Bac 1-11
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I was sat at Lyneham today with my camera when this appeared in the circuit. I hope it is of interest.
In the last few weeks we have also had the other two Boscombe Down based machines through.
In the last few weeks we have also had the other two Boscombe Down based machines through.
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Deep stalls, T-Tails
Not 1-11 but a related question occurred to me lately, a friend was involved in the stall tests on the Trident; he was a chum of George Errington's, and we know that sad story...
My chum described taking the Trident to within 1 degree of the Alpha limits, he reckoned it had 'very precise handling' - when I asked if he had a specially calibrated guage he looked blank & shook his head !
I have my own guesses as to whether this was wise, but does it even sound feasible to you Test Pilots out there ?
My chum described taking the Trident to within 1 degree of the Alpha limits, he reckoned it had 'very precise handling' - when I asked if he had a specially calibrated guage he looked blank & shook his head !
I have my own guesses as to whether this was wise, but does it even sound feasible to you Test Pilots out there ?
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Feasible but not very wise
I have my own guesses as to whether this was wise, but does it even sound feasible to you Test Pilots out there ?
If the Trident was pusher defined and he went beyond pusher alpha by disabling the pusher - then definitely not the smartest trick in the book without an accurate gauge or FTI. The risk of deep stall being all too real at that point. If like the LJ the stall is defined as "two seconds on the aft stop", then going to within one degree would be less of a risk although still not smart without a very good reason to go there.
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