Think you've had a hard landing?

[crab]

Not even close


Oops.

 

[notfred]

It didn't even look like the landing was that hard.

 

[cressida]

Originally posted by: notfred
It didn't even look like the landing was that hard.

hard enough for the tail to break off

 

[MacBaine]

Why was it taped? Were they expecting that to happen?

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: notfred
It didn't even look like the landing was that hard.

You're kidding me right?

 

[conjur]

day-um!

 

[ajpa123]

OMG.. so much flex.. how would that have sounded inside.?

Actually all you probably hear is one big bang at the beginning and lots of burning rubber from the tires, huh .. wow !
p.s. and lots of screaming !

 

[crab]

I beleive the descent rate was -990fpm (feet/min)

 

[3point14]

Originally posted by: MacBaine
Why was it taped? Were they expecting that to happen?

Probably a Boeing test. Notice the lack of buildings and control tower in the background?

 

[Shockwave]

DAMN! Thats a hard landing. I'm suprised he didnt shove a wheel strut through the fuselage at that rate. And I've heard of such things happening, although it was in the military and not a commercial aircraft.

 

[crab]

Oh, and it was a McDonnellDouglas test/demo flight, they actually meant to land hard, but not quite that hard. The crewmembers, expecting a hard landing, didnt even know the tail came off until they looked back and saw sky.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo

Originally posted by: notfred
It didn't even look like the landing was that hard.

You're kidding me right?

The plane wasn't descending that fast. It didn't look like it hit hard enough that it should have broken the tail off the plane.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: notfred
It didn't even look like the landing was that hard.

I wouldn't trust low quality video footage to make a valid conclusion. On TV NASCAR racing doesn't look that fast, but when experiencing it in real life the cars are nothing more than a constant blur of colors.

A plane would have to hit very hard to make the whole thing convulse like it did on the second bounce.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo

Originally posted by: notfred It didn't even look like the landing was that hard.

You're kidding me right?

The plane wasn't descending that fast. It didn't look like it hit hard enough that it should have broken the tail off the plane.

Do you know anything about mass and inertia?

 

[Azraele]

That's a big "oof!" if ever there was one.