Comments on: Crab Technique http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bumpy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-450544 Bumpy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:05:42 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11732#comment-450544 I don't know which is worse..."Crab" or shooting approaches at night with "pitching deck". I think he was definately "squeezing" his cheeks on those approaches...LOL. A quick note of interest to all from the Navair community, stop by and have a look at our new website. It's not loaded up YET, but it's a "Humble" beginning... http://www.usnaocs.org "Wheels Up" Bumpy I don’t know which is worse…”Crab” or shooting approaches at night with “pitching deck”. I think he was definately “squeezing” his cheeks on those approaches…LOL. A quick note of interest to all from the Navair community, stop by and have a look at our new website. It’s not loaded up YET, but it’s a “Humble” beginning… http://www.usnaocs.org

“Wheels Up”

Bumpy

]]> By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-450514 Quartermaster Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:19:33 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11732#comment-450514 The B-52 was designed to change the angle of the landing gear so you could crab all the way to the ground without stressing the gear. Given the wingspans these days, and the fact that wing down-top rudder is one of the ways to handle crosswind landings, why not design the gear to crab for you. There are few clips on you tube that show the results of what Lex is talking about. One ripped off an engine. I think that one happened at Hong Kong. The B-52 was designed to change the angle of the landing gear so you could crab all the way to the ground without stressing the gear. Given the wingspans these days, and the fact that wing down-top rudder is one of the ways to handle crosswind landings, why not design the gear to crab for you.

There are few clips on you tube that show the results of what Lex is talking about. One ripped off an engine. I think that one happened at Hong Kong.

]]> By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-450512 Quartermaster Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:15:49 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11732#comment-450512 If you went to a multi-oxide cycle, there is almost no waste at all. What the French have produced wouldn't fill a small living room. Carter wanted to go to a MOX cycle, but the ecomaniacs wouldn't stand for it. Back in the 70s I wouldn't have wanted to see a bunch reactors built because training for civilian operators was substandard. These days we can build simulators to train with and ring out an operator in those rare failure modes they never see. Computers weren't fast or cheap enough to replicate reactors in a computer very well. No excuse these days. I say build a bunch of 'em and let the Ayrabs drink their oil. We'll have to shoot the ecomanics first, but I'm sure we could get a few volunteers for that sad duty. If you went to a multi-oxide cycle, there is almost no waste at all. What the French have produced wouldn’t fill a small living room.

Carter wanted to go to a MOX cycle, but the ecomaniacs wouldn’t stand for it.

Back in the 70s I wouldn’t have wanted to see a bunch reactors built because training for civilian operators was substandard. These days we can build simulators to train with and ring out an operator in those rare failure modes they never see. Computers weren’t fast or cheap enough to replicate reactors in a computer very well. No excuse these days. I say build a bunch of ‘em and let the Ayrabs drink their oil. We’ll have to shoot the ecomanics first, but I’m sure we could get a few volunteers for that sad duty.

]]> By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-450510 Quartermaster Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:06:23 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11732#comment-450510 Think of the wind shear down near the runway. That would really make things interesting. Think of the wind shear down near the runway. That would really make things interesting.

]]> By: xairboss http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-450479 xairboss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:37:04 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11732#comment-450479 Jeez, and the LSOs bitched when the wind was not straight down the angle. Just kidding Lex/Nose. Jeez, and the LSOs bitched when the wind was not straight down the angle. Just kidding Lex/Nose.

]]> By: lex http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/09/30/crab-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-450437 lex Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=11732#comment-450437 Some of the widebodies have digital flight control systems that get puzzled by the whole "wing down/top rudder" technique (it wasn't recommended in the Hornet, either). And I think their wings are so wide, that you risk scraping a wingtip using that method as well. Some of the widebodies have digital flight control systems that get puzzled by the whole “wing down/top rudder” technique (it wasn’t recommended in the Hornet, either). And I think their wings are so wide, that you risk scraping a wingtip using that method as well.

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