silvermanblue Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Wow most of the stuff went right over my head. So this thing he made went into space thats insane. And how the thing actually stripped electricity out of the air. Thats awesome just imagine if some was to try this again and perfect it, we might have unlimited energy and free floating antigrav disks. Kinda crazy to think about. Good find Leone Family Mafia ПРОПАГАНДА.ИНЦ, СИЛВЕРМАНБЛУЕ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutuz Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I think that the people up top should try and perfect that, Then we'd have cheap, clean energy, not to mention very fast planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 @GTAuron - Hmm, I always thought landing was the hardest part of a flight, mind you, that's because I thought all the pilots done was straightened up on the runway and pushed the throttle forward and lifted with the steering to take off... To relate to Brutuz' post, I think the advantage of faster planes would be suitable for Military aircraft, but not necessarily for passenger planes. Passenger planes can go fast enough as it is, considering weight and all the techology involved, plus the amount of money it would cost to invent something with all of these factors would be incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92F Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Landing is relatively easy. The only difficult part is the pitch of the aircraft with the right amount of throttle, to keep it from falling out the sky or accelerating. I read somewhere that they could pretty much automate the whole taking off, flying and landing. The only part that they really need a pilot is for tax-ing and incase of any emergencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Lots of crashes that occur in Aviation, eventhough they are seldom are caused by ATC (Air Traffic Control). Did anyone ever watch the program, 'Air Traffic Investigations' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Seen it a few times, was good. Ok little joke for you: What's the difference between Air Traffic Control and a Pilot? If a pilot f*cks up, the pilot dies. If ATC f*ck up, the pilot dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterdriver Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 hahaha, good one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 @GTAuron - It was good, shame there weren't more Aviation programs on, like that one. Good joke btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 ok heres my joke, I doubt its gonna be good.... Two pilots are attempting to land a boeing 747 on a small runway. Co pilot: I don't think we are gonna make this... Pilot: Don't worry we will fine. Shortly lands the plane. Co pilot: Amazing! How did we do it on such a small runway?! Pilot: I know but look how wide it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 ^Get out, that joke sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutuz Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 You guys hear about that flight that crashed? The Local news said that it hit the tarmac after blowing up, but according to everywhere else (Almost ) the front Tyre burst into flames on landing, causing the rest of the plane to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I heard about that actually, the plane was going too fast to actually slow down anyway, but the tyre was actually on fire when the plane landed, the fire caused the plane to veer off the runway and hit a fence. Passengers in the accident said that the plane was shaking violently when it was coming into land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92F Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Its unusual for plane tyres to explode. Usually they have fuse plugs running around the wheel. Reason being as aircraft tyres are inflated with nirtogen instead of compressed air like a car. If the fuse plus detect a temperature increase, they melt and allow the tyre to deflate at a slow speed. If the wheel did explode, it sounds like it must've hit a fuel tank causing the plane to burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 The same thing happened to Concorde, but it was in flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddy Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 UPS to Cancel A380 Order March 6, 2007 ATLANTA—United Parcel Service is canceling an order for 10 Airbus A380 freighters due to the fact that the jumbo jet’s manufacturer Airbus (Toulouse, France) will be unable to meet its promised delivery dates. Originally, Airbus agreed to provide UPS with its first jumbo freighter by 2009. However, that date had since been pushed back to 2012, and UPS is now afraid even that deadline will be impossible for Airbus to meet. According to UPS, the shipping company made its final decision regarding the A380 when it learned that Airbus was planning on diverting employees from the A380 freighter program to work on the passenger version of the plane. In recent months, the passenger version of the aircraft—the world’s largest commercial jet—has been plagued by wiring and final assembly problems. "Based on our previous discussions, we had felt that 2012 was a reasonable estimate of when Airbus could supply this plane," says UPS President, David Abney. "[However,] we no longer are confident that Airbus can adhere to that schedule." What went wrong? 