Aircraft

2007-10-29 14:42:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, yesterday- to my shame, I said the Russian Mi-24 HIND helicopter could fly without rotating its main rotor - and by pitching the rotor's propellers against the direction of movement, thus effectively working like an airplane's wings. Also the pilot can vector downwards the turbine's engines, giving it partial lift. It was a joke, but some guy got really worked up by it, So anybody who understands a helicopter rotor will know that even in a fully articulated rotor system, you can not have a wing effect.

when there is a problem, Helicopters can to a limited extent -glide without power by using the momentum in the rotors, while using downward motion to force air through them. The main rotor acts like a windmill and turns. This technique is known as autorotation. A transmission connects the main rotor to the tail rotor so that all flight controls are available after engine failure. Autorotation can allow a pilot to make an emergency landing. But do you know of any bigger myths?

2007-10-29 13:14:25 · 14 answers · asked by DAVID C 6

i am just curiouis as to what is the effect of the mobile phones during a flight?

2007-10-29 11:47:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 11:27:13 · 6 answers · asked by meleisha s 1

I know the airplane has many safety features, but when the 747 and the 737 and all the other newer planes came out they had very good safety features too, but some planes still crashed. Even when a small airliner crashes it is still a horrible accident, but there are usually like 350 people tops on a plane. But now with the A380, which can hold 800 people i mean if even n full packed A380 goes down it is huge massacre. So now for my question: Don't you think that Airbus went too far with size and don't you think the A380 is too big?? Please only serious answers.

2007-10-29 10:03:14 · 18 answers · asked by Marcin B. 3

What do these instruments do on a plane and how do they help. I have a bit of knowlage about Auto brakes do they go to RTO thn 1 and 2 or somethink ..... thanks

2007-10-29 09:54:36 · 5 answers · asked by Ben C 1

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=7304

I find this story hard to believe. A woman tried to open the emergency door at 30,000 feet, and the guy who helped stop her was kicked off the plane! What boggles my mind the most is that it would actually be possible to open the door at that altitude. Wouldn't there be some fail-safe precaution that only allows the door to be opened at ground level or below a certain altitude? And wouldn't the difference in pressure preclude the door from opening at that altitude?

2007-10-29 09:24:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a pilot is found to be responsible for an accident causing the death of a passenger can he be charged with manslaughter?

Is this looked on differently depending if it be a commercial/general aviation flight?

2007-10-29 04:52:31 · 14 answers · asked by inquisitor 5

I understand speed and weight play a factor...I'm just looking for a general idea- under normal circumstance (ie the plane isn't going 400mph when it's trying to land)

2007-10-29 04:01:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 19:54:39 · 18 answers · asked by taufeeq89 1

2007-10-28 19:38:28 · 8 answers · asked by John D 2

2007-10-28 18:48:10 · 8 answers · asked by Michael 1

2007-10-28 16:01:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 15:36:29 · 12 answers · asked by Oli-NYC 6

Many of us have wanted to fly, like superman. It will never be possible to fly quite as fast - but I wouldn't be suprised if sometime within human existence, in the next few thousand years - given the industrial development we have surpassed over the last 200 years; eventually, there must be an environmentally sustainable way - for humans to fly with great agility.

We may wear a form of suit to protect our skin from atmospheric pressure, and a helmet with compressed oxygen flowing, to allow us to breath. The jet may be using hydrogen as a fuel or something, but obviously to create such a lift it will probably be impossible without burning our asses off.

What do you think? Can it be possible? Maybe the device can have thousands of minicomputers on board like the typhoon - allowing it to remain aero dynamic.

I'm just throwing this one out there.

2007-10-28 15:02:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

and climbs an angle of 40 degrees at what rate in km/min is the distance from the plane to the radar station 5 minutes later?

2007-10-28 10:57:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it if one pilot wants to do a barrell roll the other pilot can stop him or her?

2007-10-28 09:33:57 · 11 answers · asked by 8lboreck 1

Every biplane I have played with in fs2002, has not had flaps(sopwith camel, dh chipmiunk, grumman f3f, and fairey swordfish). Do any biplanes have flaps? if no, then why not?

2007-10-28 08:20:14 · 6 answers · asked by Dan 5

is it possible to purchase a ex-soviet fighter aircraft, such as a mig-21, ship it back to the US, and fly it as a civilian with a certain licence?

2007-10-28 02:41:07 · 5 answers · asked by Jon B 1

2007-10-27 19:37:08 · 18 answers · asked by raviei426 1

If you where in a emergency situation and had to fly a helicopter would you survive?

2007-10-27 14:46:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Given that WWII fighters were equipped with fairly standard blowback operated machine guns and cannon, what was the mechanism by which the shells avoided the propellor blades? I suppose this question applies mostly to Luftwaffe aircraft which had nose-mounted weaponry. A subsiduary question might be, why did allied aircraft always carry ordnance that deliberately avoided the issue? Sorry, but I'm just interested.

2007-10-27 12:36:14 · 11 answers · asked by Lunerousse 3

2007-10-27 11:28:14 · 20 answers · asked by DAVID C 6

2007-10-27 09:17:50 · 5 answers · asked by Oli-NYC 6

are they saying x marks the spot??? are they saying someone crossed the line? WHAT IS IT? heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp! I need an explanations please! I just can't make a connection :(

(p.s. medicine doesn't help)

2007-10-27 07:48:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or does it just fire at twice the speed of sound?

2007-10-27 06:47:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

A long and thin aircraft fuselage (needle shaped) or a slightly shorter and wider fuselage (cigar shaped)? Provided both have the same volume.

And why?

2007-10-27 03:40:24 · 7 answers · asked by bergab_hase 3

I notice the 777 airplane to Taiwan (TPE) costs slightly more than the 747 airplane. I'm flying economy, but if the 777 has more leg room than the 747, I'll go with the more leg room choice because I have long legs :) Advice?

2007-10-27 03:23:01 · 12 answers · asked by fortune8 2

2007-10-27 02:44:29 · 4 answers · asked by Enyeagbe 1

2007-10-26 23:07:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous