will it take off?

[rback33]

Ohhh Gawd...This thread has come alivvvvvve again! Someone just shoot me!!!!

I couldn't decide to whether to laugh or cry when I saw this. But what better place to have my 800th post, as this one is it. I would love to fly in a plane that breaks the sound barrier... how cool would that be?

 

[BillyP]

I couldn't decide to whether to laugh or cry when I saw this. But what better place to have my 800th post, as this one is it. I would love to fly in a plane that breaks the sound barrier... how cool would that be?

The way this thread's been going and going and going then gone and going again you could very well post your 1,000th post.

 

[cp1969]

I couldn't decide to whether to laugh or cry when I saw this. But what better place to have my 800th post, as this one is it. I would love to fly in a plane that breaks the sound barrier... how cool would that be?

That used to be possible but not now. The Concorde used to come to Oshkosh and they would load people up, head north over Canada and get her above Mach 1 for a while. While I would have loved to have ridden on that plane, it was too expensive for me. They say you can't tell when it happens anyway. What a rush it would be to fly that thing at about Mach 2 at <500' agl. I don't know if it would go that fast down low, but whatever full-tilt is, would do.

 

[mjarrels]

At Mach II and 500 Feet above ground level... push when you should have pulled and its all over quicker than you can blink!

"Gravity is a powerfull force"

mark

 

[rback33]

I had forgotten about the Concorde.... That would have sold my issues, but I think that's outta my budget for this project.

 

[Jimbrown]

This ain't mach 2 but I bet you would think it was if you were in it.

 

[daTeacha]

OH MY!

If a plane is flying upside down over a runway that is going in the opposite direction at the same speed, what happens to the two guys holding the sticks?

 

[mjarrels]

A third guy pole vaults?

mark

 

[turnkey4099]

You don't need a treadmill on an aircraft carrier (it won't help.) What you need is a way faster aircraft carrier to reduce the relative landing speed and proportionately reduce the landing roll.

If a carrier could go as fast as the landing speed of the plane then the plane would make a vertical landing and not need arresting gear. Every kt of speed the ship makes good is a kt of airspeed for the plane and a reduction in takeoff roll and landing speed.

Any design ideas for a hydrofoil carrier or a hover craft carrier?

Alternatively you can install big fans to blow lots of air down the flight deck. This is as effective as having the ship go faster. If there is enough wind down the deck the aircraft can land vertically or nearly so.

This is easy to test with say a T-Craft. A Taylor craft has such a minimal landing and liftoff speed that in a stiff wind you can essentially make vertical takeoff and landings.

Pat

Landing backwards under highwind conditions has also been done. I don't recall what happened after it was down though. I don't see how it could have remained on the ground other than as a crumpled up ball.

Harry K

 

[patrick_g]

Harry, So far I have never landed backwards but a buddy with a T-Craft has. He had to rev up to hold his ground and needed assistance to get him tied down as the T-craft had no brakes.

I have made some incredibly short takeoffs and landings at Bull Head City, Arizona when the wind was blowing like crazy right down the runway. The hard part was the taxi from or to the runway. Any more wind and I'd have had to have people hold down the wing tips to taxi.

Pat