The Random Military Aircraft Pic/Vids thread
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McDonnell XF-85
Great shot of a B47 ascending into the heavens on black columns of glorious sooty smoke
C-17A Tactical Decent = all 4 engines in reveres thrust, spoilers/speed brakes deployed, push flight control stick forward and keep a max of 20,000 feet per minute decent rate and max of 300 KIAS (Knots Indicated Air Speed). What a ride!
I'm assuming reverse thrust is to prevent that thing from becoming a lawn dart?
No, it is to increase the steepness and rate of decent.
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Probably a good thing I don't fly...
Reversing the thrust slows the aircraft though? Pretty sure it is done so the aircraft can maintain that steep of a dive and be able to pull out of it.
You basically paraphrased what I said, LOL. Less airspeed means less lift and allows the aircraft to increase its rate of decent. The goal being to give bad guys the least amount of time to shoot at them.
My bad. Thought you meant they reversed thrust to speed up when you said that...drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Wow....what's the starting altitude?
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