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Boeing Dreamliner draws a gigantic outline of a Dreamliner
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| 08/04/2017
| Daniel Schwartz
Posted on 08/04/2017 5:35:17 AM PDT by Phlap
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Neat stuff.
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:35:17 AM PDT
by
Phlap
To: Phlap
Those are some tight turns!
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:43:55 AM PDT
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: Phlap
Boeing, You Better Have Carbon Offsets To Cover That Prank !
(If you don't I just happen to have some for sale.)
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:45:10 AM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(We were Trumpin' before Trumpin' was cool.....)
To: Vlad The Inhaler
HAH! My first thought!
Al Gore will be apoplectic when he finds this out.
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:46:49 AM PDT
by
exit82
(The opposition has already been Trumped!)
To: Excellence
Maybe not turns but loop-de-loops?
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:51:51 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: P.O.E.
A chandelle would accomplish the tight turn...
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:55:52 AM PDT
by
C210N
(It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
To: Phlap
I’d love to see the flight plan. (assuming they filed one)
It’s probably 12 pages long.
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posted on
08/04/2017 5:57:44 AM PDT
by
ConservativeWarrior
(Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
To: Excellence
Not really when you consider the scale of the map behind it.......................
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:05:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: ConservativeWarrior
I don’t think they actually flew that course.
It would run out of fuel before it got to the end................
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:08:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: C210N
A chandelle would accomplish the tight turn..Do you supppose the pilot needed to be reminded to turn into the engine on those tight turns (being on one engine), or would it have really ever mattered with the power of those engines.
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:08:58 AM PDT
by
Dustoff45
(Pass the spicy catsup. We've got Trump now.)
To: Red Badger
I dont think they actually flew that course. It would run out of fuel before it got to the end................The inference of the article was that the flight was to demonstrate the performance of the aircraft flying on a single engine.
Which begs the question, probably known to ferry pilots faced with a long flight. I used to argue with my maintenance officer that I could extend the range and ferry distance of a CH-47, if we but just shut down one engine, fly at lower airspeed, yet extend our distance and of course time enroute. I was told I could not do it, as it was en emergency condition. I argued back that I must have been in an emergency every time I flew a single engine Huey.
With one engine out, only half the fuel is being consumed. Adjust for some lack of performance and the range should be increased.
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:17:01 AM PDT
by
Dustoff45
(Pass the spicy catsup. We've got Trump now.)
To: Vlad The Inhaler
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:19:04 AM PDT
by
momincombatboots
(White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
To: C210N
Now that would just be showing off :)
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:22:23 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Dustoff45
It works for cars, it should work for aircraft......................
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:22:52 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
My old Delta 88 car ran on 7 of 8 cylinders for a while....
To: Dustoff45
With one engine off, wouldn’t the other be driving both rotors? I can’t imagine that would be very fuel efficient if the engine is doing a lot more work than it was designed for.
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:35:14 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Red Badger
So you are saying this is fake?
The 787-900 has a range from 8000 to 8500 miles depending on load for in this in-flight testing mission was done with a very light load. They finsihed this with plenty of fuel left over.
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:40:24 AM PDT
by
sjm_888
To: Phlap
A 747 can fly on one of its four engines..if the weight is not extreme..and of course there would be no go-around at landing.
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posted on
08/04/2017 6:55:58 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning for free stuff)
To: smokingfrog
No, only one engine would be pushing. Pillows compensate by adjusting the surface controls.
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posted on
08/04/2017 7:11:28 AM PDT
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: Excellence
Pillows?! Damn! Meant pilots.
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posted on
08/04/2017 7:13:48 AM PDT
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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