Plane flips for safety

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9 жыл бұрын

A Cessna 172 dropped 100 feet Aug. 26, 2015 at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., in an effort to help search and rescuers save more lives..
NASA’s Search and Rescue Mission Office, based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, simulated a severe but survivable plane accident to test five emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) on board. Researchers are working to improve ELT systems.
This was the last of three crash tests of three different Cessna 172 aircraft. Each of the three tests simulated different, but common, crash conditions.

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@axelboneta1675 6 жыл бұрын

Best short-field landing ever.

@andrewwilkey6195 7 жыл бұрын

when you come in flaps 60 and forget to flare

@thirdlutenist4956 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@BadaBing.UCF30 9 жыл бұрын

You should time lapse the staff painting the polka dots on a vehicle. Would be pretty interesting.

@oron61 4 жыл бұрын

A little part of me was expecting to hear a car's burglar alarm start right after the plane flipped.

@camdenlink5244 3 жыл бұрын

The one pilot who takes STOL very seriously:

@pauljs75 8 жыл бұрын

Apparently you can't land most general aviation aircraft like an F-18. This breaks the plane.

@kaizersoze 8 жыл бұрын

+pauljs75 You couldn't even land a f-18 like this.

@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489 6 жыл бұрын

general aviation aircraft... like... an f-18. gtfo. lmao. XD

@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489 6 жыл бұрын

besides, i think most planes DO in fact land. I will leave the definition of landing up to you, but save for the ones that got lost in space(which I technically haven't seen) all of them have come down, or burned up...

@oron61 4 жыл бұрын

Well, you CAN, but...

@spud1252 9 жыл бұрын

Looks like one of my landings

@pixelapse9613 Жыл бұрын

Ryanair at it's finest

@UCs6ktlulE5BEeb3vBBOu6DQ 9 жыл бұрын

you can see the wings were able to provide some lift or at least drag to affect the speed during the descent.

@whopperlover1772 8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Lelievre I'm not completely sure what you are talking about. The plane was connected to the ropes the whole way down.

@stimkytbh6925 3 жыл бұрын

Ryanair has joined the voice chat

@SuperLouis64vr 3 жыл бұрын

OMG😯

@delawarepilot 9 жыл бұрын

ouch.... that was a lot rougher then the last one

@Jiuhuashan 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the telemetry data from the test dummies show about the survivability of that impact.

@NASALANGLEY 9 жыл бұрын

+Jiuhuashan The test engineers say the data indicated the impact was severe, but survivable.

@schumbo8324 9 жыл бұрын

Pilot: Justin Littell anyone? :D

@NASALANGLEY 9 жыл бұрын

+Ecver AUCWE Justin was the test engineer for all three crash tests this summer. He is a licensed pilot in real life, who has never crashed a plane (except in tests).

@nkwlde6978 2 жыл бұрын

@@NASALANGLEY oh I see

@blackburst1 9 жыл бұрын

What kind of descent rates are we seeing on impact here and what is the forward speed? Just wondering what type of real world incident this would be comparable to?

@NASALANGLEY 9 жыл бұрын

+Blackburst Entertainment The plane hit at about 55 miles an hour - a severe, but survivable crash. (In engineer speak - it was 80 Feet per second with speeds of 30 feet per second vertical and 74 feet horizontal.)

@blackburst1 9 жыл бұрын

***** So nearly a 4,400 ft/min descent rate (VSI), with an airspeed around 47 knots. Seems like a situation a pilot may encounter being forced down by severe wind shear or a stall on short final. Thanks for the info

@Phili2012 26 күн бұрын

Or a Ryanair landing with a new recruit FO