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Exclusive: Pilots of World’s Largest Airplane Reveal Flight Details
Stratolauncher pilot Mark Giddings, along with co-pilot Evan Thomas and flight engineer Jake Riley, successfully completed Sunday’s third test flight of the world’s largest airplane—nicknamed Roc—which is scheduled to begin air-launching hypersonic test vehicles later this year. (www.flyingmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Stratolauncher is the collaboration of unlimited funding and the stellar imagination of The 'Wizard of Mojave', Bert Rutan! How could it be anything but controversial, given that almost everything out of Bert's place in the beginning of Scaled Composites was, particularly in appearance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems
My hope is that it becomes something that actually contributes to humanity and not just another tribute to the hubris of big money and egos. In Latin the term is 'In Esse", it exists, do something with it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems
My hope is that it becomes something that actually contributes to humanity and not just another tribute to the hubris of big money and egos. In Latin the term is 'In Esse", it exists, do something with it!
Who's in the other cockpit?
Hmm. I think the AN-225 has a higher payload by some 10,000 lbs.
now now - don't go trying to confuse the issue with facts
Yes, and completely irrelevant facts as well. The wingspan is 95 feet more than the AN-225, so it is larger. It is the world's largest airplane.
a movie poster is larger than a stoneware dinner plate - but which one is going to hold a pile of superbowl foods from the crock-pots? Size means nothing without capacity.
I'm guessing that you also think the U-2 is bigger than an ERJ-145 too, eh?
I'm guessing that you also think the U-2 is bigger than an ERJ-145 too, eh?
You're a little "touched" aren't you?
unfounded personal attacks as a result of explaining basic things to you and questioning your perceptions? Cmon now...
Just because you think payload is an irrelevant fact for large aircraft doesn't mean that it is.
Just because you think payload is an irrelevant fact for large aircraft doesn't mean that it is.
First: I didn't attack you. I really think there's something wrong with you, and I asked you.
Second: Basic things = this plane is bigger than that plane by 95 feet. That is not perception.
Third: I didn't say payload was an irrelevant fact for large aircraft, but it is largely irrelevant when comparing the SIZE of one aircraft to another. The four door AM General HMMWV seats four people. I suppose you think a Ford Focus is bigger because it seats five... eh?
Bigger vs. smaller is something you should have pretty well mastered before kindergarten.
Second: Basic things = this plane is bigger than that plane by 95 feet. That is not perception.
Third: I didn't say payload was an irrelevant fact for large aircraft, but it is largely irrelevant when comparing the SIZE of one aircraft to another. The four door AM General HMMWV seats four people. I suppose you think a Ford Focus is bigger because it seats five... eh?
Bigger vs. smaller is something you should have pretty well mastered before kindergarten.
lol... a vain attempt to feign personal attacks under the guise of concern. Right. The icing on the cake is when you added the snide remark at the end of your last comment.... but I'm sure that wasn't an attack either, eh?
Basic thing: it takes more than wingspan to make a plane big. Hence my previous question to you about the U-2 v. the ERJ-145. I will give you some time to think about that one.
The number of people a vehicle seats is irrelevant to it's payload - in which case the Hummer still wins.
Now - if you wish to have a civil discussion going forward then we can continue this debate. But - if you're just going to continue with your childish outbursts of incivility - then the discussion is over, as you will have nothing of value to say or that is worth listening to.
Basic thing: it takes more than wingspan to make a plane big. Hence my previous question to you about the U-2 v. the ERJ-145. I will give you some time to think about that one.
The number of people a vehicle seats is irrelevant to it's payload - in which case the Hummer still wins.
Now - if you wish to have a civil discussion going forward then we can continue this debate. But - if you're just going to continue with your childish outbursts of incivility - then the discussion is over, as you will have nothing of value to say or that is worth listening to.
Wow. You're really something. You just make the rules up as you go along, that way you can always make yourself and only yourself believe that you've won something or proven something. Well at least now we all know that an aircraft tug is bigger than a Hummer, because it can tow more than a Hummer. I'm eagerly awaiting your new twist on which one "wins". (psst - what if the payload IS people?)
Now - if you wish to have a civil discussion going forward, then we can continue to give you an education on big versus small. If airplane A is 95 feet larger than airplane B, then which airplane is bigger?
You must really watch out for those "childish outbursts of incivility". All that ranting and raving and such. Oh the horror.
I've run across people like you every now and then. You know, if you don't already have one, a psychiatrist might really help you. At least I know they'd enjoy studying you. Don't mistake that for a feigned attack. I'm not attacking you. I really do think you need mental help.
Hey just a quick one for you since I can see you have absolutely nothing better to do than to attempt to impress everyone on FlightAware with your erudition: Is a Mallard duck the same size as a Sandhill crane? Because neither one carries a payload or passengers. Let's assume they're both adult males. I say they're the same size. But then the wing loading on the crane is certainly less, so I suppose the Sandhill crane is smaller.
Now - if you wish to have a civil discussion going forward, then we can continue to give you an education on big versus small. If airplane A is 95 feet larger than airplane B, then which airplane is bigger?
You must really watch out for those "childish outbursts of incivility". All that ranting and raving and such. Oh the horror.
I've run across people like you every now and then. You know, if you don't already have one, a psychiatrist might really help you. At least I know they'd enjoy studying you. Don't mistake that for a feigned attack. I'm not attacking you. I really do think you need mental help.
Hey just a quick one for you since I can see you have absolutely nothing better to do than to attempt to impress everyone on FlightAware with your erudition: Is a Mallard duck the same size as a Sandhill crane? Because neither one carries a payload or passengers. Let's assume they're both adult males. I say they're the same size. But then the wing loading on the crane is certainly less, so I suppose the Sandhill crane is smaller.
See my previous comment. Keep reading it over and over until you understand.
"Third flight took place 16 January 2022 from Mojave Air and Space Port; the flight lasted 4 hours 23 minutes and reached altitude of over 7,160 meters (23,490 ft) and top speed of 330 km/h (178 knots)".
They barely penetrated the flight levels, at a speed regularly topped by any turboprop or gutsy piston single, on a questimated 350,000 lbs of thrust with no payload. And they are still testing the landing gear one at a time? It obviously has yaw inertia issues with no payload, (external drag), as attested to by the flight crew and at this rate when will they have time to address the issues of instabilities induced by any delivery vehicle presence.
My prediction, this albatross will come to rest in the Paul Allen/Bert Rutan tribute hangar in the desert, somewhat akin to the Howard Hughes "Spruce Goose" and its various 'anomaly' of flight museums on the west coast to be viewed by the "did that really fly" crowd. To which the answer is , 'Not much, and not very far'.