[jhb] Re: Boeing C17
- From: "Frank Fisher" <ffisher991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:02:38 +0100
Boeing C17I think the pilot was demonstrating the slow speed capability, did
not touch the ground thank goodness. He certainly knew exactly where his tail
was in relation to the ground.
Frank
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From: Fossil
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 7:56 PM
Subject: [jhb] Re: Boeing C17
Concorde needed a high AoA landing attitude because it didn't have any flaps.
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Frank Fisher
Sent: 14 July 2010 19:39
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Boeing C17
Great shot, much better when they are flying slow, I see that it has full
flaps and gear down.
I have a vague memory of seeing a Concorde 'walking' tail down along the
runway at Duxford, could be wrong.
BTW, at this current time, a thunderstorm is overhead (1835Z).
Do not know how long I will be online, my BB speed has dropped from 1.9Mb to
0.25Mb (upload still 0.38Mb). BT is going to get an earful shortly.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Fossil
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Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:43 PM
Subject: [jhb] Boeing C17
I've seen a few of the RAF C17's floating around the UK on my SBS display
but never expected to see one up close. That was my luck yesterday when ZZ175
came over to Ronaldsway and then flew circuits for an hour!
The weather was a bit dull so the pictures I took from my window were not
of the best. Here's a typical one:
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/WebAircraft/ZZ175.jpg
Note the huge fin and rudder area. You don't need that size of vertical
area unless the aircraft has been designed to fly very slowly. Slow speed
provides far less rudder effectiveness so the only way to control the aircraft
at slow speed and with an engine out is to have a bigger rudder area. In fact
one approach he made was at a very high nose up attitude and I would guess he
was flying not much faster than a small twin. For such a large aircraft it
looked incredibly slow.
bones
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