Not often you see a QF744 flying without a winglet
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I am pretty sure i remember actually doing that job...out the back of 245..me lying on top of the wing with no harness, another in a cherry picker....had to shimmy back to my tool bag to get a 1 1/4 inch spanner for it....then hold on tight !
Started ripping out the LHS tip and were told to put it back together...had to go.
Ah, the good old days when oh+s were just letters in the alphabet !
I am pretty sure i remember actually doing that job...out the back of 245..me lying on top of the wing with no harness, another in a cherry picker....had to shimmy back to my tool bag to get a 1 1/4 inch spanner for it....then hold on tight !
Started ripping out the LHS tip and were told to put it back together...had to go.
Ah, the good old days when oh+s were just letters in the alphabet !
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Ghost Winglet?
If you look carefully at the flickr image, especially at the 1600 largest size version there appears to be a 'ghost' winglet in the image precisely where the real winglet would be.
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If you look carefully at the flickr image, especially at the 1600 largest size version there appears to be a 'ghost' winglet in the image precisely where the real winglet would be.
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And in that image, there is only 1 engine on the right wing too. Spooky hey.
I wonder how many posters noticed any of this!?
Are there any issues regarding asymmetric drag inflight when you only have one off?
Also, from a PF point of view, there seemed to be no appreciable roll during either takeoff or landing, and trim for straight and level flight was within the usual range.
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Shark Patrol, which trim are you talking about? Aileron, rudder? Most of the decrease in lift/drag coefficient would be nulled out by rudder trim and probably felt as cross wind by the crew?
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Not often you see a QF744 flying without a winglet
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Shark Patrol, which trim are you talking about? Aileron, rudder?
From a flying perspective the aircraft felt no different to an aircraft with both winglets attached.
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Missing bits
I think the ghost winglet referred to is actually the outline of the wing to body fairings on the fuselage.
Also pretty sure that #3 engine is obscured by #4 engine.
Cheers !
Also pretty sure that #3 engine is obscured by #4 engine.
Cheers !