Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

[frank8003]

"Never give it up"

ain't nothing He said from that place
"Ain't nothing at all"
It is the guys that I learned from that said things to make me
understand to Never give up.


View attachment the_best_ever.wmv

 

[Barrman]

Growing puddle of some liquid under the right wing tip during the video.

 

[marchplumber]

Ok, I Have to ask.....................Frank..............................was the video "real" or a CGI event?

 

[Tracer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtaSd52G7lw AN 225 Low Pass

 

[Another Ahab]

Wonder how many landings those An-225 tires (whole lot of them), are good for?

 

[Tracer]

Wonder how many landings those An-225 tires (whole lot of them), are good for?

I don't know how many landings they're good for, but they keep spare tires stored in the cargo bay...…..just in case.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

View attachment 772301 I don't know how many landings they're good for, but they keep spare tires stored in the cargo bay...…..just in case.

There aren't many aircraft in the world that have SPARE TIRE RACK(s) as original equipment. Few aviation engineers want to sacrifice the space, weight, and fuel efficiencies unless some overriding "NEED" predicates this feature.

Thanks for sharing that pic.

 

[Tracer]

Chaplain, the AN-224 & AN-124 both use a non articulated rigid main landing gear. When the aircraft turns it creates high tread wear on the most forward and rear tires. As you can see the forward and aft tires are bald, with the center tires having the most tread. We had a similar problem with the C-17, we would make a 90 degree turn, and the side load wanted to roll the tire off the rim. Commercial aircraft like the 777 with 3 axles per main gear have the 1st and 3rd axles articulated so the aircraft can turn with out high side load and wear on the tires.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Thanks, Tracer.

My aviation design experience was limited to Avionics and Electrical Systems and the supporting structures for the various black boxes, control and instrument panels, and the associated structural shelves, brackets, etc. that got it all installed.
I left the power plants and propulsion related systems, as well as the landing gear and executive interior compliments to the other fine engineers with whom I worked.

Here are the Mitsubishi aircraft to which I had the privilege to contribute.....

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[frank8003]

Ok, I Have to ask.....................Frank..............................was the video "real" or a CGI event?

I don't know. I know with controls surfaces of a full aerobatic ship it seems possible, but I do not know if it is real. Research YouTube.
It was from 2008 and has been researched.

http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?/topic/15355-the-most-amazing-recovery-nerves-of-steel/

 

[Another Ahab]

View attachment 772301 I don't know how many landings they're good for, but they keep spare tires stored in the cargo bay...…..just in case.

That cargo bay makes the bay of a C-130 look like a broom closet!

 

[frank8003]

the water tower can fly low

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ&feature=youtu.be

starhopper

 

[Another Ahab]

the water tower can fly lo

starhopper

My guess says that sucker is the star of next year's Burning Man.

Was the test at Wallops Island (VA), or is that Florida, got any idea?

 

[marchplumber]

the water tower can fly low

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ&feature=youtu.be

starhopper

"water towers" usually have a "fill pipe" attached...............................LOL

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

the water tower can fly low

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ&feature=youtu.be

starhopper

WOW !
Even with perfectly clear weather that's an IFR Final Approach with all that flying earth obscuring ANY visual sensory perception.

Look like I've got some Googling to do if I'm to learn all about this program.

THANKS for posting it up for our viewing pleasure.

 

[Tracer]

My guess says that sucker is the star of next year's Burning Man.

Was the test at Wallops Island (VA), or is that Florida, got any idea?

Ahab the tests were conducted at the Space X test facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

 

[frank8003]

My guess says that sucker is the star of next year's Burning Man.

Was the test at Wallops Island (VA), or is that Florida, got any idea?

Test very near 25°59'57" N
97° 9' 21" W

Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico, just about as South as one can go and not be in Mexico.

 

[Tracer]

Visionaries. What if both of these men were alive today. I think we would have landed on Mars years ago, and today regularly scheduled flights there would be the norm.

 

[Another Ahab]

View attachment 775371View attachment 775372 Visionaries. What if both of these men were alive today. I think we would have landed on Mars years ago, and today regularly scheduled flights there would be the norm.

Are you maybe mixing up Nikola Tesla with Musk, Mr. Tracer?

Because you know that Elon Musk IS alive today, right?

 

[Tracer]

Are you maybe mixing up Nikola Tesla with Musk, Mr. Tracer?

Because you know that Elon Musk IS alive today, right?

That's why is said what if both. I know Elon Musk is alive, to bad Howard isn't.