What are these barrells?
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What are these barrells?
(Not a technical question, so settle down please)
I'm thinking it's a flight with a lot of water ballast, and they pump the ballast around to check the performance and stability with different CoG positions.
And I'm embarrassed to say that the chap that posted them thinks they are ...... ugh .... 'chemtrails' aircraft photos. Complete bulldust of course, but I'd like to know what is really being done here.
I'm thinking it's a flight with a lot of water ballast, and they pump the ballast around to check the performance and stability with different CoG positions.
And I'm embarrassed to say that the chap that posted them thinks they are ...... ugh .... 'chemtrails' aircraft photos. Complete bulldust of course, but I'd like to know what is really being done here.
Definitely ballast,plus some may be plumbed into the galley and toilets to check the system works to maximum...Maybe a couple of barrels of Guinness/Newcastle Brown to assist with `marking`!
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It's a Qantas test flight of some sort, looking at the hi-vis jacket the chap in the first photo is wearing. Does that look like the upper deck of an A380 ?
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Looks like its stuck to some kind of cabinet containing the test avionics. Perhaps they have batteries inside there with some kind of dangerous component to them? Or maybe there's some kind of fire extinguishing system for all the avionics racks further back?
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Perhaps this was the test A380 that Airbus used on the promotional trip to show it off to its customers. Photos taken when it arrived in Sydney hence the QANTAS hi-viz vest?
And 18-Wheeler, I am now buckling up the seat belts given the reaction to your last post on this forum.
And 18-Wheeler, I am now buckling up the seat belts given the reaction to your last post on this forum.
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Typical set up for test purposes, water tanks to shift the CoG about. See here for the 747-8 set up Take a Peek Inside the 747-8 Test Plane | Autopia | Wired.com
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Hazmat = Fake
Classic example of what these pathetic conspiracy theorists are prepared to do, in order to support their ravings, this time about 'chemtrails'.
The HAZMAT INSIDE caption has been airbrushed onto the original picture, which is on Airliners.net:
(click on the photo for the high-res version)
The HAZMAT INSIDE caption has been airbrushed onto the original picture, which is on Airliners.net:
(click on the photo for the high-res version)
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Classic example of what these pathetic conspiracy theorists are prepared to do, in order to support their ravings, this time about 'chemtrails'.
The HAZMAT INSIDE caption has been airbrushed onto the original picture, which is on Airliners.net:
The HAZMAT INSIDE caption has been airbrushed onto the original picture, which is on Airliners.net:
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I did think that "Hazmat" placard was slightly odd, you'd surely have the relevant DG label on it 
Goes to show the lengths some of these nutters will go, airbrushing a picture to prove your theory
Goes to show the lengths some of these nutters will go, airbrushing a picture to prove your theory
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Two notes...
As already said, the barrels are used during flight tests for moving the CoG, or as lomapaseo put it : "pseudo passengers"
The bright orange wiring is a dead giveaway, because that colour is only used for flight test wiring.
The ???TAS hi-viz jacket is a minor mystery (what would anybody from QANTAS be doing in a prototype?), but it also could be somebody from VERITAS.
The 'Bureau Veritas' is an international service company, specialised in inspection, audit, tests, certification, quality control, etc.
I would expect people from Veritas to be on board for tasks related to calibration of test equipment, and overall certification.
CJ
As already said, the barrels are used during flight tests for moving the CoG, or as lomapaseo put it : "pseudo passengers"
The bright orange wiring is a dead giveaway, because that colour is only used for flight test wiring.
The ???TAS hi-viz jacket is a minor mystery (what would anybody from QANTAS be doing in a prototype?), but it also could be somebody from VERITAS.
The 'Bureau Veritas' is an international service company, specialised in inspection, audit, tests, certification, quality control, etc.
I would expect people from Veritas to be on board for tasks related to calibration of test equipment, and overall certification.
CJ
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