Post some really dull facts and figures about aeroplanes.

[andy400]

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

[dr_gn]

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

Here's one:

99.9% of people who like to look at aircraft pictures, also like talking about the aircraft depicted.

(Probably)

Here's another: 100% of people who like to just look at pictures of aircraft can just look at the pictures and not read the rest.

(definitely).

[Eric Mc]

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

Merely looking at pictures for gratification with no willingness to learn or understand about the underlying subject matter is one definition of pornography.

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

Merely looking at pictures for gratification with no willingness to learn or understand about the underlying subject matter is one definition of pornography.

Eric, you *can* learn a lot just by looking at pornography...

[Eric Mc]

dr_gn said:

Eric Mc said:

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

Merely looking at pictures for gratification with no willingness to learn or understand about the underlying subject matter is one definition of pornography.

Eric, you *can* learn a lot just by looking at pornography...

THAT'S where I went wrong.

[tuffer]

When an aircraft encounters turbulence it makes me scared (if I am in it at the time).

[Digga]

Eric Mc said:

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

Merely looking at pictures for gratification with no willingness to learn or understand about the underlying subject matter is one definition of pornography.

What's the definition of those jazz mags that have stories to acompany the pictures then?

[eccles]

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

The inbd wing pylon nut on a Tornado used to be torque loaded to 700lb/ft

When we repair the R300 panel on an Apache we use approximately 300, 1/8" rivets

The nose wheel tyre pressure on an empty C-130 is 60 p.s.i., and they have to be within 5p.s.i. of each other, or it causes nose wheel 'shimmy'



Are these the sort of dull facts and pedantry you're after? If so I can help you out no end!

Edited by eccles on Friday 30th October 15:05

[andy400]

eccles said:

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

The inbd wing pylon nut on a Tornado used to be torque loaded to 700lb/ft

When we repair the R300 panel on an Apache we use approximately 300, 1/8" rivets

The nose wheel tyre pressure on an empty C-130 is 60 p.s.i., and they have to be within 5p.s.i. of each other, or it causes nose wheel 'shimmy'



Are these the sort of dull facts and pedantry you're after? If so I can help you out no end!

Edited by eccles on Friday 30th October 15:05

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[williamp]

eccles said:

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

The inbd wing pylon nut on a Tornado used to be torque loaded to 700lb/ft

When we repair the R300 panel on an Apache we use approximately 300, 1/8" rivets

The nose wheel tyre pressure on an empty C-130 is 60 p.s.i., and they have to be within 5p.s.i. of each other, or it causes nose wheel 'shimmy'



Are these the sort of dull facts and pedantry you're after? If so I can help you out no end!

Edited by eccles on Friday 30th October 15:05

Well I cant be the only one who read those and thought "hmm. Interesting...."

[perdu]

williamp said:

eccles said:

andy400 said:

With that title, I'm hoping we might get some cool pictures of aeroplanes, 'cos all the dull facts and pedantry is in the 'cool pictures' thread!

The inbd wing pylon nut on a Tornado used to be torque loaded to 700lb/ft

When we repair the R300 panel on an Apache we use approximately 300, 1/8" rivets

The nose wheel tyre pressure on an empty C-130 is 60 p.s.i., and they have to be within 5p.s.i. of each other, or it causes nose wheel 'shimmy'



Are these the sort of dull facts and pedantry you're after? If so I can help you out no end!

Edited by eccles on Friday 30th October 15:05

Well I cant be the only one who read those and thought "hmm. Interesting...."

well I liked them

[Eric Mc]

And me.

I can't wait to go down the pub to tell my friends.

Of course, I forgot, I don't have any friends

[dr_gn]

The Avro Anson Mk 1 needed 140 turns of a hand crank in the cockpit to retreact the undercarriage. Many flights were made with the wheels down because the pilot couldnt be arsed to do it.

[eccles]

dr_gn said:

The Avro Anson Mk 1 needed 140 turns of a hand crank in the cockpit to retreact the undercarriage. Many flights were made with the wheels down because the pilot couldnt be arsed to do it.

I can relate to that, when rigging the flaps on a C-130 you do most of the initial rigging on the emergency hand crank, that's just over 300 turns from fully down to fully up......and you end up doing it quite a few times!
The only thing worse is rigging the undercarriage, that also has an emergency hand crank that you use, but you have the added bonus that you are lifting two undercarriage legs, a torque strut, two brakes and two heavy wheels and tyres!....again you do this a few times during the rigging process!

[andy400]

[mybrainhurts]

No-one makes a conveyor belt big enough...

[mybrainhurts]

When a Qatar Airlines plane flew over, the bloke sitting next to me said That'll be the Dubai airline

[mybrainhurts]

Concorde was faster than a Dakota...

[GreenV8S]

eccles said:

The only thing worse is rigging the undercarriage, that also has an emergency hand crank that you use, but you have the added bonus that you are lifting two undercarriage legs, a torque strut, two brakes and two heavy wheels and tyres!....again you do this a few times during the rigging process!

And presumably the aircraft is balanced on axle stands and piles of bricks while you're doing that?

Surely there's scope to hook some sort of adapter so the hand crank could be driven by a drill or similar?

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

GreenV8S said:

Surely there's scope to hook some sort of adapter so the hand crank could be driven by a drill or similar?]

Nope.
Both the wind down systems on the flaps and U/C are a big f off bell crank - an electric drill wouldn't come close.