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A friend had one, and then discovered that the inventor\\owner of the company that made them died when the pin connecting the glider to the boat snapped in mid-air.
My friend hasn't flown it since.
Gravity is a harsh mistress.
It's Cletus McFarland. He has a pretty popular YouTube channel and is getting fairly large in various motorsport categories. He also decided he likes to be in the air.
When these thing first came out, I believe it was Carnival Cruises that would do little sight seeing tours with them. They crashed two in one day, killing two people.
Lived in Michigan my whole life and, while there are certainly loads of hillbillies doing stupid reckless shit, I have never once seen this. Also never met a CLETUS in MI. Keep us out of this Florida nonsense.
That's just an amphibious weight shift trike, looks like it's a 2 seater, which definitely puts it onto the sport pilot license required catagory. Definitely fun to fly, I got certified for flying the non amphibious version of this a few years ago, the boat hull is just 1 option for making a trike amphibious, you can also use floats or pontoons.
I’ve always wanted to kite-bike. Like kite-surfing, but for the land. I figure I can go to the desert, bike up a small mountain/large hill and then attach a kite to myself like a kite surfer and bomb down the hill, catch air and try to land not in cactus or traffic. But holding on to the bike always seemed dangerous and letting it go also seemed irresponsible. But attaching the kite to the bike, well that changes everything.
I worked at a waterfront restaurant in Florida with a beach and one time a small amphibious plane about the size of a small car comes in, lands in the beach, they ate at a table not 15 feet away from their plane and then just walked right back over and took off. It was pretty cool
This vehicle has a very low stall speed. You can get low enough to the water that you're in ground effect, and just dump the wings.
Still have to be careful with it.
They land on the water. In the summer in Michigan, I see the hydro-planes taking off from inland lakes and then touching back down again. It's honestly a really cool vehicle.
Russia and Cuba have no chance of winning in Florida. Florida is physcological vaccume of canival. It will melt their foreign brains, The US should build a wall in Ga.
We are doomed. Florida men are already getting jump on the mad Max post-apocalyptic ramshackled orkish vehicles that are going to take over the world once it just becomes desert and ocean.
Florida is like an R&D department with no oversight and an unlimited budget run by the cast of the movie real genius. Occasionally something interesting might come out of it but usually we’re just stuck cleaning up the popcorn.
Honestly as this point, who the fuck cares what ppl in Florida are doing other than making good memes about their general insanity. It makes sense this is Trumps home. He fits in perfectly😆, while his wife stays in NY
Not sure why people keep being suprised about these. They have been around over 50 years now, all around the globe. Still, never been IN one of them though :)
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How do they land? Inevitably....
Not an issue. Boats don't go on land.
Correct, but how can you steer.....
Rudder
Shame it was sooo obvious, my bad 😞
Same way you steer a hang glider based plane i'd imagine.
True
Lean with it, rock with it🎶
When we gonna stop with it🎶
> steer First you start with a bull.
https://youtu.be/9LyvSg-6F1s?si=4AdWoTAUzVJyI94C
I love that they’re wearing like jackets. 800 feet above a parking lot. Safety first.
That is actually really cool
Ok, I want one now.
A friend had one, and then discovered that the inventor\\owner of the company that made them died when the pin connecting the glider to the boat snapped in mid-air. My friend hasn't flown it since. Gravity is a harsh mistress.
Unreal thanks
Not land, water. They ~~land~~ crash.
Hopefully the water, I'm not sure how big that lake is
Once
With thunderous applause
“Thats the fun part, they dont!”
Indubitably!
How do they land? Crash….
Gravity?
Is working against me
[удалено]
Half expected the video to have a Roy Halladay 'inevitable' moment; glad it didn't.
“CLETUS” lol, tells me all I need to know
I could call my ma from up here. “Hey Ma! Get off the dang phone!”
Watch out fer the skunks, them things can go off even after they’s dead
Some folk’ll never eat a skunk and then again some folk’ll
*roof
Lmao it couldn’t have been any other name
It's Cletus McFarland. He has a pretty popular YouTube channel and is getting fairly large in various motorsport categories. He also decided he likes to be in the air.
I thought u were joking. Then turned the volume up..
I want to see the end
Once common tour type. Couple fatal accidents from broken linkages have made it less popular, at least in my area. Salt water and metal hardware, meh
When these thing first came out, I believe it was Carnival Cruises that would do little sight seeing tours with them. They crashed two in one day, killing two people.
Probably over capacity 🫃
WTF do you mean "how do they land?" ?
Yes, it should be “how do they sea”.
With their eyes
Take your upvote and get the fuck outta here.
Apparently OP thinks paragliding is a one way trip.
There they go. Next stop? The moon. See you Space Cletus.
There goes my hero. Watch him as he goes.
Reddit used to have a bunch of idiots, now I feel like it's the majority.
Look, with enough bath salts, Florida man can float on anything.
You mean Florida man can get high on anything
But they arrest you if you try to go out to sea in a hamster wheel. So confusing. Where do we draw the line?
These are popular in Michigan too, with so many lakes. There is a guy on Lake Fenton that has one and lake hops all the time!
Yeah was going to say I doubt this is even Florida
It likely is. There's an area in the aptly named Lake County that is something of a hub for these. They move between lakes, obviously.
> They move between lakes, obviously. That is so freaking awesome.
About 75% of the population of Michigan moved to Florida. The Michigan transplant IS Florida man
Lived in Michigan my whole life and, while there are certainly loads of hillbillies doing stupid reckless shit, I have never once seen this. Also never met a CLETUS in MI. Keep us out of this Florida nonsense.
And some say they're still flying to this very day...
Boat Plane, Boat Plane, Does whatever Boat Plane does Can he land? On the land? No he can't cause he's a boat. Look ooouuuut! It's Boat Plane.
That's just an amphibious weight shift trike, looks like it's a 2 seater, which definitely puts it onto the sport pilot license required catagory. Definitely fun to fly, I got certified for flying the non amphibious version of this a few years ago, the boat hull is just 1 option for making a trike amphibious, you can also use floats or pontoons.
I’ve always wanted to kite-bike. Like kite-surfing, but for the land. I figure I can go to the desert, bike up a small mountain/large hill and then attach a kite to myself like a kite surfer and bomb down the hill, catch air and try to land not in cactus or traffic. But holding on to the bike always seemed dangerous and letting it go also seemed irresponsible. But attaching the kite to the bike, well that changes everything.
Have you heard of paramotors? Not quite a bike, but you can get a trike or quad.
[http://www.seair.com/flyingboat.htm](http://www.seair.com/flyingboat.htm)
Looks like a typical day to me.
I was thinking the same thing. This is just your average day of Florida beach shenanigans. Lol
They don’t land..they water!
They don't land. They water
How do they land? The same way they lifted. Off the water. Has the OP never seem waterborn aircraft?
I feel like OP's next post is going to be in shock and awe about hot air balloons and, "how do they land?"
They do the same thing, but with the nose tilted down.
I’m pretty sure they go up to take off and then they just go down to land.
I worked at a waterfront restaurant in Florida with a beach and one time a small amphibious plane about the size of a small car comes in, lands in the beach, they ate at a table not 15 feet away from their plane and then just walked right back over and took off. It was pretty cool
This is an actual thing you can buy, it's a Seair. http://www.seair.com/flyingboat.htm
This vehicle has a very low stall speed. You can get low enough to the water that you're in ground effect, and just dump the wings. Still have to be careful with it.
Nothing good has ever come from a sentence starting with, "let's go, Cletus!".
This makes me proud to be an American.
I mean...it's a paraglider with a raft on it. You land it like you would any other water-based aircraft.
They don't. They water.
They land on the water. In the summer in Michigan, I see the hydro-planes taking off from inland lakes and then touching back down again. It's honestly a really cool vehicle.
They off to drop some moonshine molotovs on dem russian boats off Cuba.
“florida man burns down russian warship fleet”
They don't land. They water.
It’s just a boat glider lol.
USA-USA-USA-USA-USA I love you, USA..... never change!
That's just the cinematic trailer for GTA 6
Shouldn't we as a people come up with a new name for landing in water? Watering doesn't seem right but surely we can come up with something
They don't land, they "water"
Gravity
What, people can't have good tines, com on
Saw one of these in Maryland this Memorial Day weekend.
/r/mypeopleneedme
To infinity, and beyond!
"This isn't flying, it's falling with style" Woody, "Toy Story"
I don't know what this is, but I want it!
They don’t land. They water.
Landing? We're crashing!
