Post some really dull facts and figures about aeroplanes.

[khaosai]

Hi,

A Boeing 777 burns approx 40kg/min whilst taxying on 2 engines, the B744 approx 60kg/min....zzzz

17 tons to get airborne tho is way off the mark !.

Edited by khaosai on Sunday 1st November 22:31

[Lefty Two Drams]

khaosai said:

Hi,

A Boeing 777 burns approx 40kg/min whilst taxying on 2 engines, the B744 approx 60kg/min....zzzz

17 tons to get airborne tho is way off the mark !.

Edited by khaosai on Sunday 1st November 22:31

Yeah, my eyebrow was raised (Roger Moore style) at the 17 tonnes number...

[eccles]

Lefty Two Drams said:

khaosai said:

Hi,

A Boeing 777 burns approx 40kg/min whilst taxying on 2 engines, the B744 approx 60kg/min....zzzz

17 tons to get airborne tho is way off the mark !.

Edited by khaosai on Sunday 1st November 22:31

Yeah, my eyebrow was raised (Roger Moore style) at the 17 tonnes number...

We used to polish the flaps, slats engines and lower fuselage on some of the Tristars I used to work when they were in for a 'D' check.
This would save them approx 3 tons of fuel on a trans Atlantic crossing.

[Ayahuasca]

Germany built FIFTEEN THOUSAND Junkers Ju88 bombers, of which only TWO examples survive, both non-flying.


Has anybody seen the others?

[Eric Mc]

What about the 30,000 plus Messerschnitt 109s?

Or the 24,000 Spitfires?

30,000 plus B-24s Liberators.

Aircraft were built in vast quantities in WW2. About half of any production run didn't survive the war - being lost to enemy action or accidents. The bulk of the remainder were scrapped in huge numbers immediately after the war as they were surplus to requirements and many were already obsolete.

Some aircraft flew straight from the factories to the scrapping airfields.

[LD1Racing]

When looking for a forced landing spot after a sudden engine failure in a Jabiru, check to see if the camera you have just picked up has not wrapped it's neck strap around the throttle between your legs and closed it for you.

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

24,000 Spitfires?

Surely there must be a barn somewhere in the deepest countryside where a forgotten cobwebby example is waiting to be discovered? I would be happy with just the one!

[Eric Mc]

Ayahuasca said:

Eric Mc said:

24,000 Spitfires?

Surely there must be a barn somewhere in the deepest countryside where a forgotten cobwebby example is waiting to be discovered? I would be happy with just the one!

I think all the UK ones have long been tracked down. The forests and lakes of Russia, Finland and Norway is quite a good place to look though.

[Lefty Two Drams]

LD1Racing said:

When looking for a forced landing spot after a sudden engine failure in a Jabiru, check to see if the camera you have just picked up has not wrapped it's neck strap around the throttle between your legs and closed it for you.

Throttle between the legs, that's a bit odd isn't it? Does it have a side stick or is the stick beside the throttle? Or is it a yoke?

[Ayahuasca]

Lefty Two Drams said:

is it a yoke?

Sounded quite serious to me actually.

[Lefty Two Drams]

Get your coat...

[gingerpaul]

LD1Racing said:

When looking for a forced landing spot after a sudden engine failure in a Jabiru, check to see if the camera you have just picked up has not wrapped it's neck strap around the throttle between your legs and closed it for you.

I bet that was a fun few moments!

[PaulHogan]

Most planes have an even number of wings - 2,4 etc.

[eccles]

PaulHogan said:

Most planes have an even number of wings - 2,4 etc.

Quite a few aircraft have a one piece all moving tailplane.....does this count as one wing?

[Dr Jekyll]

In the late 50's Boeing were so impressed by the De Havilland Trident (then on the drawing board) that they sent a delegation to discuss building it under licence. The delegation discovered that De Havilland had changed their mind about the size and shrunk the design by 20 odd seats because that's what BEA preferred. So Boeing lost interest and built their own aircraft the same size as the original Trident proposal.

The Trident sold about 150, mainly to BEA. Boeing's 727 sold 1700 and became the most successful jet airliner of all time.

[Ayahuasca]

eccles said:

PaulHogan said:

Most planes have an even number of wings - 2,4 etc.

Quite a few aircraft have a one piece all moving tailplane.....does this count as one wing?

Some just have the one - flying wing designs, the US flying saucer thingy, hang-gliders, etc.

[PaulHogan]

Ayahuasca said:

eccles said:

PaulHogan said:

Most planes have an even number of wings - 2,4 etc.

Quite a few aircraft have a one piece all moving tailplane.....does this count as one wing?

Some just have the one - flying wing designs, the US flying saucer thingy, hang-gliders, etc.

/sigh

[Eric Mc]

Dr Jekyll said:

In the late 50's Boeing were so impressed by the De Havilland Trident (then on the drawing board) that they sent a delegation to discuss building it under licence. The delegation discovered that De Havilland had changed their mind about the size and shrunk the design by 20 odd seats because that's what BEA preferred. So Boeing lost interest and built their own aircraft the same size as the original Trident proposal.

The Trident sold about 150, mainly to BEA. Boeing's 727 sold 1700 and became the most successful jet airliner of all time.

I think they actually built over 1,800 - and it was the most successful airliner at the time production ended in 1982. It's been since eclipsed by some other Boeing products.

[RizzoTheRat]

The coolest flying machine design has to be the Ornithopter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTxW2CWjuQ&fea...

However it's less practical than the second coolest design, using the coanda effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXVtUCABiv8


Don't think anyones built a full size coanda yet though.

[GG33]

A tail light cone on a Beech Bonanza (a perspex Hemisphere about 2" in dia) costs $400

GG

Edited by GG33 on Tuesday 3rd November 12:34