Comments on: Man-Made Gales Help Airplanes Land http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/08/man-made-gales-help-airplanes-land/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 17 May 2008 02:18:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Eliyahu http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/08/man-made-gales-help-airplanes-land/#comment-1054957 Eliyahu Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4418#comment-1054957 And don't forget that it has a steel grid ready to dice the runaway plane into small square pieces ready to be carted away, much like the french-fry potato makers we had in the 1960s... And don’t forget that it has a steel grid ready to dice the runaway plane into small square pieces ready to be carted away, much like the french-fry potato makers we had in the 1960s…

]]> By: Baron Waste http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/08/man-made-gales-help-airplanes-land/#comment-1054639 Baron Waste Sat, 10 May 2008 14:02:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4418#comment-1054639 You know, you can make a system foolproof, but you cannot make it proof against fools. Runways have overshoots. What does this have, for the pilot coming in too fast? High-speed rotating blades, electrical current (just the thing for igniting ruptured avgas!) and beyond, the street full of passers-by below. Good job, Tom Swift. You know, you can make a system foolproof, but you cannot make it proof against fools. Runways have overshoots. What does this have, for the pilot coming in too fast? High-speed rotating blades, electrical current (just the thing for igniting ruptured avgas!) and beyond, the street full of passers-by below.

Good job, Tom Swift.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/08/man-made-gales-help-airplanes-land/#comment-1054603 Myles Fri, 09 May 2008 18:37:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4418#comment-1054603 I would also be a little concerned with taking off at a 50 degree climb based on artificial wind that is going to peter out in two seconds. Stalling a plane near the ground or a building can be bad. I would also be a little concerned with taking off at a 50 degree climb based on artificial wind that is going to peter out in two seconds. Stalling a plane near the ground or a building can be bad.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/08/man-made-gales-help-airplanes-land/#comment-1054586 Myles Fri, 09 May 2008 15:48:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4418#comment-1054586 I get a kick out of the angle of attack of the landing airplane. Landing into a wind that gets faster (as you get closer to the source) while you are slowing down is going to be intereting. You would see airplanes flying backwards. I did that with a radio controlled plane once in a strong wind, I might not try it for real. I get a kick out of the angle of attack of the landing airplane. Landing into a wind that gets faster (as you get closer to the source) while you are slowing down is going to be intereting. You would see airplanes flying backwards. I did that with a radio controlled plane once in a strong wind, I might not try it for real.

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