Aviation experts & know-it-alls: What's the deal with

by **tGreenWay** Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:05 pm

the tips of the wings being curved upward? I know they've have small curves for a long time, but I just saw an American plane with some serious bend to the tips--probably four times higher than I've seen before.

by Guest Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:11 pm

tGreenWay wrote:the tips of the wings being curved upward? I know they've have small curves for a long time, but I just saw an American plane with some serious bend to the tips--probably four times higher than I've seen before.

Let me Google that for you

by **Rocinante** Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:15 pm

Just don't fall off the jetway like pulling.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:42 pm

LooseGoose wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:the tips of the wings being curved upward? I know they've have small curves for a long time, but I just saw an American plane with some serious bend to the tips--probably four times higher than I've seen before.

Let me Google that for you

Thanks a pantsful. You're a gem. A peach. A fine example of what it means to be a Spartan.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:43 pm

Are these planes taking off on a treadmill? Kind of an important detail.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:44 pm

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Are these planes taking off on a treadmill? Kind of an important detail.

Mine might be. Seems like a short runway.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:10 pm

That's where the magic plane fly juice is stored.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:29 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:That's where the magic plane fly juice is stored.

Can I borrow your straw?

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:34 pm

tGreenWay wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:That's where the magic plane fly juice is stored.

Can I borrow your straw?

Is it to drink the juice? You don't want to drink the juice.

by **pulling69** Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:03 pm

We talkin bout wniglets? Increase fuel efficiency by recovering energy and reducing drag caused by wingtip vortices. Fuel effiecency increased by about 3.5% or more, big money in aviation. The new ones are called scimitar winglets and can offer an even bigger increase in fuel savings:

by **pulling69** Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:09 pm

Rocinante wrote:Just don't fall off the jetway like pulling.

If you are going to crack jokes get the facts right, it was a "B stand"

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by **Gomer** Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:21 pm

pulling69 wrote:
Rocinante wrote:Just don't fall off the jetway like pulling.

If you are going to crack jokes get the facts right, it was a "B stand"

"U B fallin" is more like it.

by **Giant Moose** Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:23 pm

pulling69 wrote:
Rocinante wrote:Just don't fall off the jetway like pulling.

If you are going to crack jokes get the facts right, it was a "B stand"

Did Brian Kelly make you go up on that during gale force winds?

by **The Pantry** Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:50 pm

pulling69 wrote:
Rocinante wrote:Just don't fall off the jetway like pulling.

If you are going to crack jokes get the facts right, it was a "B stand"

Lot of OSHA approved railings there.

I forget. Did you skip-trip down the steps or somehow manage to fling yourself off the top deck?

by **Rocinante** Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:25 pm

pulling69 wrote:
Rocinante wrote:Just don't fall off the jetway like pulling.

If you are going to crack jokes get the facts right, it was a "B stand"

Dude, I swear I never knew that. I just knew you were a pilot and had broken your arms or something.

by **tGreenWay** Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:36 pm

Gomer wrote:
pulling69 wrote:

If you are going to crack jokes get the facts right, it was a "B stand"
"U B fallin" is more like it.

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by **tGreenWay** Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:39 pm

pulling69 wrote:We talkin bout wniglets? Increase fuel efficiency by recovering energy and reducing drag caused by wingtip vortices. Fuel effiecency increased by about 3.5% or more, big money in aviation. The new ones are called scimitar winglets and can offer an even bigger increase in fuel savings:

Yeah, I don't understand any of that, but thanks. It'll be fun calling them winglets.

by **The Pantry** Sat Dec 12, 2015 2:21 am

bump for pulling B1 stairway explanation

by **tGreenWay** Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:10 am

The Pantry wrote:bump for pulling B1 stairway explanation

I want to hear about winglets again.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:17 am

pulling69 wrote:We talkin bout wniglets? Increase fuel efficiency by recovering energy and reducing drag caused by wingtip vortices. Fuel effiecency increased by about 3.5% or more, big money in aviation. The new ones are called scimitar winglets and can offer an even bigger increase in fuel savings:

Nah, I don't believe that. I'm sticking with magic fly juice.

by **tGreenWay** Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:46 am

I ask a question about airplanes and start by asking Whats the deal with and not one of you fuckers comes back with airplane peanuts?

Damn, this dump really is slipping.

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