The paper airplane video

[Blucor Basher]

Ok, so this video is making the rounds on the internet. I'm going in right now calling it completely fake, there's no way that would be a positively stable situation.

[video=youtube_share;zys3igBmhB8]http://youtu.be/zys3igBmhB8[/video]

Anyone have two idnetical fans?

 

[gyro]

I think it's rigged. This demonstration doesn't correspond with the lift over gravity and thrust over drag theory

 

[Blucor Basher]

Since the fans oppose, it's not drag I'm thinking of, it's the chaotic interaction of the flows colliding. I think he just set the plane down on a camouflaged shelf and may the frame was doctored a little to make it invisible.

 

[gyro]

There was something holding it up. I'm convinced! And you're right, the collision at the intersecting flows should cause it to become unstable and collapse.
If maybe the airplane was identical front and rear, I might believe it, but as it is shown, no way. The lateral stability is missing as well.

 

[Aaeolien]

Here ya go. enjoy

[video=youtube_share;YNOKBBfmgiY]http://youtu.be/YNOKBBfmgiY[/video]

 

[Blucor Basher]

HA! Awesome.

 

[3dbandit]

That is too funny.

They actually had people tricked