliver symmetric or asymmetric thrust as called for by each maneuver,\u2019\u201d according to the Experimental Aircraft Association\u2019s news release by James Wynbrandt. &#8220;\u2019Imagine an Oshkosh air show where [the planes] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[576,621,618,622,623,619,620,566],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-electric_powerplants","category-sustainable_ga","tag-airventure-2010","tag-asymmetric-thrust","tag-burt-rutan","tag-electric-tournament-of-champions","tag-foamie-model-aircraft","tag-r-j-gritter","tag-variable-pitch-propeller","tag-world-symposium-on-elecric-aircraft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hanging on The Prop, Backwards - CAFE Foundation Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/hanging-on-the-prop-backwards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hanging on The Prop, Backwards - CAFE Foundation Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Burt Rutan,\u00a0as part of\u00a0his keynote address at the World Symposium on Electric Aircraft, \u201c\u2019mused about electric-powered aerobatic aircraft whose reversible motors would enable them to deliver symmetric or asymmetric thrust as called for by each maneuver,\u2019\u201d according to the Experimental Aircraft Association\u2019s news release by James Wynbrandt. &#8220;\u2019Imagine an Oshkosh air show where [the planes] [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/hanging-on-the-prop-backwards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CAFE Foundation Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-31T14:03:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dean Sigler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dean Sigler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cafe.foundation\\\/blog\\\/hanging-on-the-prop-backwards\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cafe.foundation\\\/blog\\\/hanging-on-the-prop-backwards\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dean Sigler\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cafe.foundation\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e9c06a89f78d39fc03473ec90f4902a7\"},\"headline\":\"Hanging on The Prop, Backwards\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-31T14:03:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cafe.foundation\\\/blog\\\/hanging-on-the-prop-backwards\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"AirVenture 2010\",\"asymmetric thrust\",\"Burt Rutan\",\"Electric Tournament of Champions\",\"Foamie model aircraft\",\"R. 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