Jeev Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 It's amazing how much side load the commercial aircraft can take.. Looks like some fun flying... 5 Quote
PTK Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 Yes, truly amazing. The Bombardier Dash8 amazes me with those long sticks for gear. Looks like a cross between a pelican and a flamingo! Not without their share of problems but they can sure take a beating! They're engineering masterpieces! As is our Mooney gear of course! Quote
flyboy0681 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 This was great viewing. It never ceases to amaze me just how much punishment landing gear can take. Quote
FlyDave Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 I wouldn't want to be the airline personnel cleaning the inside of those planes after landing.....just saying..... Quote
VetRepp Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 Yes amazing. What airport is it? (Perhaps it's time to invest in a crosswind runway ;-). Quote
jlunseth Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 My favorites are the Lufthansa Airbus 320 on March 1, 2010 at Hamburg (wing strike) and just about any xwind landing at the old Kai-Tak airport. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYiLaK5bIJo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnL4KYVtDE Quote
Awful_Charlie Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 Yes amazing. What airport is it? (Perhaps it's time to invest in a crosswind runway ;-). That's Birmingham (UK), and used to have a crosswind runway (06/24) before the NIMBYs got it closed for noise reasons Quote
flyboy0681 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Posted April 3, 2014 That's Birmingham (UK), and used to have a crosswind runway (06/24) before the NIMBYs got it closed for noise reasons If and when a major incident happens, the NIMBY's will be blamed -and rightfully so. Quote
29-0363 Posted April 4, 2014 Report Posted April 4, 2014 Awesome stuff. This is one of the times where a pilot really earn his/her salary. Quote
Dcflyn Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 It seems that the big jets were all crabbing and kicking the rudder on touchdown rather than dipping a wing into the wind. Why? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote
Guest Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 Equally amazing is how much the wings flex. Clarence Quote
Mooneymite Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 It seems that the big jets were all crabbing and kicking the rudder on touchdown rather than dipping a wing into the wind. Why? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Yeah, that's why these videos were so exciting. Obviously rotten technique. If they'd landed like Mooney pilots do, there'd have been no video circulated......just routine boring. Do you want your landings to be subject to a viral Youtube? Quote
stevesm20b Posted April 23, 2014 Report Posted April 23, 2014 When you bank the wings in and airplane with swept back wings and you flair for landing the wing tips are closer to the ground than airplanes with strait wings. Quote
Mooneymite Posted April 23, 2014 Report Posted April 23, 2014 When you bank the wings in and airplane with swept back wings and you flair for landing the wing tips are closer to the ground than airplanes with strait wings. Surprisingly enough on the 767, it is not the engine, or the wing tip that hits first in landings, it is the flap. Quote
Hank Posted April 23, 2014 Report Posted April 23, 2014 Surprisingly enough on the 767, it is not the engine, or the wing tip that hits first in landings, it is the flap. Isn't that because airliners use an obscene flap setting, on the order of 50-55º? And to think that people fuss about some old Brand-C's that reach all of 40º . . . Quote
smccray Posted April 25, 2014 Report Posted April 25, 2014 It seems that the big jets were all crabbing and kicking the rudder on touchdown rather than dipping a wing into the wind. Why? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk There was a similar thread over on Beechtalk a while back. One of the former 747 pilots commented that flying swept wing (see stevesm20b above) and I believe the term is pod mounted engines below the wing is different than flying piston aircraft. 1 Quote
bonal Posted April 26, 2014 Report Posted April 26, 2014 Some real great piloting and to think the industry want to design pilotless aircraft. I'd like to see some stupid UAV set down in those conditions. Hats off to the folks that get to that level of skill. Quote
flyboy0681 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Posted April 26, 2014 Some real great piloting and to think the industry want to design pilotless aircraft. I'd like to see some stupid UAV set down in those conditions. Hats off to the folks that get to that level of skill. Personally, I think computers could do a better job than humans. Since it has all of the inputs that it needs, wind, temperature and pressure, it would be able to calculate the proper corrections several times a second. Quote
bonal Posted April 26, 2014 Report Posted April 26, 2014 Perhaps so long as the computers don't crash pun intended. I know I would never trust my life to a computer. I remember years ago the folks at Audi thought they could program the perfect lap around a track that could never be beat with their current car. After they plugged in all the data and came up with the time Hans Stuck the driver of the car at the time went out and beat that time by a big margin. Some times you have to push beyond the limits of a program something a computer can't do. The computer guys could not figure out how he did it. I don't know about you but I know my brain has way better processing speed than my computer. I like the idea of fly by wire where the computer aids in the pilots input to adjust the control surfaces to give the desired result. Quote
flyboy0681 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Posted April 26, 2014 Perhaps so long as the computers don't crash pun intended. I know I would never trust my life to a computer. I remember years ago the folks at Audi thought they could program the perfect lap around a track that could never be beat with their current car. After they plugged in all the data and came up with the time Hans Stuck the driver of the car at the time went out and beat that time by a big margin. Some times you have to push beyond the limits of a program something a computer can't do. The computer guys could not figure out how he did it. I don't know about you but I know my brain has way better processing speed than my computer. I like the idea of fly by wire where the computer aids in the pilots input to adjust the control surfaces to give the desired result. Interesting, I trust my life to a computer every time I board on a modern airliner, especially a 787 or A380. Quote
bonal Posted April 26, 2014 Report Posted April 26, 2014 That's true but someone is still in the seat controlling the aircraft and analyzing what the computers are up to. They provide lots of information but I don't let them think for me. I have a lot more faith in human skills I know what the future is don't mean I have to like it Quote
carusoam Posted April 30, 2014 Report Posted April 30, 2014 David, What is your "other" airplane? The one you drive at work? I enjoyed your sense of humor this morning. Best regards, -a- Quote
bonal Posted April 30, 2014 Report Posted April 30, 2014 And let us not forget, most activities that involve motion we dont react with our brains we use the thing we sit on (IMC excepted) my seat of the pants processor runs at over 1000GB's per second. Quote
bonal Posted April 30, 2014 Report Posted April 30, 2014 So now every time my computer stalls, locks up or generally pisses me off I just say "Good thing I'm not trying to land" It seems to lower my stress levels here at work. Quote
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