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Post by Gene on Oct 5, 2011 8:27:27 GMT 9
the one im talking about
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Post by lindel on Oct 5, 2011 8:41:18 GMT 9
Not many Saturn V rockets for it to tote around anymore...
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Post by Mark O on Oct 5, 2011 8:46:01 GMT 9
Guess I should have said, "The New Guppy"! This is pretty much how I saw it. I actually remember that original one too! Mark Edit: Fixed it! Bad link, so I used Photobucket.
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Post by Gene on Oct 5, 2011 8:52:36 GMT 9
the one i saw was back in the '80's
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Post by pat perry on Dec 14, 2011 7:46:17 GMT 9
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Post by pat perry on Dec 5, 2013 0:23:39 GMT 9
Boeing 747-8 RTO (Rejected Take Off) test bcove.me/onu9o143975,000 pounds at 200 mph and slam on the brakes with no reverse thrust. Beats stopping distance by 700 feet. Watch full screen
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Post by MOW on Dec 5, 2013 8:40:12 GMT 9
That is pretty damn cool... or hot, as the case may be
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Post by pat perry on Dec 17, 2013 2:27:53 GMT 9
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Dec 17, 2013 3:05:20 GMT 9
Good video.
I'm always amazed at the size of some airplanes, yet how small the cocpit is, and how little room the pilots have.
It is likely because of all the panels and instruments they have to be able to reach, while seated.
Jim Too
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Post by Jim on Dec 17, 2013 13:01:32 GMT 9
Boeing 747-8 RTO (Rejected Take Off) test bcove.me/onu9o143975,000 pounds at 200 mph and slam on the brakes with no reverse thrust. Beats stopping distance by 700 feet. Watch full screen Notice the brakes are glowing and the tires are starting to burn. This happened to me on a taxi test for brake change on F-94C (note brakes were used to steer this bird) so I stopped in front of the fire station for help- it was closer than our squadron area, and they had the BIG fan to help cool it down and blow the fire out. Some one panicked and shot CO2 on to that hot magnesium wheel and it exploded with a chunk of the wheel going thru the bottom of the tip tank, now we got about 250 gal of JP4 coming out of that tank!! Sure as hell glad that the CO2 that caused the problem had also put out the fire before that magnesium got hot enough to burn. Cause of brake problem was found to be a faulty brake hose in that a tiny rubber flap had been formed when the hose was made. Worked fine when applying brakes, but when releasing the brake pedal, the flap was pulled back and blocked the return of the fluid to the reservoir.
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