This Must Be Borderline Take Off Conditions!!

[Urban Sports]

I fly regularly but this would have had me a bit panicked!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9IhQxmt08U

[pacman1]

Look on the bright side, it kept the pilot awake.

[Bebee]

Good link, this also made me shiver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EHPxeRWzRI&fea...

[Stu R]

pacman1 said:

Look on the bright side, it kept the pilot awake.

...and the blades on the engines were sparkling clean afterwards

Edited by Stu R on Sunday 28th November 19:01

[speedtwelve]

Reminds me of an Aussie F-111 crew that attempted to get airborne in the '70s from a rather wet runway. Just as they were nearing rotate speed they suffered a double engine flameout due to water ingestion, followed by nil braking action as the aeroplane was by now handling more like a powerboat. Faced with the end of the runway approaching at a higher rate of knots than they would consider ideal, the crew then proved that the F-111's ejectable crew module worked just fine when fired on the ground.

The OP's clip does indeed look quite sporty. I'm sure the passengers loved it.

[mattdaniels]

Can't see a problem?

[Simpo Two]

Piston engines can benefit from water injection but I'm not sure about jets!

Seemed he tried to unstick once and failed?

[Flintstone]

mattdaniels said:

Can't see a problem?

Me neither.

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

Piston engines can benefit from water injection but I'm not sure about jets!

Seemed he tried to unstick once and failed?

Water injection was common on earlier jets such as the original Boeing 707 and DC-8. This was the reason why their take-offs were notoriously smokey.

Here's a clip of B-52s taking off using water injection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6Hpxyrhyo

[The real Apache]

Flintstone said:

mattdaniels said:

Can't see a problem?

Me neither.

Took off from Atlanta in the middle of an ice storm, just before de-icing the windows were covered in a layer that looked about an inch thick, the de-icing machinery was the daddy though and looked like something from a Sci Fi film........still, I was bricking it for the first time in a lifetime of flying both civvie and mil

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

Here's a clip of B-52s taking off using water injection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6Hpxyrhyo

Ah, the power of editing - they got 15 seconds down to 8

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Eric Mc said:

Water injection was common on earlier jets such as the original Boeing 707 and DC-8. This was the reason why their take-offs were notoriously smokey.

It's also used on the Harrier to boost thrust for heavy weight hover/landings.

[Shar2]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Eric Mc said:

Water injection was common on earlier jets such as the original Boeing 707 and DC-8. This was the reason why their take-offs were notoriously smokey.

It's also used on the Harrier to boost thrust for heavy weight hover/landings.

The Sea Harriers used it every time they landed on the carriers no matter what weight they were at. Gave the pilots that extra bit of leeway to get the landing right.

[khaosai]

Hi,

looks fairly challenging judging by the position of the control surfaces on top of the wing. All good fun i guess !

[mrloudly]

pacman1 said:

Look on the bright side, it kept the pilot awake.

You might laugh