conventional a/c

[pensador]

Hello! I really confused with the determination of "conventional aircraft" definition!
May be you have some thoughts?

[Slasher]

Anything not Airbus

[pensador]

too narrow

[Slasher]

B707 B727 B737 B747 B757 B767 B777 DC-1 DC-2 DC-3 DC-4 DC-5 DC-6 DC-7 DC-8 DC-9 DC10 MD11 L188 F27 F28 F70 PA28 PA31..... need I go on?

[ant1]

I would think it depends on the context: landing gear, canard vs. conventional, I could go on.

[hetfield]

What about A300/310 ?

[OPEN DES]

When Airbus Industrie refer to 'conventional' aircraft they do so when discussing FBW handling qualities.
With 'conventional' they refer to all aircraft except FBW Airbus (A320 series and onwards)

Ciao

[clunckdriver]

Conventional, means the little wheel is on the tail, where God meant it to be!

[Slasher]

Amen Clunck. An old wise skipper told me yonks ago when I
was FOing DC3s for a short time "if you can master this bitch
accuratley and well you can fly anything the bastards throw
at you in the future."

Damn right!

[altmikey]

Tailwheel.

[Old Smokey]

Ditto to the last 3 posts,

Conventional = Tail-wheel Undercarriage

Undoubtedly the every-day use of the word "conventional" will change over the course of time, but the definition remains unchanged.

I loved your post Slasher, 90% of what I know about flying aircraft was learned on DC3s.

Regards,

Old Smokey

[Slasher]

This'll bring back memorys Smokey -




Of course you and me didnt have the modcons in this example but its still a 3!

[sgs233a]

^^What Clunck and the others said. To me (started flying gliders at 16, though still a low time CPL at the moment flying a little conventional gear Pawnee and a glider), conventional=taildragger. Tricycle, well, tricycle.

[cwatters]

Conventional to me means it has a seperate tailplane/horizontal stabilizer and that it's at the back.

[Old Smokey]

Thanks for the memorys Slasher, and thanks for the tears.

Couldn't believe the mod-cons, but some things never change, counting the prop blades, hand signals for V2 above the million decibel noise level, etc. etc. etc. Circuit Breakers! It actually has circuit breakers, what demented person substituded circuit breakers for fuses!

Regards,

Old Smokey

[Centaurus]

Thanks for the memorys Slasher, and thanks for the tears.

Conveniently forgetting of course that some of us (self) had more heart stopping moments like real engine failures in four years of flying big four-engine pistons than 15 years flying jets.. e.g for me over 30 engine failures in Rolls Royce Merlins in four years - versus nil engine failures in jet fighters or airliners over 15 years. Rose coloured lens and all that..