Another point I found very interesting was they hand carved the propellers and ended up at around 70% efficient, which is not far behind modern propellers. A point not mentioned was these guys were Ohioans from Dayton and merely went to SC because of the steady winds. The design and construction was Ohio but windy SC got the flight. Merry Christmas my friend and a healthy and prosperous new year.
Al
At 11:30 AM 12/18/2003, you wrote:
Jacques: I tend to agree and was thinking about that last night when some of the channels were showing related programs for the 100th anniversary of the Wright's accomplishment. Like Jimmy Stewart playing Chas Lindburgh flying for 38 hrs at 90mph with no autopilot or navigation and finding Paris - or the really interesting one was the History Channel's show on how the Wright Bros did what they did engineering wise on $1200 with no college education and created a plane that flew vs Samuel Langley and his team of formally trained engineers with their $70,000 in grants that plopped off the top of a house boat into the Potomac! That one made me feel pretty good as I thought about our R&D work vs the OEMS!!!!! HA!!
Happy Holidays!! TOM
-----Original Message----- From: Jacques Intriere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration
Geez Tom, facts like that will make me drink even more on the plane.
Thanks! Jacques
At 04:39 PM 12/17/2003 -0700, Tom Wishon wrote: >JOHN: > >OK, I have always been fascinated by airplane technology so since you >brought it up, I have to ask you - is it true that a 747 holds 47,000 >gallons of fuel and do the wings actually "flex" 17 feet between sitting >on the ground and cruising at 585mph? Inquiring minds want to know!! > >TOM > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:47 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Not Golf - Acceleration > >Ed > >Pretty interesting but I'm not sure if all if it is accurate. Being an >airplane jockey the only thing I know about is the aircraft comparison. >The >"average" 747 engine produces about 36,000 horsepower and consumes about >.9 >gallon a second during the takeoff which is it's highest time of >consumption. Interesting stuff though. > >John > > > >
