Elephant landing

[Mark]

This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU

---
Mark

[Mike Ash]

In article
>,
Mark > wrote:

> This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
> I've ever seen.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU

Certainly the smoothest one I've ever seen. Also the least smooth I've
ever seen.

--
Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon

[a[_3_]]

On Dec 11, 8:46*pm, Mike Ash > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
> *Mark > wrote:
> > This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
> > I've ever seen.
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU
>
> Certainly the smoothest one I've ever seen. Also the least smooth I've
> ever seen.
>
> --
> Mike Ash
> Radio Free Earth
> Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon

Did you notice the asymmetrical flap deployment?

[Mark]

On Dec 12, 9:03*am, a > wrote:
> On Dec 11, 8:46*pm, Mike Ash > wrote:
>
> > In article
> > >,
>
> > *Mark > wrote:
> > > This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
> > > I've ever seen.
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU
>
> > Certainly the smoothest one I've ever seen. Also the least smooth I've
> > ever seen.
>
> > --
> > Mike Ash
> > Radio Free Earth
> > Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon
>
> Did you notice the asymmetrical flap deployment?

The asymmetry you observed is necessary with elephant flights,
as they use their heated pitot trunks in a cantilevered fashion
increasing parasitic drag, creating inevitable adverse yaw.
Fortunately the elephant didn't choose to go around, and
kick in his rear thruster.

---
Mark

[george]

On Dec 13, 5:41*am, Mark > wrote:
> On Dec 12, 9:03*am, a > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Dec 11, 8:46*pm, Mike Ash > wrote:
>
> > > In article
> > > >,
>
> > > *Mark > wrote:
> > > > This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
> > > > I've ever seen.
> > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU
>
> > > Certainly the smoothest one I've ever seen. Also the least smooth I've
> > > ever seen.
>
> > > --
> > > Mike Ash
> > > Radio Free Earth
> > > Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon
>
> > Did you notice the asymmetrical flap deployment?
>
> The asymmetry you observed is necessary with elephant flights,
> as they use their heated pitot trunks in a cantilevered fashion
> increasing parasitic drag, creating inevitable adverse yaw.
> Fortunately the elephant didn't choose to go around, and
> kick in his rear thruster.
>

Did he activate the used fuel dump before roundout?

[a[_3_]]

On Dec 12, 2:37*pm, george > wrote:
> On Dec 13, 5:41*am, Mark > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 12, 9:03*am, a > wrote:
>
> > > On Dec 11, 8:46*pm, Mike Ash > wrote:
>
> > > > In article
> > > > >,
>
> > > > *Mark > wrote:
> > > > > This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
> > > > > I've ever seen.
> > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU
>
> > > > Certainly the smoothest one I've ever seen. Also the least smooth I've
> > > > ever seen.
>
> > > > --
> > > > Mike Ash
> > > > Radio Free Earth
> > > > Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon
>
> > > Did you notice the asymmetrical flap deployment?
>
> > The asymmetry you observed is necessary with elephant flights,
> > as they use their heated pitot trunks in a cantilevered fashion
> > increasing parasitic drag, creating inevitable adverse yaw.
> > Fortunately the elephant didn't choose to go around, and
> > kick in his rear thruster.
>
> Did he activate the used fuel dump before roundout?

No, and when he taxied (trotted? jogged?) to the terminal he was not
on the taxiway centerline either. I guess it's not as important when
the wingspan is as short as his was. There's another moral to the
story -- baggage is never left behind, he had his trunk ... oh, never
mind.

This reminds me of the old physics problem -- "assume a spherical
cow. . ."

[Lucky]

"Jeffrey Bloss" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:41:16 GMT, Mark wrote:
>
>> On Dec 12, 9:03 am, a > wrote:
>>> On Dec 11, 8:46 pm, Mike Ash > wrote:
>>>
>>> > In article
>>> > <ba0ba8fe-2141-40d0-93f8-4989bbcd8...
> @s20g2000yqd.googlegroups.c
>>> > om>,
>>>
>>> > Mark > wrote:
>>> > > This is one of the smoothest elephant landings
>>> > > I've ever seen.
>>> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU
>>>
>>> > Certainly the smoothest one I've ever seen. Also the least
>>> > smooth I've ever seen.
>>>
>>> > --
>>> > Mike Ash
>>> > Radio Free Earth
>>> > Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside
>>> > the Moon
>>>
>>> Did you notice the asymmetrical flap deployment?
>>
>> The asymmetry you observed is necessary with elephant flights,
>> as they use their heated pitot trunks in a cantilevered fashion
>> increasing parasitic drag, creating inevitable adverse yaw.
>> Fortunately the elephant didn't choose to go around, and
>> kick in his rear thruster.
>
> Yeah, whatever you say Mark. Meet me in Berlin next week if you want
> to see some real engineering.
> --
>

I am trying to figure this out.


A couple weeks ago you said: meet me in Berlin.

A few days ago you said
Run like hell in the general direction of "away"

Away and Berlin are in the same place, then.

But why did you say next week?


You will however want to see this
http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/f15_15.jpg


You are also going to want to see this
http://images.tradingmarkets.com/images/Landry5/w070501.gif

..

That's completely accessible by the way. These are important issues.