Mythbusters duct taped plane

[Jim Logajan]

I note that tonight's Mythbusters has a "myth" about duct-taping a plane to make it flyable. Except it isn't a myth, so I'm not sure yet why they decided to do it - perhaps they had spare duck/duct tape from earlier episodes? (Hopefully they followed the regs.) But its aviation related so I'm hoping for the best.

Though I'm seeing fewer episodes with "myths" that are all that interesting to me - the episode last week had a rare one that I thought neat and even applicable to flying: trying to walk, swim, or drive in a straight line while blindfolded.

I appear to be one of the few viewers who isn't interested in "myths" demanding ever bigger explosions.

 

[Jim Logajan]

I bet it goes well... Other then the low passes with a person less then 500 feet from the plane flying overhead,,,, That and the X's on the closed runway.:yesnod::yesnod:

Looks like it will be an ultralight (BeLite).

 

[Jim Logajan]

If you don't believe that duct tape can make a plane flyable....you just need to go to India or Africa and you will become a believer....

I do believe one can use duct tape; that is why I said it isn't a myth. I'd read about the Alaska incident a while back.

 

[Jim Logajan]

I didn't get the irony till someone on another forum pointed it out:

That is a cub.
A bear is supposed to fight to protect its cubs, not maul them!