BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 27 Sep 2011, 21:58

Encore presentation.
It's pretty good.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 20:15

Thanks for the heads up. I watched the last 45 minutes. I could have done without the union part though but fully expected on NBC affiliated stations.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 20:53

Nice looking plane. The problem will be that the airlines will stuff the cabin just like on all the other widebodies with addional seat rows. In the end, your seats wont match up with the fancy windows and you are still sitting there with your knees wrapped around your ears. As the designer put it (paraphrased) '17in is 17in, I can use all the colours in the world and you are going to be miserable after a couple of hours'.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 21:18

At Oshkosh, the line for tours of the world's only airworthy B-29 was maybe a hundred yards long. Nearby, a mile-long line -- literally a mile long, I believe -- waited to tour a jumbo airliner that we'll all hate soon enough.

It was depressing.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 21:22

Beautiful plane. Too bad it comes with an extra helping of big government TSA groping for us in the USA.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 21:28

I didn't like the way the wings flexed in flight.
...just didn't look right. :scratch:

I remember seeing the wings of the 747 being pulled to the point of failure in a test fixture on the Discovery "Wings" shows years ago.

BBBBBAAAAAANNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

It was interesting seeing them test for Vmu on both the 74 and the 78.

Alright Florian, no peeking, what is Vmu?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 21:32

Username Protected wrote:

I didn't like the way the wings flexed in flight.
...just didn't look right. :scratch:

Looks like a high performance glider in turbulence.

The wings seem to have a pretty high aspect ratio.

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Alright Florian, no peeking, what is Vmu?

'unstick', that's the takeoff with the tail dragging :thumbup:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 21:34

You are easily the 4th smartest guy on BT.

:cheers:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 21:49

Username Protected wrote:

You are easily the 4th smartest guy on BT.

Nah, I just watched that CNBC show which showed the unstick test.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 28 Sep 2011, 22:12

Username Protected wrote:

I remember seeing the wings of the 747 being pulled to the point of failure in a test fixture on the Discovery "Wings" shows years ago.

BBBBBAAAAAANNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

[youtube]http://youtu.be/sA9Kato1CxA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Ai2HmvAXcU0[/youtube]

When we broke the G650 wing and it met our 150% limit load, it was a GRRRRRRRRREAT feeling! :dancing:

Boeing Dreamliner Special on CNBC Now.