Dodgy Landing
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It does'nt look like Melbourne!!
But the landing certainly does look like some I have witnessed in the last couple of days.
Cheers, HH.
But the landing certainly does look like some I have witnessed in the last couple of days.
Cheers, HH.
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It's a model.
I have seen some really flash model jets on a documentry once (yes, they are really mini turbines), it was an A340 from memory. The whole thing is about 2m in length, but I have only ever seen them land on grass (it should be obvious why from that footage).
I bet they would be a handful flying a swept wing with a remote!
Not sure how big that one is though.
I have seen some really flash model jets on a documentry once (yes, they are really mini turbines), it was an A340 from memory. The whole thing is about 2m in length, but I have only ever seen them land on grass (it should be obvious why from that footage).
I bet they would be a handful flying a swept wing with a remote!
Not sure how big that one is though.
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Once saw a picture of a 747 model in an old av mag... if I recall correctly, it was about the size of a small car - now I would LOVE one of those!!
Bloke across the street has a Learjet model - I see it gathering dust every time he's washing his fancy car! Won't sell it though!
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Bloke across the street has a Learjet model - I see it gathering dust every time he's washing his fancy car! Won't sell it though!
Sky
If its a model they went all out to build the glideslope antennas !
There appears to be smoke coming off the tyres as well which I doubt you would get off model tyres.
It has been sped up considerably though.....
There appears to be smoke coming off the tyres as well which I doubt you would get off model tyres.
It has been sped up considerably though.....
I don't think it's a model (althought the jerky motion looks similar) I think it is a speeded up video of a full size landing. The puffs of smoke from the mains then the nosewheel are a giveaway. I have never seen puffs of smoke like that from a model, including the latest jet turbines.
The Lear jet referred to in a post above is almost certainly a Great Planes model kit and they were renowned for not being able to get off the ground due to the CG being too far forward of the mains. They were propeller driven models not turbines.
Some of the turbine powered models are very good with automatic computer controlled start sequences, brakes and sequenced gear doors etc. It is not unusual for a modeller to invest up to $20,000 or more on a single model. A well set-up jet model when flown by an experienced modeller is a joy to behold. And the smell of JET-A1 .. Ahh it even beats diesel and castor!
The Lear jet referred to in a post above is almost certainly a Great Planes model kit and they were renowned for not being able to get off the ground due to the CG being too far forward of the mains. They were propeller driven models not turbines.
Some of the turbine powered models are very good with automatic computer controlled start sequences, brakes and sequenced gear doors etc. It is not unusual for a modeller to invest up to $20,000 or more on a single model. A well set-up jet model when flown by an experienced modeller is a joy to behold. And the smell of JET-A1 .. Ahh it even beats diesel and castor!
Here it is slowed done to 50% of original speed.
It just doesn't look right. There is too much smoke coming from the wheels on touchdown, especially the nosewheel. And the nosewheel smokes on every touchdown. Once the wheels spinup, they don't smoke.
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Perhaps it isn't smoke, maybe it's spray from surface water?
Can anyone identify the airline and airport?
If genuine, what is the problem? why wouldn't they have gone around?
TOGA is your friend in such situations...
VHCU
Can anyone identify the airline and airport?
If genuine, what is the problem? why wouldn't they have gone around?
TOGA is your friend in such situations...
VHCU
This commercial was made for a football tournament (I think Euro 2000). In the commercial this bumpy landing was supposedly made on purpose, because the plane was transporting the Austrian football team who were about to confront the Dutch football team in that week. The captain did this to scare them or make them sick in order to help his hometeam ("Heel Holland Helps" means something like: "Everyone in The Netherlands is helping").
Of course, the video is definitely fake, and this is what its creators had to say about it:
Amazing that after all these years people still take it for real. 
But funny, it is!
Of course, the video is definitely fake, and this is what its creators had to say about it:
It's fake, I made it in 3D. Note the company "TWB-Air" ... It doesn't exist, its TWBA, a commercial agency. The aircraft was a British Aerospace (sic!) A-320 or 330, landing nicely at Schiphol (Amsterdam). I removed it from the background and put this version in it instead ...
Cheers,
Viktor Rietveld
CG supervisor Hectic ProjeX
www.hecticelectric.nl
www.avp.nl
[email protected]
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Cheers,
Viktor Rietveld
CG supervisor Hectic ProjeX
www.hecticelectric.nl
www.avp.nl
[email protected]
[email protected]
But funny, it is!
Last edited by xetroV; 10th Apr 2005 at 13:57.
