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ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 3258 posts, RR: 0
Posted (10 months 2 hours ago) and read 4413 times:

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NASAs Supper Guppy arrives at NMUSAF to deliver shuttle crew compartment trainer.

Interesting view from the cockpit. I thought they closed that road off the arrival end for Museum arrivals?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlUst11Uzh0&feature=colike

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HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2073 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (10 months 2 hours ago) and read 4383 times:

Excellent video, thanks for sharing! I like how at :38 a pilot says "see the cars parked on the road?". Good stuff.

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flyingturtle From Switzerland, joined Oct 2011, 1383 posts, RR: 9
Reply 2, posted (10 months 1 hour ago) and read 4373 times:

I like the big yellow Xes on the runway...

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ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 3258 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (10 months ago) and read 4346 times:

Quoting HaveBlue (Reply 1):
Excellent video, thanks for sharing!

You're welcome...

Quoting flyingturtle (Reply 2):
I like the big yellow Xes on the runway

Also notice all the roll motion on the yoke and apparent lack of response from the aircraft...

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rcair1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 950 posts, RR: 25
Reply 4, posted (10 months ago) and read 4343 times:

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Quoting ZANL188 (Reply 3):
Also notice all the roll motion on the yoke and apparent lack of response from the aircraft..

You beat me to it - man he was working those ailerons! Obviously he could see/feel/sense a response that we could not see in the video - not unusual.

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dlednicer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 511 posts, RR: 6
Reply 5, posted (9 months 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 4123 times:

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I love the nose wheel-first touch-down!

ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 3258 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (9 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4066 times:

I'm looking for video of the Guppy leaving. Aircraft that land on that runway normally become permanent residents.. lol

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dw747400 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1245 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (9 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 4013 times:

Quoting ZANL188 (Reply 3):
Also notice all the roll motion on the yoke and apparent lack of response from the aircraft...

I spoke with the crew when they visited Andrews in May; apparently the aircraft can be a challenge to handle in roll because is so far above the wing, especially when carrying a heavy load.

In addition, I believe the controls are mechanical and effectively 'geared' to reduce control forces (I'm pretty sure that didn't change form the B-29, but take it with a grain of salt). Thus it takes a relatively large movement of the yoke to get a small aileron deflection.

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canoecarrier From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2671 posts, RR: 12
Reply 8, posted (9 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 3986 times:

I've run my 2 year old out to BFI the last couple times it's come into Seattle to drop off trainer parts, he loved it. Everytime they come in the crew has been really nice about allowing tours and letting my little kiddo run around the cargo bay.

Quoting dw747400 (Reply 7):

In addition, I believe the controls are mechanical and effectively 'geared' to reduce control forces (I'm pretty sure that didn't change form the B-29, but take it with a grain of salt). Thus it takes a relatively large movement of the yoke to get a small aileron deflection.

The Super Guppy I believe is based off the C-97 Stratofreighter not the B-29.

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n901wa From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 389 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (9 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 3961 times:

Great Video, Thanks for posting. I got to see it at Andrews this year, and wondered how did they polish that alu. chrome dome

as a note to what dw747400 is talking about, the Super Guppy is Based on the the C-97, but the C-97 is based on the B-29 / B-50 (B-29D). I think since he is refering to the controls configuration it goes all the way back to the orignal design which is the B-29. Hope that makes sense.

flightsimer From United States of America, joined Aug 2009, 431 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (9 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 3959 times:

Quoting canoecarrier (Reply 8):

The C-97 and Boeing 377 both were developed from the Boeing B-50 which itself was a B-29 with R-4360 engines and a larger tail with a few other changes.

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