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Best Aircraft When It Is Turbulence?

Bofredrik From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1230 times:

A 747 or what? The aircraft that makes you LEAST air sick due to its stability in bad weather... airplane

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BMED From United Kingdom (Scotland), joined Dec 2004, 831 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1199 times:

The one thats on the ground, sorry, couldn't help myself.

I would say the modern aircraft would be better, airbus fly by wire where the computer changes the aircraft all the time to keep the aircraft trim and level.

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Tu204 From Russia, joined Mar 2006, 495 posts, RR: 20
Reply 2, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1199 times:

A343? In my opinion, the 747 shakes the most during turbulance. Airbuses seem to handle it the best.

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RoseFlyer From United States, joined Feb 2004, 5616 posts, RR: 27
Reply 3, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1172 times:

For dealing with turbulence bigger planes are almost always better. Heavier airplanes will not move around as much. So the 747-400 should be the best and the A380 should surpass that.

One thing you might encounter on a 747 however is that there can be a lot of turbulence when you are flying over the ocean across different latitudes. So you might be shaking on lot in a 747, but it would be worse in a smaller plane. But for the most part widebodies are almost always smoother unless you are talking about business jets that have higher maximum operating altitudes and can often times find some smoother air above flight level 410.

Flyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1151 times:

The effect of turbulence on an aircraft is almost directly related to its wing loading. The higher the wing loading, the less acceleration the turbulence will cause.

Gkirk From United Kingdom (Scotland), joined Jun 2000, 23772 posts, RR: 68
Reply 5, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1114 times:

FWIW, you don't want to be on a 737 or A320 during moderate turbulence.
B747/L1011/B757 are ok however

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QXatFAT From United States, joined Feb 2006, 2284 posts, RR: 9
Reply 6, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1093 times:

When I see a wing on a 747 during turbulance, I swear it looks like the wings are flapping and I am on a huge bird Smile

Id have to say my best experiance is on a 777. A CRJ is my fav plane but when you get in some good turbulance, boy does that little thing move around.

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FlyDreamliner From Korea, joined Jan 2006, 2614 posts, RR: 20
Reply 7, posted (3 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1085 times:

Worst flight of my life was Memphis to Huntsville on a Saab 340. We were flying through the remnents of some tropical storm. The turbulence got so bad a woman in back passed out and had to be met by medics when we landed. After the first 5 minutes of it, I kind of started to have fun though! So I assure you, it's not a Saab 340. I've found relatively speaking 757 handles it well though.

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BA747YYZ From Canada, joined Mar 2006, 377 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1025 times:

320, is good you get a nice ride, but i don't get sick in planes, my uncle dropeed 5000 feet in 1/2 second out of Victoria BC once when travelling with the PM.

RoseFlyer From United States, joined Feb 2004, 5616 posts, RR: 27
Reply 9, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1018 times:

Quoting BA747YYZ (Reply 8):
320, is good you get a nice ride, but i don't get sick in planes, my uncle dropeed 5000 feet in 1/2 second out of Victoria BC once when travelling with the PM.

That is a slight exaggeration since going 5000ft in 1/2 second corresponds to about 6800 mph. Airbus designs some good planes, but I don't think any of their A320s can go Mach 10.

Now a few hundred feet is a little more likely in a second.

LPLAspotter From Portugal, joined Jan 2005, 682 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 938 times:

Quoting Tu204 (Reply 2):
A343? In my opinion, the 747 shakes the most during turbulance. Airbuses seem to handle it the best.

Couldn't agree more!!!!!
cheers: LPLAspotter

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Ba757gla From United Kingdom (Scotland), joined Mar 2006, 714 posts, RR: 2
Reply 11, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 937 times:

yes the 757 is graet never been on anything smaller than a 732 and that was updown up down job

747LUVR From United States, joined Jul 2005, 332 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 916 times:

Yes, I think the Heavies handle the turbulance better than the lightweights-ie an ERJ...the wings of a 747 look like their flapping in really heavy turb's. covereyes

Oli80 From United Kingdom (Wales), joined Feb 2006, 684 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 865 times:

When I saw the title, I thought you were looking for an aircraft that bounces around a lot during turbulence. That's my idea of fun! Wink

Otherwise, from my experience, a B747 or B777.

Sfomb67 From United States, joined Dec 2005, 402 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 829 times:

I agree the larger 747 should handle it the best. But, I've had some really good experiences on 767's in turbulance.

Not as easy as originally perceived

AirxLiban From Lebanon, joined Oct 2003, 4365 posts, RR: 59
Reply 15, posted (3 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 811 times:

Concorde. You won't care about the turbulence at FL350 because you'll be 25,000 feet above it cruising at Mach 2.

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Atrude777 From United States, joined Aug 2003, 4151 posts, RR: 56
Reply 16, posted (3 years 7 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 745 times:

I absolutely love turbulence. So give me any aircraft, EXCEPT the Bae Jetstream 32, OMG, we effing dropped 100 feet, and that scared me quite a bit.

Alex

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Levent From Austria, joined Sep 2004, 1693 posts, RR: 4
Reply 17, posted (3 years 7 months 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 738 times:

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I flew from Singapore to Zurich on an SIA Megatop yesterday and we had turbulence almost all the way, sometimes moderate (above Sri Lanka and Iran mainly). The captain had to stop cabin service for a while. I think the 747 behaves best in turbulence.

Quoting Bofredrik (Thread starter):
The aircraft that makes you LEAST air sick due to its stability in bad weather

I never got airsick in a plane, even approaching MAD in the middle of summer in a bouncing little CRJ...

Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 7227 posts, RR: 14
Reply 18, posted (3 years 7 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 705 times:

I had a nice wild ride in a CRJ200 this afternoon, those damned big winglets flapping about make it look worse than it is, just like a 738. Turbulence on a 744 isn't really fun because the plane seems to flex and creak and rattle more.

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Ryanair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 19, posted (3 years 7 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 696 times:

Interesting question. From my experience the A320 series handle turbulence quite well.

Quoting Andz (Reply 18):
Turbulence on a 744 isn't really fun because the plane seems to flex and creak and rattle more.

I agree with you totally on this, having had a few B744 rides now.

The B737 NG's don't seem to handle turbulence as well as the Classics. They are quite a stiff ride in turbulence in my opinion.

Ryanair737

Dc863 From Madagascar, joined Jun 1999, 1499 posts, RR: 4
Reply 20, posted (3 years 7 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 684 times:

CV-880 /990. They were built like tanks.

Alaska737 From United States, joined Feb 2006, 968 posts, RR: 7
Reply 21, posted (3 years 7 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 672 times:

Dash-8 Q-200

i love that thing in crap weather

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Deputydawghere From United States, joined Nov 2005, 160 posts, RR: 1
Reply 22, posted (3 years 7 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 588 times:

Quoting Andz (Reply 18):
Turbulence on a 744 isn't really fun because the plane seems to flex and creak and rattle more.

I agree with you as well. I love being in the very back of a 747-400 flying across the Pacific and hitting rough turbulence. I know it sounds crazy, but it such a good ride. I always feel safe in one of the jumbos. I wonder how the A380 will handle turbulence? Knowing Airbus' excellent engineering history, probably quite well.

Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 7227 posts, RR: 14
Reply 23, posted (3 years 7 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 578 times:

Quoting Deputydawghere (Reply 22):
I wonder how the A380 will handle turbulence? Knowing Airbus' excellent engineering history, probably quite well.

The worst turbulence I have ever experienced was in a 346 and the plane rode it well, very little of the rattle and hum I have heard in a 744. Okay the 744s are older than this 346 was but I guess time will tell.

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