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Posted on 10/18/2011 3:02:52 PM PDT by CTOCS
By now I'm sure most of you have seen the Nisson truck ad where the pickup aids the Boeing 727 land with collapsed nosegear. Is this for real or an episode of clever cinematography? I figure if anyone would know, you guys would.
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 405; aerospace; aviation; isthisforreal; nissan
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To: al baby
How is Dasher doing? I miss her!
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
("#Occupy America" is a great success! I got mail today addressed to "Occupant"!)
To: CTOCS
Haven't seen the "
Nisson" truck commerical, so can't tell. But
this one certainly looks real.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:16:11 PM PDT
by
hadit2here
("Most men would rather die than think. Many do." - Bertrand Russell)
To: Washi
Google the minimum weight of something like a 737 at minimum weight....approximately 40,000 kg.......even for most of the weight on the back wheel’s I think it would have crushed the rear suspension of the truck...If that really was the Nissan doing that, it was all a kinetic time snap....I’d bet a bunch that suspension was crushed when they rolled to a stop and the weight three pointed fully....
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:17:15 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: CTOCS
My husband is a former American Airlines pilot and he says that this is FAKE; that if this were really tried, the truck would be crushed and the nose of the plane would grind into the truck/landing surface....
To: CTOCS
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
The idea goes even further back than Buckaroo Banzai (80's? Early 90's?).
I remember an episode of "Thunderbirds" (that's right, the original show with the marionettes) where they tried the same trick. Wasn't just the nose wheel, though, the A/C had total landing gear failure and three trucks were needed. It didn't end well, as I recall.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:18:35 PM PDT
by
ZOOKER
( Exploring the fine line between cynicism and outright depression)
To: ZOOKER
Static load = 16300 # per airliners.net
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:20:37 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
To: Washi
150 and 180 miles per hour.The version of truck in the commercial comes with factory installed after-burners. 180 is within operating specs. /snicker
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:22:23 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Son-of-a-Bitch!)
To: CTOCS
To: microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; Larry Lucido; namsman; jpsb; decimon; ...
Aviation ping
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
My tailgate jammed and I had to abort my bomb run.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:30:37 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: CTOCS
Thank you for all the replies. I figured as much. First, the speed the truck needed to attain and the suspension needed to bear the weight.
A special thank you to all who pointed out the “fat-fingering” of the word Nissan.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:33:10 PM PDT
by
CTOCS
(I live in my own little world. But, it's okay. They know me there....)
To: ZOOKER
I remember an episode of "Thunderbirds" (that's right, the original show with the marionettes) where they tried the same trick. Wasn't just the nose wheel, though, the A/C had total landing gear failure and three trucks were needed. It didn't end well, as I recall.Interesting.
I was a (very) casual acquaintance with one of the CGI artists who worked on BB and he was a little peeved when '405' came out.
Since he was a young guy, about my age, it's possible he saw the Thunderbirds episode you mention without actually remembering it.
I know that even though I watched the show regularly, I don't remember it.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:33:34 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(People should not be afraid of the government. Governement should be afraid of the people)
To: CTOCS; glock rocks; NormsRevenge; Pete-R-Bilt; SouthTexas
ain’t going to happen until Nisson/Nissan/Nissen/SenSen/Datsun builds a truck that is not as ugly as a mud fence...
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:43:45 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(She was only a whiskey maker, but I loved her still.)
To: CTOCS
There was a true story a couple of years ago about a small private plane with a wheel stuck. The pilot flew as slow as he could above the runway while someone drove a fast car under it and someone climbed through the sunroof, reached up and yanked the wheel down.
Awesome rescue action for a plane
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:44:32 PM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: GeronL
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:45:21 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
The more I think about it, the more I think it wasn't a series episode, it was a full-length feature film spun off of the series.
I could be wrong, it was long ago
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:45:43 PM PDT
by
ZOOKER
( Exploring the fine line between cynicism and outright depression)
To: hflynn
You really had to think about this? I guess I now know had Obama got elected. LOL. As they say on ESPN, "C'mon man!!". Be nice now. LOL.
To: CTOCS
You’ve got to be kidding me. Do you have any idea how fast or heavy a passenger jet is. Please plug in your brain and stop posting like a DUmmie.
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posted on
10/18/2011 3:48:16 PM PDT
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: CTOCS
Those are some pretty fat fingers. The A and O are seperated by 8 keys and a row! all in good fun of coarse!
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