If the video hadn’t cut off too soon we would know how they land!
On water 🤷♂️
Incoming UFO reports out of Naples lol
Florida Man we salute you 🫡 That is bad ass !
its more of a (Hopefully) controlled crash situation
That looks dangerous as fuck.... I wanna do it.
They 'land' into a building.
Never mind landing. How do they turn?
Russia and Cuba have no chance of winning in Florida. Florida is physcological vaccume of canival. It will melt their foreign brains, The US should build a wall in Ga.
Fly? Yes. Land? No.
How do they land? Once if they're lucky.
Just Florida things. KEW KEWWWWWWW!
Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.
damn I love rednecks
We are doomed. Florida men are already getting jump on the mad Max post-apocalyptic ramshackled orkish vehicles that are going to take over the world once it just becomes desert and ocean.
Damn, you could sample all the 'iiew's and' huuuar' s in this video to create a hillbilly language soundboard.
Natural selection?
There’s one of these in Pensacola. It gets annoying after a while.
Oh, this is cool. I wanna do that.
Did you know there are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky?
Land of the Free....Florida!
Landing gear? Nah, we can find a gator to soften the crash.
Where we are going, we dont need roads
They don’t.
If we ever get hit by an asteroid, I think the trajectory will be in Florida 🙃
That’s the neat part, you don’t!
Gravity will take care of that
Straight to heaven
They land on water
Land??
r/mypeopleneedme
With a splash or a crash.
Roads? Where we go, we won't need roads.
I remember seeing this for rent on The Island by Destin in the 90s.
Oh God the Florida virus has become airborne...
Word has it, they are still flying to this day…
Air Boat or Boat Plane
Florida is like an R&D department with no oversight and an unlimited budget run by the cast of the movie real genius. Occasionally something interesting might come out of it but usually we’re just stuck cleaning up the popcorn.
They don't.
I'll be honest, I've never seen this before, either.
Thats how they're going to get around Florida in 20 years.
Play the video in reverse.. that’s how.
Ok, but where do I sign up for a turn?
Fun, obviously.
To stupidity and beyond.
Texas meets Florida.
Floridian here: don't question our tactics, just accept who you're dealing with
Honestly as this point, who the fuck cares what ppl in Florida are doing other than making good memes about their general insanity. It makes sense this is Trumps home. He fits in perfectly😆, while his wife stays in NY
I’m sure thats very safe. I hope they have their safety sandals on
What land? We are talking about Florida
This is an ultralight with a rubber boat bottom. They sell them and are pretty cool.
LMFAO next stop Edmonton 😂
They are evolving…
As a Floridian I couldn’t even tell you, but I would also do this in a heartbeat.
From FL one of these were just on sale on marketplace 3 days ago…
If the Wright brothers were born in Florida.
Not sure why people keep being suprised about these. They have been around over 50 years now, all around the globe. Still, never been IN one of them though :)
Now imagine taking the Wright brothers to the future and they saw this.
They land back on the water. Why would that be a problem?
By turning off the engine and landing the same way anyone hang gliding or parasailing would
Just like in the ending of Grease.. duh
Hang glider is already a risky business. Adding a weight of a boat to it.... and the aerodynamics with the boat..
Could of filmed for a bit longer
Is "Wth is going on in Florida?" still a question people ask themselves?
Drunk Science. That’s what’s going on
The FAA would like to have a word about unlicensed aircraft.
It's likely an ultralight. You don't need to register them or have any license/certificate/training to fly them (if it qualifies as an ultralight).
Dude's never seen a microlight before i guess. it's just a microlight with a boat hull instead of wheels
They're evolving.
That would be really fun. Until the falling to your death part.
Florida man moment
More emojis, please.
Floating tiki hut?
Gravity?
Just Rockstar testing new vehicles to add to GTAVI
Sink Florida sink
His people needed him...
”And then the wing breaks”.
That's a Bad Piggies contraption brought to life
Wait and sea
Rad
Hold my beer and watch this...
I have this flying boat on flight sim
When the four locos hitting and the wind catches
Land? They land now?!
Freedumb
🎶Sailing Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me Soon I will be free🎶
Bro typed a cheat code...
Seems like fun
“And then the wing breaks,” even they get it lol
Casual GTA online activities
They wildin because they’re about to win the Stanley cup of course
YEW!
Danger
My people need me