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hobbesmaster posted:You mean "the residence" What sort of low-rent trash would fly in anything as cramped as first class? How dreadful, even thinking about it... 
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PT6A posted:What sort of low-rent trash would fly in anything as cramped as first class? How dreadful, even thinking about it... Just imagine how much bad sex the en-suite butler who staffs that thing has had to listen to.
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It's just too bad there can't be a forward window.
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The front fell off and here’s where it landed:  Six more photographs: https://imgur.com/a/JtG8A
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Finger Prince posted:(helicopter for scale) That's a biiiiiiiiiiiiig engine!
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IMO, proof that the A380 both looks bad and is bad.
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The Dreamlifter is truly the "Megamind" of airplanes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ATC7OhXxSM Also, what the gently caress were the Italians thinking, putting an airport there? "Okay, Giuseppe...we're gonna build the airport in a valley, putting the runway perpendicular instead of lengthwise, and then on top of the ridgeline we're gonna put a bunch of radio and microwave towers - then on the other side, a bunch of high tension wires that pilots are going to have to really get on the throttle to clear safely. But hey, it's not like we're ever gonna have to land and launch super-heavy cargo delivery aircraft, right?"
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The Dreamlifter is truly the "Megamind" of airplanes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ATC7OhXxSM What does that make the Superguppy?
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Ardeem posted:What does that make the Superguppy? Plucky. 
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um excuse me posted:Wait was the gear on that A380 crabbing or what that just illusion? Everyone missed this but the gear can rotate to face the runway centreline, so you don't drag the tyres sideways and try to fire the plane diagonally off the tarmac when the pilot backs it in like that. Not sure how many other airlines have it, but I know I've seen B-52s doing the same.
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jammyozzy posted:Everyone missed this but the gear can rotate to face the runway centreline, so you don't drag the tyres sideways and try to fire the plane diagonally off the tarmac when the pilot backs it in like that. What's the system/interface that handles that? Is it automated or some sort of setting or control? Maybe airliner pilots could chime in, but although it's great that the A380 stayed on pavement, that touchdown looked botched. Maybe it was an unexpected gust, but that's the exact same kind of uncontrolled bouncing you get when you don't set a plane down right in a crosswind. The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Oct 7, 2017 |
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Platystemon posted:The front fell off and here’s where it landed: Remake of The Thing from Another World looking good.
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jammyozzy posted:Everyone missed this but the gear can rotate to face the runway centreline, so you don't drag the tyres sideways and try to fire the plane diagonally off the tarmac when the pilot backs it in like that. Only the rear axles on the two center bogies can steer, similar to a 777, and only on the ground for tighter turns during taxi. Interestingly, the steerable axles do not have braked wheels. A380 only has 16 brakes, with 20 main wheels.
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The Ferret King posted:What's the system/interface that handles that? Is it automated or some sort of setting or control? On the B-52 its just a big knob that hydraulically rotates the gear, doesn't even need electrical power if you have enough pressure in the lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCUHQ_-l6Qg
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On updated B-52s, it tied to the front camera as well, so you can steer into your line of sight. Put the camera on runway center line, and the gear will align with the camera's center point based on how the airframe is currently oriented. It can also be set by cross wind readings. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Oct 7, 2017 |
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Platystemon posted:The front fell off and here’s where it landed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM First thing that popped into my head.
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The Ferret King posted:Maybe airliner pilots could chime in, but although it's great that the A380 stayed on pavement, that touchdown looked botched. Maybe it was an unexpected gust, but that's the exact same kind of uncontrolled bouncing you get when you don't set a plane down right in a crosswind. It looks fine to me? I've seen far worse in any case. Something else that should be mentioned is that even if an airliner doesn't have the ability to steer individual axles or even entire bogies (like the inboard main wheels of in a 747), they typically have the ability to caster naturally in order to reduce stress on the landing gear legs and reduce tire scrub in situations exactly like this.
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The Ferret King posted:What's the system/interface that handles that? Is it automated or some sort of setting or control?
