Drifting ..... in an MD-88 !

[All that jazz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGeKdNxH4U&fea...

And check out the nosewheel angle at 0:20

Edited by All that jazz on Monday 4th June 14:40

[Simpo Two]

Yep, a bit of understeer there...

[Extra 300 Driver]

I can't believe he continued!

[davepoth]

Extra 300 Driver said:

I can't believe he continued!

He might have got his lunchbox stuck under the pedal I suppose - if it was something that obvious I can't see why it'd be so much of a problem.

[MitchT]

I'll see your understeer and raise you some oversteer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKolaiUeq4k

[SlipStream77]

davepoth said:

Extra 300 Driver said:

I can't believe he continued!

He might have got his lunchbox stuck under the pedal I suppose - if it was something that obvious I can't see why it'd be so much of a problem.

If I were the pilot I would have been a bit worried about the state of those front tyres and how they would behave on landing.

[GSP]

If you were a pilot... you would know about airline tyre construction and abuse they can take

[anonymous-user]

If ever there was a legitimate "vtec kicked in yo" comment...

[SlipStream77]

GSP said:

If you were a pilot... you would know about airline tyre construction and abuse they can take

I guess I'd be an over-cautious pilot then.

[Waynester]

Was quite a steep rate of climb too!

[NismoGT]

Waynester said:

Was quite a steep rate of climb too!

Probably visited the airport bar before the flight.

[jjones]

SlipStream77 said:

I guess I'd be an over-cautious pilot then.

no you would be a safe captain, unlike the woeful display of airman ship displayed here.

[Spoof]

jjones said:

SlipStream77 said:

I guess I'd be an over-cautious pilot then.

no you would be a safe captain, unlike the woeful display of airman ship displayed here.

[anonymous-user]

Spoof said:

jjones said:

SlipStream77 said:

I guess I'd be an over-cautious pilot then.

no you would be a safe captain, unlike the woeful display of airman ship displayed here.

All a bit quick to judge here I think.

The MD 88 is known for being a skiddy plane when taxing, it's apparently easy to get it in this situation. Perhaps they lined up and applied the power with a bit too much steering tiller on, easy to do on these aircraft. What indications would you get in the flight deck? No lights or anything, just a scrubbing sound some vibration through the steering tiller and some odd yawing.

Then the plane straightens up and rolls forward OK with no vibration etc so off you go. At worst you've got a flatspot on the tyre.

[ETOPS]

el stovey said:

All a bit quick to judge here I think.

The MD 88 is known for being a skiddy plane when taxing,

Aye, also very tail-heavy, hence where the wings are. That wouldn't help the matter.

Aft CG, bit of tiller, easily done...

Should he have known better? Probably, but still.

As for indications, there may not have been much at all. I suspect the vibrations reduced when the skid started, too.

Aft axle steering in your main trucks will sound a config warning when they aren't aligned, but only when you try to apply take off thrust...(on brand B).