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Tu-144LL Landing Video
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:09 pmby cheesegrater
I thought it was an interesting video as not too many people seen this bird in the air. I love the flare and the bounces.
http://www.tvdata.ru/video/22a.wmv?P... ... a8a3d1c084You gotta right click on the link and pick "Save As" because the browser attempts to open it as a text file. At least my browser.
Re: Tu-144LL Landing Video
Posted:
Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:31 pmby Souichiro
That isn't what I'd call a smooth landing...
Great find!
Re: Tu-144LL Landing Video
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:04 pmby Boss_BlueAngels
Ouch, I bet they felt that one the next morning.
Re: Tu-144LL Landing Video
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Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:01 pmby Ivan
Canard lift keeps the angle... so they have to push the ass on the runway (unlike Concorde that is very busy falling down at that point)
Re: Tu-144LL Landing Video
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:38 pmby elite marksman
Suprised they didnt break anything. Anything from the West and you would probably not have made it past the second bounce in one peice. The Soveits always did have a tendency to overbuild things though.
Re: Tu-144LL Landing Video
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Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:20 amby Ivan
Not 100% designed for unpaved operations, but still quite a heavy gear assembly with loads of wheels.
And with the gear mounted at the strongest point in the wing (engine pods) you have quite a lot of structural strength up there.