April 13, 20197 yr Well big is a relative word. Anyway, our entertainment will be reduced since Paul Allen died and Stratolaunch laid off lots of employees. Still they do some interesting things. They flew this the first time today... https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2019/4/13/18309129/stratolaunch-worlds-biggest-airplane-first-flight-rockets Edited April 13, 20197 yr by Fielder 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 13, 20197 yr Wow! I eagerly await more footage of this strange aircraft. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 13, 20197 yr It must be a weird feeling, landing that thing with the pilot's view shifted so far off the runway center-line. I guess they've had plenty of practice in the sim. Or else it's basically auto-land with pilot monitoring. X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator on Windows 10 i7 6700 4.0 GHz, 32 GB RAM, GTX 1660 ti, 1920x1200 monitor
April 14, 20197 yr 15 hours ago, Fielder said: Well big is a relative word. Anyway, our entertainment will be reduced since Paul Allen died and Stratolaunch laid off lots of employees. Still they do some interesting things. They flew this the first time today... https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2019/4/13/18309129/stratolaunch-worlds-biggest-airplane-first-flight-rockets I'm wondering if there is a failsafe procedure should the attached satellite fail to release, powers up and takes the aircraft up into orbit....🤣 Nothing can possibly go wrong....go wrong...go wrong...go wrong... Regards Bill i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
April 14, 20197 yr 23 hours ago, Paraffin said: It must be a weird feeling, landing that thing with the pilot's view shifted so far off the runway center-line. I guess they've had plenty of practice in the sim. Or else it's basically auto-land with pilot monitoring. I suspect they must have a camera to aid them somehow, possibly mounted in the cusp of the wing, I could not otherwise imagine taxiing with an off kilter view. Amazing aircraft, although I read virgin plans on using a modified 747-400 to do the same thing. Also the Pegasus rocket has been in use for years, also launched from a modified L1011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket) John
April 15, 20197 yr How does the center spar hold those two massive fuselages together? It must be massively strong. I still wonder if there is any flex between the two ends - there would almost have to be. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
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