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Post by a380admirer on Nov 5, 2013 15:43:13 GMT 1
She is now a long time in the air over france.
We know that MSN147 has a probe attached. Maybe she make some additional tests.
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Post by XWB on Nov 5, 2013 17:13:22 GMT 1
Low approach at TLS completed, looks like the ferry flight.
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Post by seibedom on Nov 5, 2013 17:31:35 GMT 1
Just landed back in TLS, just FF, no ferry yet.
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Post by XWB on Nov 5, 2013 17:37:10 GMT 1
Yeah it was just a go-around.
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Post by XWB on Nov 5, 2013 19:02:08 GMT 1
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Post by seibedom on Nov 5, 2013 20:40:49 GMT 1
Okay, I got some questions about that...  What exactly is done during a performance flight? Why is it done on this frame? It's not like it's a prototype or something. And what is a trailing cone for? Thx  |
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Post by addasih on Nov 5, 2013 21:37:21 GMT 1
I will say it is to make sure the frames still meet or exceed expectation special after improvement or upgrade. They pickup a frame each year for the testing. We had photos for another EK frame done the test last year (don't ask me which MSN it was because I don't remember but I am pretty sure FabienA380 or XWB has the info). The trailing cone is a sense to measure certain kind of criteria. Please correct my answers if you have more accurate ones |
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Post by FabienA380 on Nov 6, 2013 3:22:05 GMT 1
The one EK frames that I can think of that had the probe as well were MSN025, MSN098 and MSN116. MSN098 did at least 4 different flights at Toulouse before being ferried to XFW... I'm wondering if the black part at the bottom of the tail (MSN147, MSN142) could be another sensor??... Fabien |
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Post by seibedom on Nov 6, 2013 6:59:36 GMT 1
I looked up what a trailing cone does.
It is used as a refernce (static) preassure sensor as reference to the ones on the aircraft. The cone is just used to stabalize the hose, which is the measuring part.
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Post by Linie 9 on Nov 7, 2013 11:24:23 GMT 1
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