2012 now for the plane to be delivered. Crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 UPS to Cancel A380 Order March 6, 2007 ATLANTA—United Parcel Service is canceling an order for 10 Airbus A380 freighters due to the fact that the jumbo jet’s manufacturer Airbus (Toulouse, France) will be unable to meet its promised delivery dates. Originally, Airbus agreed to provide UPS with its first jumbo freighter by 2009. However, that date had since been pushed back to 2012, and UPS is now afraid even that deadline will be impossible for Airbus to meet. According to UPS, the shipping company made its final decision regarding the A380 when it learned that Airbus was planning on diverting employees from the A380 freighter program to work on the passenger version of the plane. In recent months, the passenger version of the aircraft—the world’s largest commercial jet—has been plagued by wiring and final assembly problems. "Based on our previous discussions, we had felt that 2012 was a reasonable estimate of when Airbus could supply this plane," says UPS President, David Abney. "[However,] we no longer are confident that Airbus can adhere to that schedule." What went wrong? 2012 now for the plane to be delivered. Crazy! The poor performance of the Dollar is leading to job losses, and since Planes are sold in Dollars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I thought the Airbus A380 was already in business, as in like Airlines own them, I know Singapore Airlines have them. Are they flying yet ? @92F - It's weird though, the news said last night that the pilot overshot the runway and crashed into a fence ? Yet on news websites, the crash was caused by a tyre ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 They've got a fair while til they're available for commercial service. Hell, look at when the 1st F-22 and Eurofighter flights were in comparison to their entry times? Whilst fighter jets, they've both got about the same test timescale due to avionics and (especially on the civillian side) safety checks. Hasn't been long since the 1st A380 flight. I just hope the A380 doesn't all go do a Concorde on us. 100+ orders for almost 10 airlines dwindled to less than 20 for just 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Speaking of tires being so good, I hadn't realized until about last year. On the news there was this plane that had it's front landing rotated 90 degrees to the side, so they were perpendicular to the ground. They flew around until they couldn't make any more circles then landed. It was live and I though for sure the tires would blow, then the landing gear would snap and it'd nose dive, but to my surprise the damn thing just slid on the front wheels as they slowly deflated, it was amazing! I think it was a 747 or a similar type of plane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) I was trying to find it on yatube, but haven't found anything yet, but I did find this which was quite funny, it's own little way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T165Qr5V0wk EDIT: Found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNm9SNyCEeI Edited March 9, 2007 by Gareth Croke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 That's a good video, quite good how the landing gear rotates for a safer landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Actually, afaik, all Airbus aircraft, including the A320 as seen in the picture, are designed to be able to land like that. Tyres will blow of course, but the gear is designed not to collapse. Civillian airliners are a lot stronger than they seem to be. For example, the loads most airliners can experience in harsh turbulence makes any normal hard manouver seem tame. I've got no problem about wondering if a plane will fail or not. Usually the only thing that fails are fuselage bulkheads after maintenance, like a load of Boeing 747s had an issue with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hah, you found it! I looked a little too and wasn't able to. That was amazing seeing it live, I was a bit worried for those people on board at the time. It's crazy how the plane was pretty much perfectly straight the whole way down the runway. Awesome job that pilot did... I'd be scared sh*tless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Kept it straight? Differential braking ftw. Tis like trying to land a Spitfire lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I've experienced rough turbulance in December 2006 when I was coming from Tarbes Airport (South-West of France, near Lourdes) to Manchester Airport. The pilot said that we were slowing down to come in for landing, flying over Preston we were and the Captain said that they would have to be increasing the throttle and decreasing the throttle to maintain some form of power to the engines. You could hear the engines roaring as we were going through rough turbulance, the landing was awful aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Meh happens. Worst one I've had is Easyjet coming into Toulouse, the pilot had to rapidly open the trottles just before touchdown cause we were marginal to even make it to the runway lol. Heavy landing too. Strangely, the landing on the flight back was the smoothest I've ever had! LOL, I think this wins for hard landing. Here. Actually...this is better. Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutuz Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I can't watch them atm, On old Dailup account for some reasons... But I just had my first jet landing in FSX! Pic: Guess the Plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Pic: Guess the Plane. Fokker, dat was easy... next PS What do I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 @GTAuron - Lol, I wouldn't fancy being on them planes when they were landing lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Ditto, the 2nd one is definately an easy way to bite yer tongue. In other news, I went to the RAF for a selection test today, bad news is that my job isn't available atm, good news is that my test scores were so stupidly high they highly suggest I try for pilot again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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