Amazing TU-154 footage

MicK10rt

Seen this on YouTube. Apparently the aircraft had come out of storage after 10 years and was on a test flight when it became difficult to control. :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ1CIByTz24&feature=related

iPlop

At least they got it down safely ,that was crazy fair play to the pilots.What is it with the TU-154 and crashing? It seems to be addicted to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM9UM33EKqY

Andrew33

Don't believe everything you see, particularly on t'internet.

iPlop

Andrew33 wrote: »

Don't believe everything you see, particularly on t'internet.

Why? have you more information on this particular incident?

kurant

Its real flight! TU was not used for 10 years. and it was controlled by pilots hands as all electronic staff failed

Blue Punto

my initial thought is why on earth would somebody want to put a 154 in the air again after ten years of storage when there are plenty of airframes with muchless downtime available

L1011

Blue Punto wrote: »

my initial thought is why on earth would somebody want to put a 154 in the air again after ten years of storage when there are plenty of airframes with muchless downtime available

I'd assume a 154 that had been stored for ten years is EXTREMELY cheap.

Blue Punto

MYOB wrote: »

I'd assume a 154 that had been stored for ten years is EXTREMELY cheap.

Id assume any 154 is EXTREMELY CHEAP

Seeing as the cant be used in to many places anymore

Ive seen the video but im scepitcal about the story behind it.I dont speak russian so cant read the forum it is linked too


Id be suprised if you could give away a 154 in Russia that had been in storage that long and then again the question why try and make it airworthy(and if the vid is genuine they failed)

kurant

Blue Punto wrote: »

Id assume any 154 is EXTREMELY CHEAP

Seeing as the cant be used in to many places anymore

Ive seen the video but im scepitcal about the story behind it.I dont speak russian so cant read the forum it is linked too


Id be suprised if you could give away a 154 in Russia that had been in storage that long and then again the question why try and make it airworthy(and if the vid is genuine they failed)

I speak russian but there is nothing about reason to take this TU back to live. it was on military airport. I think just one stupid decision of one stupid man who want make more money from it :mad:

Nforce

The Incredible Fridge wrote: »

Why? have you more information on this particular incident?

Have a look at the video on this link... http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=951730

Manic Moran

I think he's got something, there.

NTM

Blue Punto

Nforce wrote: »

Have a look at the video on this link... http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=951730

Thread Killer LOL


thought as much

Andrew33

The Incredible Fridge wrote: »

Why? have you more information on this particular incident?

I didn't know anything about the RC video but it vindicates my instinct about the vid posted by OP. It just looked all wrong (ridiculous yaw angles, crap filming etc). As I said, Don't believe everything you see;)

Rgds
Andrew

iPlop

Andrew33 wrote: »

I didn't know anything about the RC video but it vindicates my instinct about the vid posted by OP. It just looked all wrong (ridiculous yaw angles, crap filming etc). As I said, Don't believe everything you see;)

Rgds
Andrew

Rc aircraft never even entered my mind ,but now after looking again, yeah it does look fake.

MicK10rt

ahh well.. Il admit defeat.. Thanks Andrew33 and Nforce for clearing dat up.. Have to say it fooled me..

Nforce

If it were real the rate of decent and extreme crab angle would have ripped off the landing gear at the very least. What also got me suspicious was the delay between the aircraft "touching down" behind the trees until it's reappearance (at a much slower speed) later in the video.

Ilyushin76

Some pictures here.Looks pretty real and picture 11 has smoke coming from the landing gear,hard to know though.

Nforce

John85 wrote: »

Some pictures here.Looks pretty real and picture 11 has smoke coming from the landing gear,hard to know though.

Photoshop

westdub

Well if it was a real aircraft that was in trouble there seem to be no smoke from the engines....

