Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)
Discussion
Trevatanus said:
I'm a member of a Facebook Group, (Planes, Cameras, Banter as you can see) and the chap that some patches made up, pic below.
Due there being a few people in the community who knew aircrew, a little game started, to see who could get the best "selfie" taken with a patch.
There have been pics in the back of a Herc, next to a runway etc..
Then someone posted this
That's terrific and, obviously, the winner! Due there being a few people in the community who knew aircrew, a little game started, to see who could get the best "selfie" taken with a patch.
There have been pics in the back of a Herc, next to a runway etc..
Then someone posted this
More of a question, although there are some pics:
In many photos of multi-engine propeller aircraft, all four (in the case of a Lanc and C130) props are in the same position. Is there a convention for this, is it coincidence, is it because the props were secured in that position, is it just to make the picture look nice, is it to avoid triggering OCD?
In the top pic, the aircraft is in flight with all four props seemingly in the same position. Is that an illusion, a photo-effect, or are they in fact perfectly aligned?
In many photos of multi-engine propeller aircraft, all four (in the case of a Lanc and C130) props are in the same position. Is there a convention for this, is it coincidence, is it because the props were secured in that position, is it just to make the picture look nice, is it to avoid triggering OCD?
In the top pic, the aircraft is in flight with all four props seemingly in the same position. Is that an illusion, a photo-effect, or are they in fact perfectly aligned?
On the older C130's if you leave the aircraft on the ground for more than over night you have to put the props with No1 blade at the top to stop fluid draining out. You can see number one blade in the picture, it's the one on the outboard engine at approx 2o'clock with the dot on it.
Ayahuasca said:
More of a question, although there are some pics:
In many photos of multi-engine propeller aircraft, all four (in the case of a Lanc and C130) props are in the same position. Is there a convention for this, is it coincidence, is it because the props were secured in that position, is it just to make the picture look nice, is it to avoid triggering OCD?
In the top pic, the aircraft is in flight with all four props seemingly in the same position. Is that an illusion, a photo-effect, or are they in fact perfectly aligned?
On the C-130 the props are 'synchrophased'. That is to say that the prop rpms are synchronised so as to prevent any 'beat frequency', but the prop blades are also 'phased'; ie at any given point in their rotation the prop blades are not aligned. This is done to reduce vibration on the a/c.In many photos of multi-engine propeller aircraft, all four (in the case of a Lanc and C130) props are in the same position. Is there a convention for this, is it coincidence, is it because the props were secured in that position, is it just to make the picture look nice, is it to avoid triggering OCD?
In the top pic, the aircraft is in flight with all four props seemingly in the same position. Is that an illusion, a photo-effect, or are they in fact perfectly aligned?
This should serve to illustrate what I mean:
http://village.photos/images/user/dd094521-d044-40...
WRT parking on the ground, Eccles is quite correct that on the C-130K the props would be parked straight up, No 1 blade uppermost. This is to prevent the hydraulic oil used for prop control from draining back through the Beta Feedback Tube.
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Friday 20th April 18:44
This is a photo taken over Edinburgh in 1920
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/...
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