Posted: 3/18/2012 10:01:26 AM EDT
| Watching the Nascar race at Bristol, they had t-45 trainers do the fly over. Both planes had their tailhooks down. Why??? Why does a plane with a tailhook almost always have it extended with no landing gear down for a fly over? |
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Watching the Nascar race at Bristol, they had t-45 trainers do the fly over. Both planes had their tailhooks down. Why??? Why does a plane with a tailhook almost always have it extended with no landing gear down for a fly over? On some planes there are either mechanical or electrical "logic" circuits that affect the flight controls when the tail hook is extended. Basically gives better slow speed handling. Of course not being able to show their dick from the cockpit migh have something to do with it. 
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Watching the Nascar race at Bristol, they had t-45 trainers do the fly over. Both planes had their tailhooks down. Why??? Why does a plane with a tailhook almost always have it extended with no landing gear down for a fly over? On some planes there are either mechanical or electrical "logic" circuits that affect the flight controls when the tail hook is extended. Basically gives better slow speed handling. Of course not being able to show their dick from the cockpit migh have something to do with it.
Aren't the tail-hooks slaved to the flaps? Lower flaps for more low speed lift = tail-hook extention. |
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Watching the Nascar race at Bristol, they had t-45 trainers do the fly over. Both planes had their tailhooks down. Why??? Why does a plane with a tailhook almost always have it extended with no landing gear down for a fly over? On some planes there are either mechanical or electrical "logic" circuits that affect the flight controls when the tail hook is extended. Basically gives better slow speed handling. Of course not being able to show their dick from the cockpit migh have something to do with it.
Aren't the tail-hooks slaved to the flaps? Lower flaps for more low speed lift = tail-hook extention. Not slaved to anything. You can put it down at any airspeed or configuration you like. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I've got a friend that's the CO of NAS Kingsville and a T45 instructor, I'll email this question to him. Cool, ty. His response: No - just for show. Letting the crowd know their are carrier aircraft. Of course most people wouldn't put two and two together, but... |