Zero Groundspeed Fixed Wing Take Off
01-30-2013, 06:11 PM
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RE: Zero Groundspeed Fixed Wing Take Off
When I was a kid I did the same thing by rubber-banding shoe-box tops to both my arms and accomplished the same thing!
This is awesome!
This is awesome!
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RE: Zero Groundspeed Fixed Wing Take Off
01-31-2013, 08:58 AM
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RE: Zero Groundspeed Fixed Wing Take Off
Ground speed is irrelevant, airspeed is everything. Lots of fixed wing aircraft have gotten airborne with zero ground speed, usually with disastrous results!
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RE: Zero Groundspeed Fixed Wing Take Off
I was instructing years ago here in Michigan when a particularly nasty line of thunderstorms moved in. Just as they got to the airport, a Mooney landed and taxied in to our ramp, the closest to the runway. The wind and rain began to really howl, and he turned into the wind and wisely kept the engine running. We watched as strong, driving gusts assaulted the plane. More than once, we heard the engine rev and saw daylight under the tires. [X(] The front passed quickly, and we parked him and secured the plane for the night.
03-06-2013, 04:44 PM
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RE: Zero Groundspeed Fixed Wing Take Off
ORIGINAL: eddieC
I was instructing years ago here in Michigan when a particularly nasty line of thunderstorms moved in. Just as they got to the airport, a Mooney landed and taxied in to our ramp, the closest to the runway. The wind and rain began to really howl, and he turned into the wind and wisely kept the engine running. We watched as strong, driving gusts assaulted the plane. More than once, we heard the engine rev and saw daylight under the tires. [X(] The front passed quickly, and we parked him and secured the plane for the night.
I was instructing years ago here in Michigan when a particularly nasty line of thunderstorms moved in. Just as they got to the airport, a Mooney landed and taxied in to our ramp, the closest to the runway. The wind and rain began to really howl, and he turned into the wind and wisely kept the engine running. We watched as strong, driving gusts assaulted the plane. More than once, we heard the engine rev and saw daylight under the tires. [X(] The front passed quickly, and we parked him and secured the plane for the night.
