Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)

[dr_gn]

sorrento205 said:

Out of curiosity, does anybody know what the PA was about to say at the end there?

"They've only got 2 reversers on the inboard..."

"Engines" perhaps?

They didn't fit them the outboard engines because the wings are so big that they overhang many runways, and reversers would throw up a load of crap which could get ingested. The centres of the outboard engines are about 4m further out (per side) than those on a 747-400. The engines are much larger as well.

The A380 was designed without any reversers at all, such are the effectiveness of the wheel brakes & spoilers, but the FAA insisted they were fitted.

Edited by dr_gn on Saturday 1st August 23:43

[sorrento205]

Thanks matey, Engines was the obvious answer but i was after the explanation which you duly presented

[dr_gn]

sorrento205 said:

Thanks matey, Engines was the obvious answer but i was after the explanation which you duly presented

No worries: Heres a brake being tested;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1dv_y_3EK0

Cheers

[sorrento205]

Aye, ive seen most of the Airbus R&D vids, one of my pals was sent a DVD about the a380 before he went contracting in Toulouse which he let me watch. Pretty eye opening stuff.

So the question is, do the outboard engines genuinly not have t/rev or are they just deactivated on those engines. It wouldnt make sense to have 2 engine types, surely, for interchangeability purposes.

[dr_gn]

sorrento205 said:

Aye, ive seen most of the Airbus R&D vids, one of my pals was sent a DVD about the a380 before he went contracting in Toulouse which he let me watch. Pretty eye opening stuff.

So the question is, do the outboard engines genuinly not have t/rev or are they just deactivated on those engines. It wouldnt make sense to have 2 engine types, surely, for interchangeability purposes.

They don't have them fitted. The engines themselves are more or less identical, its nacelle that's different. There is a huge amount of cost, weight and complexity to be saved by not fitting them.


Also, I'd have thought that, at that distance from the centre of the fuselage, if an outer one packed up on landing it would pretty much be curtains.

Cheers,

Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 2nd August 19:59

[Scuffers]

dr_gn said:

sorrento205 said:

Aye, ive seen most of the Airbus R&D vids, one of my pals was sent a DVD about the a380 before he went contracting in Toulouse which he let me watch. Pretty eye opening stuff.

So the question is, do the outboard engines genuinly not have t/rev or are they just deactivated on those engines. It wouldnt make sense to have 2 engine types, surely, for interchangeability purposes.

They don't have them fitted. The engines themselves are more or less identical, its nacelle that's different. There is a huge amount of cost, weight and complexity to be saved by not fitting them.


Also, I'd have thought that, at that distance from the centre of the fuselage, if an outer one packed up on landing it would pretty much be curtains.

Cheers,

the original plan was not to have it at all and just use brakes, apparently the FAA/CAA/etc were a little un-impressed with this idea, hence them being fitted to the inside engines

[The Hypno-Toad]

Toads back as promised with some more pictures from my youth.

Again Mildenhall, Greenham, Duxford, & Farnborough from the 80s

Alpha Jet


B-29 (just flown over from the States before it was restored.)


B-29 2


Danish F104


F-5B


USAF F-16B


Luftwaffe F104


RAE Hunter


Jaguar GR2


Canadian P-3


P-3


S-3 Viking


G-Fury


Super Etendard


Tiger Stripe F104


There will be some more Farnborough & some Manston pictures at some stage but don't hold your breath.

Enjoy!!!

[Eric Mc]

The Argus is REALLY nice.

[erolb]

Is it me or did Airshows in the 80s have a much more interesting and varied array of aircraft? Stuff like that P3 Orion. Not the most exciting, just different.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Eric Mc said:

The Argus is REALLY nice.

Sorry Eric, Argus?

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Eric Mc said:

The Argus is REALLY nice.

Sorry Eric, Argus?

Surely it's an Aurora since it has what looks like Allison T56 engines?

[Eric Mc]

Corrected. I flicked through the pictures really quickly and my brain said Canadair Argus. The Aurora (Orion) replaced the Argus as Canada's maritime reconnaissance aircraft and were originally finished in similar colours.

Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 6th August 07:53

[tuffer]

Eric Mc said:

Corrected. I flicked through the pictures really quickly and my brain said Canadair Argus. The Aurora (Orion) replaced the Argus as Canada's maritime reconnaissance aircraft and were originally finished in similar colours.

Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 6th August 07:53

[james_tigerwoods]

Eric Mc said:

Corrected

*********Looks out of the window for the four horsemen*********

[hman]

I'm sure we can all move on and forget this rare oversight eric.

[Eric Mc]

It's OK - I locked myself overnight in a darkened room.

[Blib]

OH.MY.GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!

[JonRB]

I feel like I did when I found out Santa Claus was a lie.

[Eric Mc]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[james_tigerwoods]

JonRB said:

I feel like I did when I found out Santa Claus was a lie.

Santa's a lie?