AN-124 Off Road

Posted:
Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:38 am
by OVERLORD_CHRIS
Was messing around on my phone at work and saw this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6bKCsJd2K0But while looking from my computer I saw this from the news, looks like it is related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyTbi2Jx ... re=relatedAide from that, this is very impressive for a plane this size

Re: AN-124 Off Road

Posted:
Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:33 am
by ApplePie

That marshaller at 0:21 is running for his life!
Re: AN-124 Off Road

Posted:
Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:45 am
by Sir_Crashalot
Wasn't the AN124 designed to land on unsurfaced runways? So it could go anywhere?
Neat video though, driving it out of the mud.
Carlo

Re: AN-124 Off Road

Posted:
Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:09 am
by expat
Try that with a Boeing or Bus and it would end in tears.......Power, strain, snap, thump

Matt
Re: AN-124 Off Road

Posted:
Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:57 am
by DaveSims
Good thing there was probably frost in the ground. I have personally seen a -124 leave ruts in 12 inches of asphalt, I can't imagine taking one in the dirt. On the plus side, with 24 tires it has pretty good weight distribution.
Re: AN-124 Off Road

Posted:
Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:00 am
by Meck
Nice vid!!!

See: you don't need all-wheel drive when you got ~1000kN of thrust...
