nebpor
22nd Jun 2009, 10:45
Hi guys, small query I always wonder about.
Fly an RJ-100 twice weekly.
1) Why is the RJ the only plane I've ever been on that makes the "woosh!" noise as the flaps go/up down?
It's obviously related to the engine/exhaust flap interaction, but then plenty of planes have big extended flaps but don't do it. Is it because with the high-level wing the engines are in-line with the fuselage, rather than hanging under the fusealge as they generally are in "normal" planes?
2) Transition from takeoff flaps to "clean" wing (if that's the term :E) - the RJ always feels like the handling of the plane markedly changes, i.e. I notice it in the pitch of the plane .... I appreciate that as the Pilot retracts the flaps they might also be changing the flightpath, but it's a kinda "seat of the pants" feeling ... I'm a dodgy flyer at times hence I tend to notice such things.
Does the handling change that much? Again, I'm not sure I ever feel this when in the back of an 320 or a 737/757 ... I just seem to notice it more on an RJ.
3) After a really quick initial climb off the deck, the RJ seems to have a very low rate of climb to cruise - is this because (as I read on here) that it's quite an underpowered plane?
Apologies if all questions daft :}
Fly an RJ-100 twice weekly.
1) Why is the RJ the only plane I've ever been on that makes the "woosh!" noise as the flaps go/up down?
It's obviously related to the engine/exhaust flap interaction, but then plenty of planes have big extended flaps but don't do it. Is it because with the high-level wing the engines are in-line with the fuselage, rather than hanging under the fusealge as they generally are in "normal" planes?
2) Transition from takeoff flaps to "clean" wing (if that's the term :E) - the RJ always feels like the handling of the plane markedly changes, i.e. I notice it in the pitch of the plane .... I appreciate that as the Pilot retracts the flaps they might also be changing the flightpath, but it's a kinda "seat of the pants" feeling ... I'm a dodgy flyer at times hence I tend to notice such things.
Does the handling change that much? Again, I'm not sure I ever feel this when in the back of an 320 or a 737/757 ... I just seem to notice it more on an RJ.
3) After a really quick initial climb off the deck, the RJ seems to have a very low rate of climb to cruise - is this because (as I read on here) that it's quite an underpowered plane?
Apologies if all questions daft :}