The TWERP Multi Jet Engine Canard Taildragger test bed crash at Oshkosh 2018 

Imagine, sitting 25 years in a desert, getting ready to get put into a museum, and then out of nowhere, this guy with his X wing comes crashing into you.

The "Voyager Mission Control" story is just too good. Love it.

I've watched that video before, frame by frame, examining your control and throttle movements trying to decipher your actions and decision making. It was great to have your context and thought processes behind it. Some excellent flying there, Elliot. Glad you came out the other side. Literally, I suppose. :)

Its awesome to see this rehashed again, Glad you didn't die, glad you got back on the horse, and glad you post these videos!

Elliot - thanks for your candor and transparency and bringing the lay pilot into the world of the test pilot. The test pilot is a technologist, design team member and field test engineer ...NOT a high priced crash test dummy or adrenalin junkie. NASA test pilots and pilots like yourself continue to prove that time and time again. The sooner self-professed "airplane designers" appreciate/understand the high stakes and set aside their fragile egos the better the chances their project will come to fruition...or NOT, as the case may be! The Test Pilot's ability to constantly step back and ask the tough questions - no matter what - is what sets people like you apart. Wish every kit builder had Wasabi Test Program Certification...you should create one in concert with EAA! I'm the owner of an experimental kit built that went through a major gear mod, and tired of spam can weekend flyers offering to "check it out" for me! Despite the fact that mine was a factory mod done by a licensed A&P I see the value of a seasoned test pilot (not that i can afford it!)....but shocked at how designer/builders are taking their creations up in the air, literally "winging it" on the test pilotage!

everybody gangsta til your left engine fails at 1.1vs

The Twerp vid should be required viewing for any twin pilot who doesn't quite get the concept of VMC. Thanks.

Is there some reason the original video of this crash has been removed from RU-vid? It showed the lead-up, the crash and the aftermath but now this cut off clip is all I can find.

Thanks for sharing your work Elliot. And for disproving Mike Tyson's quote: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth". Your fastidiousness is inspiring every time I climb into the cockpit.

I did not see the Red Bull TV documentary before. Very interesting, scary and inspiring! Did this accident change the way you tackle new projects?

But if the engine failed on short final, why trying to go around on one engine only?

The plane they are testing is OBVIOUSLY a Bert Rutan designed 'Quickie', Maybe they should ask other quickie builders or even the company that designed the plane what they did wrong.

So glad you're OK, that was scary to watch.

Would you have gotten into the bell X-2?

Why such banked turns after the engine loss? Banking like that you lose lift, if he had gone wings level and used the rudder to compensate for the lost engine he may have been able to achieve a slow, but positive rate of climb. He also could have kept the wings level and used the rudder to yaw the aircraft away from the boneyard and on a somewhat parallelly course to the runway where there was just desert and tried to land or go around. Yes it is unconventional to yaw an aircraft to turn, but it keeps the wings level for generating maximum lift to climb.

Every time I see anything about this appearance at KOSH, or the back story I gotta watch! AND it's usually a repeat. Airplanes are always cool!

So obviously the engines needed some development and there’s probably some room to improve the Vmc of the QuickieJet but this was such a neat combination. Has all development stopped for those engines?

That was some awesome flying ! So glad you walked away.

Why didn't Elliot power down after losing the engine, as he told the NTSB they had agreed upon, while he was still level, under control, and over open dirt?

Glad you can laugh about it now, bet there was some tension leading up to the first flights after it though. Love your work

It would be cool to see Peter Sripol and Sam build another plane and have you run it through a rigorous testing program. It’s just a matter of time before they leave part103 and build bigger faster aircraft that would require expertise such as yours.

Don't think the trailer will ever make it to Wright-Pat????

Well, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.. so they say.. Excellent piloting there !

Your landing was amazing and due to your skills as a pilot...not luck.

I remember that crash. Did it lose the ability to roll right? otherwise seems like just pilot error to turn in over the planes.

Is there protocol for the placement of a [trailer] "kill flag" on a pilots helmet? ...asking for a friend.

Skip to 4:27 to see the video.

Thanks...Elliot.....How do you get back on the horse and ride....Because you just fell off of it..... LOL

I remember seeing this video, it was my first time coming across Elliot. I had no idea who he was, I thought he was just some random guy brave enough to get in. Looking back my comment seems pretty dumb. “Looks like you ran out of rudder authority.”🤦‍♂️

holdin' stick to full right as right engine is on max and left dead, still drifting to the left, catching altitude but stick is dead.. then decision, climb or controlled crash? cant climb, stick is dead.. throttle down it then for controlled crash and make stick work finally. killing stick with power should be obvious mistake. but first mistake was touching runway banked single wheel tilting the whole airframe and then go around single engine. this plane misses rudder control. dangerous stuff and great luck for pilot.

Personal failures, are great teachers.

That was bad. Here's the truth of the matter your balls are big enough to carry in a dump truck but you use the experimental plane instead one of your balls slipped out between the cracks and had a slight cut open it up it was catching air and it mad too much drag on the left side and you fell to the ground and run into the trailer right or is that right enough. But on the other hand I think you are a damn good pilot willing to risk hurting yourself to do the work you do. God bless hope you have no more accidents

decision making (= keeping it in the air under all circumstances instead let the bird get's down in the dirt) appropriate.........?? / = no wonder he does not want to testflight Peter's raptor prototype.....

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I'm going to get a pug.

You need Turbofans

The plane was uncontrollable... Why just not shut off both engines ? Can't tell me that plane is uncontrollable when both engines are cut off. Plenty of room a head. Lot of bla bla but just a bad decision

#airplanesarecool

I think you should learn to fly b4 trying an experimental.

Breaking every flight rule in every way...over controlling, excessive banking, leaving a perfect runway...why? Was there no instruments showing anything? Couldn't throttle down? With the thrust centerline so inward, how could this over power your controls? DUH!