Nebakenezzer posted:

Wow, even some B-1s. Maybe they are B-1As? And some B-52s as well. Right: C-130s, F111s, Phantoms. (There are a lot of F111s and Phantoms.)

MrChips posted:

So that Mustang engine ran at maximum load for hundreds of hours? I doubt that.

Minto Took posted:

In flight the 787's wings are designed to flex upwards.

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

Even knowing that they can flex to some ridiculous degree and that it's part of the design?

slidebite posted:

Sadly, my Tomcat photos looked like poo poo. My batteries were completely dead (my camera wouldn't even power on after this) and it started to rain.

Click here for the full 1024x445 image.

Revolvyerom posted:

Holy poo poo, they're 62 feet long according to Wikipedia. Six building stories when stood on end.

Sterndotstern posted:

grover posted:

Well, now that the derail has devolved into namecalling, sounds like the perfect segue into massive soviet turboprops! They were first built in, what, 1947? And are STILL the post powerful turboprop ever built? Over twice as powerful as the MV-22 Osprey's engines and about 3x more powerful than C-130's.



That said, there are more powerful gas turbines than this, and the F-35's engine does, technically couple power power into the liftfan shaft than the NK-12 is capable of outputting, but the F-35B's P&W F-135 isn't considered a turboprop.

Manny posted:

There's some good stories here and here about recovering the B-29 It's Hawg Wild from China lake and then flying it to Duxford museum in England.

Tremblay posted:

Don't have this in higher res do you?

grover posted:

This seems like a great opportunity for someone to pitch a smaller, more economical jet than the A380, which will do more flights on more point-to-point routes so that travelers have to spend fewer hours in their air towards out-of-the-way "hubs" just so that we can wait many extra hours waiting for a giant aircraft full of middle-middle seats that inevitably flies no less than 99.9% full (or they will find a reason to cancel the flight to ensure the NEXT one flies 99.9% full).

Seriously, I really hate the whole super-mega-transport concept. I'd rather fly direct to my destination in a CRJ or Emraer than fly hours in the wrong direction on 3 hops with lengthy layovers. Basically, why can't everyone be like Southwest?

Also, bring back in-flight meals, and stop charging for checked luggage, you assholes.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:

So maybe it's a Quantas problem rather than an A380 problem?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...0110502646.html

Another Qantas jetliner suffers engine trouble

The Associated Press
Friday, November 5, 2010; 10:12 AM
SINGAPORE -- Local television stations report that a Qantas jetliner has returned to Singapore with an engine problem shortly after takeoff.

Channel 5 station said the Boeing 747 was forced to return to Singapore shortly after takeoff Friday.

Channel News Asia station said flight QF6 turned back after a problem with engine one. It gave no other details.

On Thursday, a Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo made an emergency landing in Singapore after one of its four engines suffered a blowout.

Captain Postal posted:

I think you mean 100% laws of physics and newscorp bullshit. You can throw a burning match into that fuel and it won't ignite.

Lilbeefer posted:

This is true, however....


Did not ignite and cause an explosion? The average punter will read that and assume like they always have that throwing a match in a container of fuel will result in a devastating explosion.

Kallikrates posted:

Whether or not they can replace a wing or part of a wing takes in way to many variables that only airbus knows. It totally depends on the design and construction.

InitialDave posted:

Short answer: Glass fibre has lost of short, random threads all mish-mashed at different angles, whereas carbon fibres are in woven sheets like a cloth. To take advantage of CF construction, you pay attention to the direction the fibres are running in, as well as the thickness/number of layers. You can also "tune" a structure to behave in a certain way under different loading directions by having more fibres running in one direction than in others.

Nerobro posted:

And I really doubt you'll come anywhere near the resin/fiber ratio you can get with a good layup.

Saga posted:

Maybe that means they can charge "only" 150k for it instead of Pagani Zonda money?

benito posted:

Doesn't really look quite right to me, but I always loved the old designs like the T-33:

shadow diver posted:

And holy poo poo, these guys must spend most of their time in the shaded section of the dead man's curve, while surrounded by wires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zwn2CvwACY

Ferremit posted:

Ignore the shockingly bad Australian news coverage but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTNMcs4-29Y

Ola posted:

It says the lineman disconnected from the line, was he riding with the helicopter at the time?

shadow diver posted:

Red Bull Stratos. They're trying to break Kittinger's altitude and speed records (going supersonic in the process), and they have the man himself as an adviser. The project was very close to completion, but now it's on indefinite hold pending the outcome of a lawsuit. I hope they just pay the man his money and get on with it, but who knows how long that will take.

Styles Bitchley posted:

Fun fact about the Navy version of the F-35: engineered to be able make it back to ship with only one engine running.

atomicthumbs posted:

or do a positive-G maneuver and help him out