F15 looses a wing & lands safely

[V8HSV]

Well off topic but amazing footage that I thought would be of interest outside of bonnet up/down & fastest colour debates...

www.crapshot.com/f15-flies-on-one-wing.html

[Boosted LS1]

I've seen this before, it's very impressive.

Boosted.

[cptsideways]

& wow

[BO55 VXR]

Aye carrumba!!!

[Paul.H.]

All down to the 'electric-ery' of electronics! Computers WILL NOT ALLOW certain aircraft to crash!

- although I would have to dispute the fact of firing live missiles at another aircraft in 'practice'...however, it is good!!

Edited by Paul.H. on Tuesday 5th December 20:44

Edited by Paul.H. on Wednesday 6th December 02:26

[merge]

God dam this is why the internet is such a bad thing, it's not difficult to see way "war of the worlds" did what it did.

[stigcv8]

whilst working at airbus I got talking to some of the landing gear and fuel guys. There has been a software plug in developed (though not sure if it has been implemented by Airbus or Boeing) that can enable a comercial jet to fly when the control surfaces have failed - potential electric/hydraulic fault. It relies on the engines being available and by controling thrust automatically between them it can fly virtually normal and even land.

[Paul.H.]

Yeah - but I think the a/c engines need to be positioned a-la DC10 so it get's left-right-up-down control from the throttles, and, of course, today's pilots don't 'fly' the plane...they fly the computers which fly the plane! Remember the Airbus that flew into the wood at the Paris airshow? - the pilot had selected 'LAND' on the computer to show the a/c's handling 'low-and-slow' but when he tried to open the throttles to get some height, the computer said...'you don't want power 'cos we're landing' & promptly...landed!!

[egomeister]

stigcv8 said:

whilst working at airbus I got talking to some of the landing gear and fuel guys. There has been a software plug in developed (though not sure if it has been implemented by Airbus or Boeing) that can enable a comercial jet to fly when the control surfaces have failed - potential electric/hydraulic fault. It relies on the engines being available and by controling thrust automatically between them it can fly virtually normal and even land.

I don't know about now, but when I first heard of this it was stated that although the system had been developed it wasn't currently fitted to commercial aircraft (or perhaps wasn't mandated..not sure) Basically, they worked out that the cost of implimenting and designing such systems was too great given the unlikely nature of total hydraulics failure.

A DHL cargo plane flying out of Baghdad a couple of years ago was the first civilian plane to successfully land following complete hydraulic failure.

[willisit]

Impressive stuff indeed

[stigcv8]

yes I saw that it was a cost justification vs risk but believe me hydraulic failure happens much more than you care to imagine. The amount of recalls done both sides of the atlantic (well predominantly west of Bristol, get to Delaware and keep going west...) was scary, it doesnt take a total failure to stick the plane into a bad situation. Using this system will save lives -I belive prevention is better than cure and I imagine it will be in place in the future.