"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
10/09/2020 at 09:19 • Filed to: good morning oppo
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
10/09/2020 at 09:19 • Filed to: good morning oppo | 4
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It’s Friday, Oppo. Time to launch into the weekend.
F-100 Super Sabre and a Zero Length Launch. That must have been one hell of a kick in the pants.
Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 09:26 |
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Is the gear down in case it’s a dud and needs to land in the first 500 yards?
facw
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 09:31 |
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I find the asymmetric loadout in both photos unsettling . Symmetry please!
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ttyymmnn
> Thomas Donohue
10/09/2020 at 09:33 |
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I imagine so. But knowing the S abre’s tendencies at low speed close to the ground you better hope that rocket isn’t a dud.
Just Jeepin'
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 09:33 |
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Don’t try this with a hangover.
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ttyymmnn
> facw
10/09/2020 at 09:42 |
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Interesting. I hadn’t noticed that.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 09:47 |
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There was a private owner of a sabre years ago who met a similar end trying to take off on a warm day.
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ttyymmnn
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2020 at 09:48 |
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I always wonder why the guy in this film didn’t eject.
vondon302
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 09:52 |
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Ooof
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vondon302
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 09:53 |
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Wheeee!
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ttyymmnn
> vondon302
10/09/2020 at 09:55 |
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That is an example of the Sabre Dance, a serious problem with the first generation of the F-100. As the aircraft approached stall speeds, loss of lift on the tips of the wings caused a violent pitch-up. I’d have to dig a little bit to find out how they fixed it. But swept wing fighters always required higher landing speeds, and getting too slow was a problem.
user314
> facw
10/09/2020 at 10:00 |
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I’m sure that’s intentional, as part of the test program for the ZLL system. The USAF is nothing if not thorough .
McMike
> Thomas Donohue
10/09/2020 at 10:01 |
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Is the gear down in case it’s a dud and needs to land in the first 500 yards?
Gear is down because it’s how the plane is supported on the rack.
Same with the F-104
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ttyymmnn
> vondon302
10/09/2020 at 10:15 |
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Here’s a long but good write up about that very crash.
https://www.historynet.com/deadly-sabre-dance.htm
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ttyymmnn
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/09/2020 at 10:17 |
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Why he didn’t eject: Brooks, however, was by that time too low and slow to be able to safely eject. Unlike modern “zero-zero” ejection seats, the seats of his era had to be used at a minimum airspeed and altitude in order for an ejection to be survivable.
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vondon302
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 10:35 |
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Thx tttyymmm!
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Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
10/09/2020 at 11:01 |
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Gonna need another set of landing gear....