Oh I love seeing the C-17s go out on test flights and have them rotate in less than 3000 ft! Oh and yes, those flaps are big!
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Originally posted by MaxPowerYou darn right. It's better than having foot fetish. Pah.
@ O'brien, Nice Belly shot Dave !...
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Originally posted by Sam at MANMaxPowers got a fetish
@ O'brien, Nice Belly shot Dave !...
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I believe the C-5 gear is like the B-52 where they "crab" upon landing.
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Re: C-17 Globemaster III
Originally posted by screaming_emuYeah, the C-17 is one of my favorite military aircraft. I like things that are functional, and watching the C-17 come in with a full load and stop in less than 4,000ft is pretty spectacular.
Is this the first Cargo plane that has capabilities to use reverse backward, I dont know the exact word for it. Maybe you can tell me? apart from that combined with STOL just make it perfect.
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Originally posted by DAL767-400ERVery fascinating, though I personally still prefer the 50+-wheel-bogies the AN124/225s have.
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Very fascinating, though I personally still prefer the 50+-wheel-bogies the AN124/225s have.
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Originally posted by CamMan those flaps on that C-17 are HUGE! An interesting rig when I saw her at the airshow this Sept.
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Man those flaps on that C-17 are HUGE! An interesting rig when I saw her at the airshow this Sept.
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Sweet engineering, but the more complicated it is, the more likely its going to break. I know when I lived on an airbase, C-5s would break all the time and be stuck on the ground for days at a time.
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(C-17, C-5) Main gears fascination
Just wanted to share my fascination to the C-17 and the C-5.
According to the videos at flightlevels. the C.5 main gears retracts after it has turned into 30*degrees. point.
See example below.
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The complexity of both the C5 always amazes me.
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But the one that really fascinated me is the C17. Upon retraction, none of them have the same direction, makes it kinda awesome to see. Now I haven't really seen how this works in real life. But by the looks of this photo, this proves it all. Nice engineering.
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