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MrYenko posted:Only the rear axles on the two center bogies can steer, similar to a 777, and only on the ground for tighter turns during taxi. Interestingly, the steerable axles do not have braked wheels. A380 only has 16 brakes, with 20 main wheels. Ah for real? Googling it you're right, I would have sworn I read it had steerable gear for crosswind landings.
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Interesting read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(aircraft)
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jammyozzy posted:Everyone missed this but the gear can rotate to face the runway centreline, so you don't drag the tyres sideways and try to fire the plane diagonally off the tarmac when the pilot backs it in like that. C-5s can do it too, if I remember correctly.
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MrChips posted:It looks fine to me? Does it?
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The Ferret King posted:Does it? Yes?
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The Ferret King posted:Maybe airliner pilots could chime in, but although it's great that the A380 stayed on pavement, that touchdown looked botched. Maybe it was an unexpected gust, but that's the exact same kind of uncontrolled bouncing you get when you don't set a plane down right in a crosswind. That's what you call "getting behind the plane"
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So a new route started this week, Santiago to Melbourne by Latam airlines using a 787-9. It'd be a pretty scenic I imagine, taking off you fly along the Andes all the way to the tip of Argentina then while in flight you get within 180-250km of Antarctica which at an altitude of 10.6km/35,000feet you should have a horizon of 370km/230miles which would give you a decent view of the mainland and possibly ice shelves/icebergs if the conditions were clear. Then coming in to land you fly right over the middle of Tasmania and Bass Strait before landing in Melbourne. Sit on the left side of the plane and bring your DSLR with telephoto lens in your carry on luggage and enjoy the trip. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/la805/#f1bea8a 
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Xenoborg posted:On the B-52 its just a big knob that hydraulically rotates the gear That’s not a very nice thing to call the navigator!
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drunkill posted:So a new route started this week, Santiago to Melbourne by Latam airlines using a 787-9. It'd be a pretty scenic I imagine, taking off you fly along the Andes all the way to the tip of Argentina then while in flight you get within 180-250km of Antarctica which at an altitude of 10.6km/35,000feet you should have a horizon of 370km/230miles which would give you a decent view of the mainland and possibly ice shelves/icebergs if the conditions were clear. Then coming in to land you fly right over the middle of Tasmania and Bass Strait before landing in Melbourne. That's a pretty cool route! Hopefully they keep the windows undimmed for enough of the flight.
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drunkill posted:So a new route started this week, Santiago to Melbourne by Latam airlines using a 787-9. It'd be a pretty scenic I imagine, taking off you fly along the Andes all the way to the tip of Argentina then while in flight you get within 180-250km of Antarctica which at an altitude of 10.6km/35,000feet you should have a horizon of 370km/230miles which would give you a decent view of the mainland and possibly ice shelves/icebergs if the conditions were clear. Then coming in to land you fly right over the middle of Tasmania and Bass Strait before landing in Melbourne. man those companies could save so much money and fuel if they just worried about getting you to your destination instead of going a billion miles south and then back up 
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Inacio posted:man those companies could save so much money and fuel if they just worried about getting you to your destination instead of going a billion miles south and then back up This joke is never going to get off the ground in an aviation thread.
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Finger Prince posted:That's a pretty cool route! Hopefully they keep the windows undimmed for enough of the flight. Yeah no joke the communist windows (no choice for you!) were part of why I hated flying on a 787. The other part is that the airlines flying it round here have seating that gets its frame bolted to the floor right in the way of where you naturally put your feet and I have rather large clown feet so it's a big issue. I'd pretty much rather fly on any other comprable plane (777, 747, 330, 340) than a 787
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Good read: http://www.historicracer.com/aviation/accidental-fighter-pilot/
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Finger Prince posted:This joke is never going to get off the ground in an aviation thread. poo poo joke but it's something someone I know has unironically told me. They got a flat earth / no vaccines diploma on Facebook. We don't talk much anymore.
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Finger Prince posted:This joke is never going to get off the ground in an aviation thread. Is this a projection of your insecurities?
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vessbot posted:Is this a projection of your insecurities? This is going to end up with some great circle jerk.
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Ola posted:This is going to end up with some great circle jerk. Hah!
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Ola posted:This is going to end up with some great circle jerk. Only if you can't trace the arc of the conversation.
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