Dat Wing Flex

"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles) 06/11/2014 at 16:46 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner planting it on the mains.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 16:57

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Check out this flex:

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:09

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Eat my dust...

PS9 > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 17:11

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Yep, 0% chance of me ever getting on an airplane.

Racescort666 > PS9 06/11/2014 at 17:14

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Flying can't be that complicated, birds and bugs do it all the time.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 17:16

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Is that your own footage? I have video of the same thing, only about 200 yards further down the runway.

PS9 > Racescort666 06/11/2014 at 17:17

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I will do it none of the time.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:17

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Yes sir. I should look through my shots. Maybe I can find you.

Racescort666 > PS9 06/11/2014 at 17:18

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How about autonomous cars?

PS9 > Racescort666 06/11/2014 at 17:20

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Maybe after the 3rd or 4th generation. 1st or 2nd = no thank you.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:22

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Which one is you?

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 17:23

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Small world. You going this year?

Racescort666 > PS9 06/11/2014 at 17:31

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Well, current commercial aircraft started on 4th gen aerodynamics.

1st gen (Kitty Hawk to Pre-WWII): We have no idea what we're doing so we're just going to try stuff until it works.

2nd gen (Pre-WWII to Post-WWII): We know what works but we still don't really know what we're doing.

3rd gen (WWII to 1st gen jets): we can describe aero with math but weird things happen when you start going fast

4th gen (the jet age, NACA (later NASA), and after): we don't really even need to do upfront testing any more because we can fully describe, with math, the working principles of aerodynamics. In short, mysteries of flight: solved and airplanes are a structures exercise at this point.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:32

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Yup. I think this'll be my tenth time.

Singhjr96 > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:37

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You think that's impressive? Look at this. I think 2:38 show just how insanely far the wings can flex the best.

Singhjr96 > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:37

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You think that's impressive? Look at this. I think 2:42 show just how insanely far the wings can flex the best.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 17:39

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I actually looked. We would have been north of the taxiway to the square. See yourself in this one?

Chris Clarke > PS9 06/11/2014 at 17:40

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Are you sure you don't want to go for a ride? I'd be happy to let you takes the controls for a little while.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 17:41

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Nice, I'll be there Friday-Sunday. This will be my 18th. Never gets old.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:47

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Nope, but I can see the reflection of the red dot on the tail and that's where I was.

PS9 > Racescort666 06/11/2014 at 17:47

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That's all very nice.

Still not getting in an airplane.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 17:51

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Awesome. Do you camp and/or fly-in? I have to leave thursday so I won't be able to buy you a beer.

PS9 > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 17:51

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Chris Clarke > PS9 06/11/2014 at 17:52

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I see how it it. Rockets are cool, but wings and propellors are bad.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 18:02

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None of us (myself, dad, brother-in-law, uncle) are pilots so we set up in Camp Scholler. Maybe another year for that beer! You know what we should do is designate a spot on the grounds as the "Oppo" spot and then whoever goes can go there and take a picture or have their picture taken or something. It would be cool to see who actually does it.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 18:08

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That's a fantastic idea. Like the Opposite side of the brown arch.

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 06/11/2014 at 18:10

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I think Paul Thompson for flightclub is going to try to make it this year as well.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 06/11/2014 at 19:05

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Works for me, one/both of us can do a post the week before or something telling folks about it and maybe Paul can post to FC as well.

Jcarr > PS9 06/11/2014 at 22:09

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You should be happy to see those wings flex (like they're designed to do). If they didn't, they'd just snap right off. :)

PS9 > Jcarr 06/12/2014 at 00:01

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Hey, that's cool. I'll watch that flex all day.

From the ground.

Paul Thompson > Chris Clarke 07/02/2014 at 13:45

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I'll be at Oshkosh for the third time this year. My last visits were in 2010 and 2012, for only about 8 hours each time. I'll be covering it for Flightclub and would like to meet any of you who will be there. I'll be attending the show from 7/28 to 7/30. Feel free to email me at paul@jalopnik.com

timateo81 > PS9 07/03/2014 at 07:53

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getting on an airplane is easy. it's the getting off part that is the trouble

timateo81 > Jcarr 07/03/2014 at 07:54

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is this Dayton by chance?

Jcarr > timateo81 07/03/2014 at 09:00

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This was at EAA AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh, WI.

jimz > Jcarr 07/03/2014 at 18:44

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yep. one of the more interesting videos I have from FlightLevel350 is one taken from the cabin of a 747 on take-off. The camera was pointed so you could see almost the entire wing and both engines. It was mesmerizing watching the wing flapping and the engines jiggling around.

deanjet > PS9 07/03/2014 at 20:25

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I will take flexing wings any day over rigid wings. They make turbulence much more comfortable to fly through. Trust me, Boeing knows how to build a wing!

PS9 > deanjet 07/03/2014 at 21:09

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Here are the only wings I'm willing to deal with, flexible or otherwise.

MrMcQueen > deanjet 07/04/2014 at 01:08

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Yes they do indeed.

dave.iuliano > Chris Clarke 07/04/2014 at 03:32

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I feel like all of these modern aircraft must carry an emergency repair kit of fiberglass, resin, and some Testor's glue just to be on the safe side.

chadtoddham > Jcarr 07/04/2014 at 08:11

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I saw one of these at Dulles parked next to a 747. It was like Peter North was next to me at a urinal.

Small. It made the 747 look small. For those of you not into pornography.

chadtoddham > Chris Clarke 07/04/2014 at 08:14

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Oh that's nothing.

Flugtechnik > Chris Clarke 07/04/2014 at 10:24

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Don't mind me, just stretching.....

gelsomino pasqualino > Chris Clarke 07/05/2014 at 13:06

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I wouldn't get on one if it didn't flex.

Grigore > Chris Clarke 07/06/2014 at 13:11

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BristolGarry > Chris Clarke 07/06/2014 at 21:17

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Can someone explain to me why large planes seem(?) to come in for landing slightly off-center axis? The video below, and most others that I have seen, look like the plane is turned slightly counterclockwise upon touchdown, and then it corrects. Is this standard procedure, or am I misinterpreting what I am seeing?

C-5M Load Smasher > Jcarr 07/08/2014 at 10:28

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I was on board the C-5M... So technically I'm in this shot. lol

Jcarr > C-5M Load Smasher 07/08/2014 at 11:12

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That's not you is it?

C-5M Load Smasher > Jcarr 07/08/2014 at 11:21

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Haha no. Engineer. I was probably sleeping in Aft Flight Deck or Troop.

chadtoddham > BristolGarry 07/17/2014 at 01:31

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Yep. The plane is landing in a cross-wind. What you're seeing is called crabbing. The landing gear on the B-52 bomber swivel to allow for pretty extreme crab angle. Once the plane touches down, the landing gear pivot back to center to realign. Watch the video of the A380 landing again, and pay close attention the the vertical stabilizer. You'll see a big deflection after landing.

BristolGarry > chadtoddham 07/17/2014 at 16:09

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Thank you!