Strong Wind?

[flightsimmer]

Yesterday de news, if i did not hear wrongly, 72km/h wind in tokyo brought the FEDEX plane down?... where got so fast de wind?.. isit true?...

[SPHB]

Yesterday de news, if i did not hear wrongly, 72km/h wind in tokyo brought the FEDEX plane down?... where got so fast de wind?.. isit true?...

it happens everywhere especially in coastal areas if im not wrong
so far strongest i've seen in Singapore is about 25-30 knots

[flightsimmer]

it happens everywhere especially in coastal areas if im not wrong
so far strongest i've seen in Singapore is about 25-30 knots

i noe plane measure by knots. fly microsoft flight sim too much. 30knots around hw much km/h?

[SPHB]

1 knot = 1.85km/h

[Adrianli]

I guess u dont read, listen or watch the news. There are 200+km/h winds also. U need to "see" the world.

[JieZ]

Yeap,72km/h.
Wind Shear or something.

See link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090323/...as_japan_crash

[jansonfinn]

Yesterday de news, if i did not hear wrongly, 72km/h wind in tokyo brought the FEDEX plane down?... where got so fast de wind?.. isit true?...

ya, it is not purely bcoz of the wind, but also bcoz of the the design of the plane. The MD-11 was designed with a smaller horizontal stabilizer than other airliners. Plus the shifting of its center of gravity further aft, causes it to be unusually light on the controls. That design, known as relaxed stability, is common to fighter planes but is not normally found in the pitch axis of a civilian airliner. It makes it more likely that the pilot will overcontrol and exacerbate the situation, during a recovery attempt after a high altitude upset. That deficient design, combined with a lack of pilot training for upset recovery in the MD-11, was the cause of several accidents, mostly likely including this.

[GTR35]

Yesterday de news, if i did not hear wrongly, 72km/h wind in tokyo brought the FEDEX plane down?... where got so fast de wind?.. isit true?...

Last time when hurricane katrina hit USA wind speed reach up too 300km/h

so 72km/h is strong for a plane but is not one of the strongest wind

[flightsimmer]

Last time when hurricane katrina hit USA wind speed reach up too 300km/h

so 72km/h is strong for a plane but is not one of the strongest wind

imagine if u were trying to land a rc jet / heli when 72km/h wind blows. lol

[badtzmaru]

ya, it is not purely bcoz of the wind, but also bcoz of the the design of the plane. The MD-11 was designed with a smaller horizontal stabilizer than other airliners. Plus the shifting of its center of gravity further aft, causes it to be unusually light on the controls. That design, known as relaxed stability, is common to fighter planes but is not normally found in the pitch axis of a civilian airliner. It makes it more likely that the pilot will overcontrol and exacerbate the situation, during a recovery attempt after a high altitude upset. That deficient design, combined with a lack of pilot training for upset recovery in the MD-11, was the cause of several accidents, mostly likely including this.

Imagine landing at close too stalling speed, when going to touch down, suddenly the head wind change direction become tail wing, the aircraft will drop like shit....

[Ghostfit]

imagine if u were trying to land a rc jet / heli when 72km/h wind blows. lol

Sloper gliders pilots love it when it's blowing hard !

...the harder the better ! ...so you see, not all RC flyers hates the wind !

[flightsimmer]

Sloper gliders pilots love it when it's blowing hard !

...the harder the better ! ...so you see, not all RC flyers hates the wind !

wad if so strong ur glider kena blow far far until out of sight? want to turn back to land, but become going against the wind, maybe got motor but no power, or even no motor at all. then kena blow away?..

[Adrianli]

No hope, no hope.

[Murdanny]

Sloper gliders pilots love it when it's blowing hard !

...the harder the better ! ...so you see, not all RC flyers hates the wind !

sounds wrong...

[Ghostfit]

sounds wrong...

Ahhh ! ...you should try slope soaring one of these days !

No hope, no hope.

He's still young, got a long way more to go ! ...dun give up hope !

wad if so strong ur glider kena blow far far until out of sight? want to turn back to land, but become going against the wind, maybe got motor but no power, or even no motor at all. then kena blow away?..

The stronger the wind, the more weight you put at the CG position to make the glider heavier thus giving it a higher wing loading allowing it to penetrate the wind.

Doesn't meant no motor cannot fly upwind !