Ilyushin Abandons Take Off

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Eric Mc

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266 months

Thursday 10th December 2009
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Found this on youtube today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogb69OBceRI

Merritt

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239 months

Friday 11th December 2009
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Something puzzles me about this after it has ended up in the sand... the dust appears to still being pushed rearwards by the props, which begs me to ask why the props hadn't been put in to reverse pitch..?

Im impressed the nose gear stayed upright though!

Simpo Two

85,475 posts

266 months

Friday 11th December 2009
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Merritt said:
Something puzzles me about this after it has ended up in the sand... the dust appears to still being pushed rearwards by the props
To me that looks like the cloud of dust and smoke following the plane down the runway.

bob1179

14,107 posts

210 months

Friday 11th December 2009
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Loving how 'relaxed' the locals are, just taking videos and such.

As for the Il-18, absolutley fabulous aircraft and very, very sturdy. I flew on a LOT Polish Airlines one back in 1988 and was lucky enough to spend some time on the flight deck. I remember very vividly talking to the captain and him introducing me to the first officer, flight engineer, radio operator and the navigator who was sat at her own desk plotting the route the aircraft was taking over Central Europe!

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Eric Mc

Original Poster:

122,042 posts

266 months

Friday 11th December 2009
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bob1179 said:
Loving how 'relaxed' the locals are, just taking videos and such.

As for the Il-18, absolutley fabulous aircraft and very, very sturdy. I flew on a LOT Polish Airlines one back in 1988 and was lucky enough to spend some time on the flight deck. I remember very vividly talking to the captain and him introducing me to the first officer, flight engineer, radio operator and the navigator who was sat at her own desk plotting the route the aircraft was taking over Central Europe!

smile
Ignoring the instructions from Air Traffic Control, no doubt.

Papoo

3,683 posts

199 months

Friday 11th December 2009
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Merritt said:
Something puzzles me about this after it has ended up in the sand... the dust appears to still being pushed rearwards by the props, which begs me to ask why the props hadn't been put in to reverse pitch..?

Im impressed the nose gear stayed upright though!
I don't know exactly which part of the video you're referring to, but despite having the props set in the Beta range (reverse), the engine exhaust is still kicking out a great deal of rearward thrust, which would account for it. If you're referring to after you hear the pilots shut down the engine, nearly all turboprop engines will automatically unfeather/put the props back into the alpha range on shutdown. Makes start-up less exciting!

Evangelion

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179 months

Tuesday 15th December 2009
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At 2:52 as the camera zooms out you can see very clearly that the props are in reverse pitch.

Merritt

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239 months

Wednesday 16th December 2009
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Evangelion said:
At 2:52 as the camera zooms out you can see very clearly that the props are in reverse pitch.
At 1:45 as the aircraft is arriving in the sand pit, the sand cloud is catching up with the props, it reaches the prop face and is pushed rearwards (watch it in slow motion).


Evangelion

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179 months

Wednesday 16th December 2009
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AS the engines were being spooled down as the aircraft came to rest, perhaps the props had been put back into normal pitch, or feathered. Looking at 2:52 again, perhaps I was wrong, it is difficult to see which way the blades are facing.

Possibly the twist which all prop blades have, means that when the tips are in reverse pitgh, the roots are still in normal pitch.

I've wasted too much of my breakfast time on this and really need to get a life now ... bye bye!

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