Micro Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Sorry if it has already been posted, but I was blown away by this... Edit: Check out the first shot of the Harrier. Is that nosewheel tire inflation normal? Sure doesn't look like the 350psi required for CV ops. Edited June 27, 2014 by Micro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Impressive stuff! Kinda reminds me of the experiments the Royal Navy did in the 1950s with rubber flight decks to eliminate the need for undercarriage in the first place! Needless to say nothing came of it! Maybe something to do with how do you get the aircraft back to the mainland? Can't rubberise a whole runway, can you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 never seen this before!(never heard of neither!) rather impressive! thanks for posting that link! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chriss7606 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Wow! I bet he was aware of one stool that was present though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Wow! I bet he was aware of one stool that was present though... --- Go stand under the Harrier's jetwash for that comment :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 That's pretty awesome. I'm amazed they had this stool present for this specific situation. Impressive foresight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JB2013 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Awesome! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Micro Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 After watching the video again I noticed something. Take a look at the Harrier's nose wheel during the very first shot as it is turning. That looks awfully under-inflated to me. It that normal for the VSTOL guys? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 That's pretty awesome. I'm amazed they had this stool present for this specific situation. Impressive foresight. --- I bet it was one of those funny little ideas one of the mechanics had on the spur of the moment! Is that what you really call blue sky thinking? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Cartwright Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Impressive flying, and interesting video - thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Awww. It's not an iPad-friendly video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Awww. It's not an iPad-friendly video. --- You mean my crappy el cheapo Samsung Dumbphone is better than your snazzy expensive Apple iPad? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I get the message that the video has been removed :-( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) I get the message that the video has been removed :-( --- Damn, yeah, I just had a look and it's gone too! Edited June 26, 2014 by Tsubame Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I get the message that the video has been removed :-( Me too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Micro Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Link fixed. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Link fixed. :)/> --- Where has the link gone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Micro Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Not sure. I pasted the new link right over the original and the preview came up. Of course, if you want the link, just click the "Youtube" button on the preview window. It'll take you to Youtube where you can copy the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 After watching the video again I noticed something. Take a look at the Harrier's nose wheel during the very first shot as it is turning. That looks awfully under-inflated to me. It that normal for the VSTOL guys? Completely normal, as I mentioned in the A-4 thread. Also, at Cherry Point a TAV-8B crew landed on a pile of mattresses when their gear failed. One of my books has pictures of the sequence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Worked for me! Nice job Thanks for posting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Horrido Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Completely normal, as I mentioned in the A-4 thread. Also, at Cherry Point a TAV-8B crew landed on a pile of mattresses when their gear failed. One of my books has pictures of the sequence. That looked like an "OUCH!" to me: http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meavfxSXVR1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Not sure. I pasted the new link right over the original and the preview came up. Of course, if you want the link, just click the "Youtube" button on the preview window. It'll take you to Youtube where you can copy the link. hmmm, I can't see the link here anywhere. No matter cos I've seen it now anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 That's a very cool video...thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) When I worked on Harriers one of the RAF exchange pilots had an identical situation to the video, where his nose gear failed to extend (actually happened a couple of times while I was in, most times putting some Gs on the gear snapped it into place). He declined to attempt to blow the gear down, as that was a one-way option, and instead retracted the rest of his gear and hovered it in on the strakes. As I was at I-level at the time, I took part in the inspection and repair of the strakes. We got them in fully expecting we'd be writing them off for delaminations or structural cracks, but there was none of that. Full NDI inspections returned nothing - they were just badly scuffed on the bottoms. We smeared resin on, sanded them out, repainted them and returned them to the unit. Helluva soft landing he pulled off. Edited June 27, 2014 by LanceB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 LanceB! Another Harrier guy! They sure are getting common around here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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