Jumbo wants to fly again

mlumley

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150253/Unbelievable-video-shows-strong-winds-lift-parked-jumbo-jet-air.html

Run_to_da_hills

I was going to post that earlier, looks like an SP freighter with its guts removed.

Ilyushin76

"It was because of this reduced weight that the airplane was able to effectively take off. So don't worry, it is unlikely to happen on your next flight".


I would hope it would

Skuxx

Seems a bit strange really, the article talks about the wings generating lift and all that which is fine, but the wings certainly wouldn't cause the nose to lift like that, it would need the elevators, deflecting up into the wind, to push down on the back and raise the nose! Surely with no hydraulics on, the elevators would be drooping due to their own weight! That's just my understanding of aerodynamics anyway, maybe I'm missing something!!

Blue Punto

The same thing happened to an Aerlingus 747 which was in storage without engines in Dublin years ago .

I actually got pictures of it and the DAA fire service attending to it in an effort to tie it down(must try find them)

A320

I can understand why,read the AMM for shoring an aircraft,dropped elevators or not it can still lift,the spoilers should be up and stab trim at a certain position

Skuxx

A320 wrote: »

I can understand why,read the AMM for shoring an aircraft,dropped elevators or not it can still lift,the spoilers should be up and stab trim at a certain position

I understand about the spoilers being up to destroy the lift that would be generated by the wings, but what has Chapter 7 of the Amm got to do with it, surely chapter 10 if anything!!

sparrowcar

Blue Punto wrote: »

The same thing happened to an Aerlingus 747 which was in storage without engines in Dublin years ago .

I actually got pictures of it and the DAA fire service attending to it in an effort to tie it down(must try find them)

Hope you find them, I saw an ATR42 try this in DUB a few years ago but it could only manage about 1 foot in the air.

A320

alan1990 wrote: »

A320 wrote: »

I understand about the spoilers being up to destroy the lift that would be generated by the wings, but what has Chapter 7 of the Amm got to do with it, surely chapter 10 if anything!!

Sorry tie downs etc is mooring and other stuff,I got an essay on it a few years ago!!!!

*Kol*

alan1990 wrote: »

Seems a bit strange really, the article talks about the wings generating lift and all that which is fine, but the wings certainly wouldn't cause the nose to lift like that, it would need the elevators, deflecting up into the wind, to push down on the back and raise the nose! Surely with no hydraulics on, the elevators would be drooping due to their own weight! That's just my understanding of aerodynamics anyway, maybe I'm missing something!!

Its not the elevators that are pushing the back of the aircraft down it is the horizontal stabilizer. Remember the horizontal stab is an upside down wing. Plus the force of the wind can deflect the elevators into a neutral or aircraft nose up position. Sit in the cockpit of any aircraft that has the control column connected to the elevators with cables and you will see the control column moving back and forward as the wind gusts (you will get a column into the nads if you sit too far forward).