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Flaxbee

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9. wow. that was impressive. Russian pilots also take off damn near vertically ...

Reply to jimlup (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 12:17 PM

Jun 2015

just the way they fly, commercial or otherwise.

That being said, I HATE "fly by wire" planes - there are no manual controls on the new planes, as far as I know. One strong EMP (say, if the sun burps) or computer fail (redundancies too) and you can't control the wings. Used to be you could go back to the middle of the plane, open a hatch and manually control the flaps. Not any more.

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Boeing 787 does near vertical takeoff! Cool video [View all] jimlup Jun 2015 OP

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As a somewhat nervous flyer, I find videos like this (as well as the more extreme petronius Jun 2015 #2

I flew Vietnam Airlines in the mid-80s mainer Jun 2015 #5

Those old Ilyshins were scary planes DFW Jun 2015 #11

But can it barrel roll? liberaltrucker Jun 2015 #3

Only if ol' Tex Johnston was flying it! Cooley Hurd Jun 2015 #8

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If only he poured tea during it... Cooley Hurd Jun 2015 #17

Man, they sure don't make test pilots like they used to. liberaltrucker Jun 2015 #21

A different video with profile of that steep takeoff mainer Jun 2015 #4

Very cool! Thanks jimlup Jun 2015 #6

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I don't know about this... jmowreader Jun 2015 #7

wow. that was impressive. Russian pilots also take off damn near vertically ... Flaxbee Jun 2015 #9

The Dreamliner has a triple redundant control system Major Nikon Jun 2015 #14

I knew they had redundancies - to do otherwise would be negligent - but Flaxbee Jun 2015 #18

I'm not that familiar with how it works Major Nikon Jun 2015 #20

I'm guessing that would not be possible with a full load of passengers and cargo. Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #10

A friend of mine took one from here (Germany) to Japan recently DFW Jun 2015 #12

Way too cool! avebury Jun 2015 #13

Cool Veldrick Jun 2015 #19