Planes
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“if you can fly it at three feet, you can fly it at 3,000.”
Love it! "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" but in reverse.
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@mantissanet said in Planes:
Love jet packs. The Martin is brilliant. Going up into airspace with commercial airliners, not so much.
As much as I liked the post, you probably need to be more innovative with the avatar. The boss is having some fun with them.
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The future of passenger flight could look like the thunderbirds
They have actually had Delta wing designs like that since the 1920s, where the cabin was in the wing, but it never made it into production for whatever reason. One of which was the first one crashed and seriously injured the pilot. BWB - Blended Wing Body they are called. Dreadnought I think was that first one. Named after the ship I guess.
NASA and Boeing had another crack at it in the 90's when I was flying but I think that just ended up as a UAV. There were issues with evacuation too from memory, hence just making a drone.
Clever idea as all of the drag areas are also producing lift. So very efficient. Window seats become a bit rare though.
Never seen an actual "V" like that so a different slant on it.
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Great that Kiwi's are doing this stuff. Didn't know that they had done three!
Love this comment too:
"There is nothing like the sound of twin V-12 Rolls Royce Merlin engines roaring past you at high speed. It's the sound of TWO Spitfires rolled into one (or half a Lancaster!)." -
@Machpants said in Planes:
Got wood.
Very appropriate terminology.
They are just awesome machines (and yes about giving a bollock for a go).
The Elle McPherson of planes. Getting a little old but you still want to get in her and take her to heaven and back (thank you Lord Flash heart).
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Pretty impressive for us ground based grunts
Is thrust vectoring the same as VTOL?
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@Paekakboyz said in Planes:
Is thrust vectoring the same as VTOL?
Pretty much. Vertical TO and landing is achieved via thrust vectoring. Harrier the most obvious example. So until someone comes up with a better idea for aeroplanes, yes.
Helicopters are of course VTOL along with tilt rotors.
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Thrust vectoring means the vehicle can direct it's thrust. Harriers do it, the F22 does it, most modern ferries, minesweepers, and tug boats do it. Only one of those is capable of (vertical take off and landing) VTOL! Helicopters, tilt rotors, and drones VTOL, but most don't have thrust vectoring.
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ah, @Machpants so very much a maneuverability thing. Familiar with the Harrier and also with ships having thrusters, just hadn't considered it with fighter jets for some reason.
@Crucial that sounds a bit like the Timewarp song from Rocky Horror