Decavitator Video Segments

World record run by Mark Drela on 27 October 1991 (2.29 MB)
High speed ladder wing flight on 15 August 1991 (2.60 MB)
First ultra high speed wing flight (0.23 MB)
Dava Newman on the Charles River, October 1991 (1.47 MB)
High-speed roll instability clearly illustrated. (0.55 MB)

Front view of ladder foil configuration. (0.22 MB)
Side view of ladder foil configuration. (1.34 MB)
Cruising along on the BIG wing (at low speed). (2.75 MB)
The guppy 'flying' past MIT's crew boathouse. (0.85 MB)
First ladder foil flight on 6 June 1991 (0.27 MB)
Marc Schafer on the ladder foil. (1.79 MB)
Marc Schafer transitions to the small wing. (1.29 MB)
Marc Schafer in an early tow test of the ladder foils. (0.69 MB)

Early tow test of the original V-Foil configuration. (1.80 MB)
High altitude tow test of V foil. (0.85 MB)

Christening of the Decavitator on its first day. (0.98 MB)
Carbon fibre main strut failure (4.24 MB)
Tom helps Mark take a water break. (0.54 MB)

Many, many, many thanks to Maynard Handley for his Sparkle program! (it does mpeg conversion very nicely on macs).