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It's time to reveal lots of production shots from Mythbusters and the Duct Tape Airplane, which is an ultralight aircraft from Belite Aircraft!
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Now, the definitive collection of pictures from the production of "Duct Tape Airplane" on Mythbusters, using a Belite Ultralight Aircraft:
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| Kari, Tory and Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Duncan and Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Duncan and Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Eric is Grizzly |
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| Overflying Mythbuster crew in a Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Gene, James, Kari, Tory, Grant and Duct Tape Aircraft (Belite Ultralight Aircraft) |
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| Grant and Tory work on Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Grant confirms myth on Duct Tape Airplane (Belite Ultralight Aircraft) |
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| James and Jennifer in map room at Mythbusters |
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| Kari Byron and Be |
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| Kari Byron dancing with Belite Ultralight Aircraft in background |
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| Kari, Grant, Tory and Duct Tape Airplane (Belite Ultralight Aircraft) |
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| Kari Byron with sweet smile |
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| Fuel, Kari Byron and Duct Tape Airplane (Belite Ultralight Aircraft) |
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| Lauren (Director) with Mythbuster Trio and Benny (1st Camera) |
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| Kari Byron with Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Kari Byron, Grant and Tori and Duct Tape Airplane (Belite Ultralight Aircraft) |
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| Overflying the Mythbuster production group at New Jerusalem Airport in Belite Ultralight Aircraft |
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| Another shot of the Mythbuster crew on the ground |
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| Kari Byron enjoys the sunshine, Duct Tape Airplane and Grant |
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| Tory: Why so concerned? |
I saw the photos of the Cub in Alaska and knew duct tape could do it. You just have to know where to fold it over the leading edges so the wind won't tear it off in flight!!
ReplyDeleteWe used (400 mile per hour) duct tape to tape over the gun ports on our fighters to keep out bugs and debris.
Great stuff, sorry I missed the episode. Joseph L. Vogel, 1374444CFI
That was a great episode! The plane looked good and the myth was great really fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite Mythbuster shows.
ReplyDeleteIn the USAF, the latch on the fuselage foot step door just below the canopy rail on the AT-38 was notorious for coming open in flight. Not uncommon to go out to pre-flight your jet and see that the crew chief had put a piece of duct tape over it to keep it from flapping open in the slip stream. Flew the jet on supoersonic mach runs many time (~1.2) and never had the tape edges peel up.
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