A wing and a prayer: Homemade contraptions try to fly at Red Bull Flugtag 2013 in Moscow

All manner of homemade flying contraptions attempted to fall the furthest at the Red Bull Flutag event in Moscow over the weekend.

From giant sheep to tin cans, there was a creative array of flying machines taking part in the competition. People came from far and wide for the event which involves teams building a flying machine and launching it from a platform.

The winning machine is judged on how creative its design is, how far it flies and a pre-launch performance from the team. The event in Moscow is the third in a series of contests which will be running from now until November in different locations.

The Flugtag - German for 'flight day' - began in 1992 and has been attracting thousands of people across the world ever since.

A participant attempts to control his craft during the Red Bull Flugtag (Reuters)

A member of Global Point team attempts to control his craft (Reuters)

A pilot falls into the Moskva river on his flying machine (Reuters)

A participant from the Crazy Cucumber team (Reuters)

A pilot falling into the Moskva river on his flying machine (EPA)

A team member pilot on his carrot-shaped flying machine (EPA)

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