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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Well it ain't slowing down as it plummets towards the sea
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
Any horizontal speed is likely to make it stay up longer if anything
Other than that it's terminal velocity vertical, less air resistance.
Whether making a call is your first thought while being effectively thrown around the aircraft like a rag doll along with everyone else and their luggage is another matter......
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:48, Reply)
Other than that it's terminal velocity vertical, less air resistance.
Whether making a call is your first thought while being effectively thrown around the aircraft like a rag doll along with everyone else and their luggage is another matter......
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:48, Reply)
It's not going straight down, either.
Planes are designed to fly. They want to stay in the air, their entire bodies are specifically constructed to generate as much lift as possible, they don't just drop out of the sky.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:49, Reply)
Planes are designed to fly. They want to stay in the air, their entire bodies are specifically constructed to generate as much lift as possible, they don't just drop out of the sky.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:49, Reply)
I'm not claiming to be an authority on aerodynamics, I just think it is plausible that a plane could come down quite quickly.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:02, Reply)
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:02, Reply)
I am under no illusion that you are an authority, old bean.
The only way an aircraft with an active autopilot will come down "quite quickly" from cruising altitude is if a wing fell off.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
The only way an aircraft with an active autopilot will come down "quite quickly" from cruising altitude is if a wing fell off.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
they can but you would need a lot of system failures
in order for it to happen, there are back up for the back ups,
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
in order for it to happen, there are back up for the back ups,
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
You should take comfort in the fact that I have had no hand in the design of any aeroplanes then.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:08, Reply)
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:08, Reply)
Maybe on a good solid British plane, but these yellow fellows are renowned for cutting corners.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
This is something we can agree on.
They've made a right bloody shambles of it.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:10, Reply)
They've made a right bloody shambles of it.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:10, Reply)
they glide for something like 60 miles
without fuel from 25000 ft, assuming they are piloted.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:54, Reply)
without fuel from 25000 ft, assuming they are piloted.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:54, Reply)
Assuming the autopilot's still active, it will attempt to maintain altitude and airspeed.
If all the control surfaces are still active, it certainly won't just drop like a brick. Without fuel it will attempt to maintain a controlled glide.
I'm agreeing with you here, by the way.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:58, Reply)
If all the control surfaces are still active, it certainly won't just drop like a brick. Without fuel it will attempt to maintain a controlled glide.
I'm agreeing with you here, by the way.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:58, Reply)
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