Here is what it should look like....

http://youtu.be/wd-ViJQevr4

Blue Punto

OK as I said already Im not convinced but I done a little research and there are pics of the aircraft without engines dating back to 2006 on airliners.net

the aircraft RA-85563 was said to have been reactivated and was on its first flight
video of it taking off below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP5uLDnUOdI&NR=1

Its all over the news in Russia with news stations saying investigations are underway to find out what happened

JACDEC have it listed as an official incident and they are normally pretty good with information
http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm


I dont know

Andrew33

Blue Punto wrote: »

OK as I said already Im not convinced but I done a little research and there are pics of the aircraft without engines dating back to 2006 on airliners.net

the aircraft RA-85563 was said to have been reactivated and was on its first flight
video of it taking off below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP5uLDnUOdI&NR=1

Its all over the news in Russia with news stations saying investigations are underway to find out what happened

JACDEC have it listed as an official incident and they are normally pretty good with information
http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm


I dont know

The bones of the original story are possibly true and makers of vid have spliced into this story to give the vid cred perhaps.

Manic Moran

Blue Punto wrote: »

OK as I said already Im not convinced but I done a little research and there are pics of the aircraft without engines dating back to 2006 on airliners.net

the aircraft RA-85563 was said to have been reactivated and was on its first flight
video of it taking off below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP5uLDnUOdI&NR=1

Its all over the news in Russia with news stations saying investigations are underway to find out what happened

JACDEC have it listed as an official incident and they are normally pretty good with information
http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm


I dont know

I recall many of the news stations were reporting on the capture of an American soldier, only to discover after a couple of days that the soldier in question was an action figure named 'Cody'.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/01/iraq/main670972.shtml

Wasn't even a very persuasive photo.


NTM

Reoil

The plane in the OP isn't a model plane, the physics would suggest that it is a real plane.

lintdrummer

Reoil wrote: »

The plane in the OP isn't a model plane, the physics would suggest that it is a real plane.

I'd agree with that. From my experience with model aircraft that is not behaving like an RC plane. If indeed there is trickery involved then it is very well done indeed.

Reoil

emmettogara wrote: »

I'd agree with that. From my experience with model aircraft that is not behaving like an RC plane. If indeed there is trickery involved then it is very well done indeed.

Plus, a RC plane wouldn't be allowed to land on a runway. Likewise, it wouldn't appear to be the same size as the other planes on the runway...

opinion guy

I think the video camera must have been in storage for ten years also as it was also apparently difficult to control :rolleyes:

Ilyushin76

News story here

"The spokesman for the chief military prosecutor's office told RIA Novosti that the plane's steering system had malfunctioned and praised the pilots for managing to land safely in a built-up area."

Surely if he said that and that Russia launched an investigation its hardly fake.

opinion guy

Sorry I don't believe this video and it will take more than a singaporean newspaper article to convince me. I dont' believe that a) a plane would stay in the air with those movements - surely it would stall/spin/fall out of the sky and b) If it were real I don't believe a pilot could control such a plane to land it if it were in the air.

Blue Punto

ok after more investigation I found this

Pictures of the actual touch down
http://photo.qip.ru/users/neustaf.fotoplenka/151028556/168446695/#mainImageLink

And more incredibly VIDEO of the touchdown from the other side of the airfield
(you can hear the anguish in the peoples voice who are watching)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOfIj17WJBw&feature=player_embedded

It turns out the military prosecutors office is investigating the incident and the running of the airbase

Ive changed my opinion somehow I think this did happen:eek:

lintdrummer

I'm looking forward to seeing the National Geographic Channel's "Air Crash Investigation" on this one!

kurant

emmettogara wrote: »

I'm looking forward to seeing the National Geographic Channel's "Air Crash Investigation" on this one!

there was no crash! just test and they landed

AfterDusk

kurant wrote: »

there was no crash! just test and they landed

There are plenty of Air Crash Investigation episodes which don't involve crashes.

opinion guy

So it's been reported on BBC now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13286479

Goddammit I'm going to have to retract my skepticism

MicK10rt

I had a gut feeling it was real.. i dont feel so stupid now :P

Mr Benevolent

I finally got a chance to look at this video. That's not a model, it's obeying the laws of physics for a large aircraft. Probably a combination of rudder damper failure and pilot error. Dutch roll doesn't go away until the pilot stops making control inputs.