OT Paul Allen Shows Off the World's Largest Airplane For the First Time

I'm curious as to how much crosswind it would take to affect that monstrosity?

 

Unfortunately I'm afraid they might fly it noses first into Downtown Portland. Hopefully there's an Antifa protest going on then.

 

It reminds me of a quote from 28 Days Later....

You know how I know it's a shit idea? Because it's obviously a shit idea.

 

So if this plane works fine, is the conclusion that airplane designers are okay at designing airplanes?

 

People get lucky at work all the time.

 

Neil Olshey traded Plumlee for Nurk and a pick. Does that mean he's okay at being GM?

Or could this plane be Burt Rutan's Meyers Leonard?

 

Or they know more about building planes than you do. We don't even need to discuss Russia in that theory.

 

They know more about building planes than me, they might even know more about it than Airbus. That didn't stop those test pilots from crashing into the woods when the computer made the plane land against the pilot's wishes.

I'm sure the Samsung engineers that designed the exploding Note7 are geniuses. Shit still happens.

 

Actually the original thought was not about crosswinds as much as the physics involved that Crosswinds would bring to bare. Such as the need for rapid acceleration, at the moment of touch down, of the outer hull in the course change impeded by the enormous inertia of the outside hull of the separated pair.

But you may think what you wish. Fair enough?

 

This message board reminds me of the characters from It's Always Sunny; finding a way to argue about anything, no matter how trivial and inane.

Poster A: I think Mountains are pretty neat. They are majestic, beautiful, and I frankly like them.

Poster B: Mountains kill people bro. If you like mountains, that must mean that you like to kill people.

Poster A: But God made the mountains. If you don't like them, then you hate God. Good luck in hell.

Poster B: Yeah, but God also made Hitler and Russia. So, you're a Russian Nazi?

Poster A: that Hitler thing is a straw man. Come on!

Poster B: Hitler was NOT made out of straw. You must be insane to think that he was made out of dried grass.

Poster A: You are a mountain hating Cuck.

 

Sure, shit happens. That doesn't mean that even if the plane is a success, it's "just getting lucky." More likely, it'll be a properly designed plane that didn't get totaled by "unknown" issues.

 

Why doesn't this thread show up in the OT list of threads?

 

Ok, But it looks like a monstrosity to me. However, I like the mission the monstrosity is designed to fill.

 

That scenario wasn't aimed at you or anyone in particular. I was just making of how much people argue here over little things, myself included.

For what it's worth, my immediate reaction when viewing that plane was how fragile it looked being connected by just a wing in the middle. Then again, I'm not an aerospace engineer.

 

Was just reading more about it, even if it flies it may not have a viable business use. Seems like a few rocket builders backed out.

And, these same people built that Virgin plane that crashed not too long ago.


https://g.co/kgs/J8vc8q

 

It makes me wonder if it is not intended to separate under unusual circumstances.

 

So, like a mother and father taking seperate flights just in case of a crash so there will still be a parent left for their children. You may be on to something.

 

Maybe the Blazer dancers will be in one side and the team in the other side?

 

Do some kids go with mom and some with dad? Or is this when the kids stay home?