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Post by Dave.K on Feb 13, 2012 18:33:01 GMT 12
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Feb 13, 2012 20:32:12 GMT 12
Errr... easy to make out if this is real in my opinion - IT AIN'T ;D Quite funny though  |
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Post by ngatimozart on Feb 13, 2012 22:09:23 GMT 12
Theres to much cutting away and not showing enough of what happened. I would also think that the weight of the nose of the aircraft would be more than said Nissan could take, given that the weight is basically spread out over 3 points. It'd be one for the Mythbusters.
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Post by Bruce on Feb 13, 2012 22:32:06 GMT 12
a viral video at a guess advertising a Nissan pickup.....
lots of clues:
No Name airline
very short landing roll.
Wrong shaped nose in end shot.
Appears to be on a taxiway as far too near trees.
No TV station name
Specifically mentioned type of pickup and options installed.
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 13, 2012 23:28:21 GMT 12
Hard to make out if this is real. I am not even sure it is real advert. Just so much nonsense and many mistakes all the way through the clip. The last few seconds have the best bit, - bringing the aircraft to a stop like that and there was still a little movement in the rear suspension of the ute. Try towing an aircraft with a tug and you will soon find out about turning and stopping. I would not be surprised if an aircraft that size had 15 tonne on the nose, even an empty 737 was about 5 tonnes when we weighed them. I would have thought that would be a little bit of a load for a vehicle that may carry a tonne or two normally. We don't need to mention airside driving permits, runway clearances, liability issues and a few other factors that may have been glossed over. Accelerating the Nissan up to touchdown speed was 5 second 1/4 mile stuff also. Perhaps Crumpy and Scotty would have pulled something like that off..... in the other brand. Didn't we see a real life one with a Mooney or Bonanza a few years back now. On that occasion the guy on the truck deck reached out and pulled the gear down. I have to imagine that is where the idea came from for this effort, |
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Post by mumbles on Feb 14, 2012 9:49:57 GMT 12
I'ts fake, the 727 is computer generated. There are shape problems (nose too blunt, vertical stabiliser looks more like a slab than an aerofoil etc), and other visual artifacts that give it away as CGI. Probably a viral advert, like the wing breaking off the aerobatic aircraft a while ago.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2012 9:56:02 GMT 12
Out of interest what woulf the touchdown speed of a 727 be, and could a ute match it safely?
That wing breaking off the aerobatic plane was completely real, except it was a model and not full sized.
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Post by The Red Baron on Feb 14, 2012 10:11:38 GMT 12
The best one ever from when i was kid.. |
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 14, 2012 10:26:24 GMT 12
With a strong head wind the mains could be touching down at 100 plus knots.
About 200Km/H.......
The last time we tried getting to that speed in a ute we went off the end of the runway under braking....even then we were never close to achieving it. Hard to believe but it was an International Airport as well.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2012 11:21:27 GMT 12
But did you get the aircraft to touch down safely though beeza? |
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 14, 2012 11:35:10 GMT 12
It was a very stuffed ute, many stories there alone. The driver was a high flying professor from a major US research faculty who suddenly rediscovered his Kiwi roots.. (After a few beers)... I believe about 9 thermonuclear devices had been assembled and dropped off that runway. I did a nose oleo seal job in the bomb assembly shed.... since relocated a few miles down the road. Fortunately we never had an aircraft land on top of us... or rather not that we noticed. I have a feeling the guy did time in the mob just thinking back to it....... he was certainly the proverbial nutter The research team was conducting atmospheric testing, some here will recall this machine which was about at the same time. Nothing to do with us where we were though, just part of the same programme.  |
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Post by hairy on Feb 14, 2012 13:44:27 GMT 12
I would of thought that the "Fictionalization. Do not attempt." in the bottom right hand corner at the beginning might have been a bit of a giveaway......................  |
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 14, 2012 17:48:43 GMT 12
Didn't we see a real life one with a Mooney or Bonanza a few years back now. On that occasion the guy on the truck deck reached out and pulled the gear down. I was wrong with the aircraft type, this is the video clip I was thinking off. It looks to be an Arrow IV and I am not sure about the authenticity here either. The Thunderbirds clip is inspirational also, poor kids would be fingers crossed and halted hearts. |
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Post by Dave.K on Feb 14, 2012 18:43:50 GMT 12
Yes that would have made Crumpy "Grumpy".
Good way to start the week with some funnies.
Hope you all got the good partner some flowers today chaps and chappies.
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Post by JDK on Feb 14, 2012 19:21:09 GMT 12
There was a real, and fascinating marine case where a Short Sunderland lost a float on take off (and that was an adventure in itself). The pilot arranged for a boat tender to be waiting with padding on the roof at base, and this came in under the wing and as the Sunderland slowed, the wing came to rest on the tender, and the Sunderland didn't turn turtle. It's notable that in the fake and real landplane scenarios above the loss of the aircraft (and major injury or death to passengers or crew) was highly unlikely (despite the commentary hyperbole) however a flying boat with a missing float can easily turn turtle.
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