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May 20^th, 2008 at 10:17am

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My experiment with Pulse detonation engines:
We have all asked our selves, if a 707 had 110,000lbs of thrust would it do shorter take offs?

And would it accelerate straight up like a fighter?

And time to climb?

And how fast could you go before the plane broke up?

I did put the thrust back to 11,200 on the VC-137A when I was done, to hard to fly at min throttle.

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Reply #1 - May 20^th, 2008 at 10:29am

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I read somewhere that :- 'the only thing that gets a 707 into the air is the curvature of the earth!'

Nice shots. I guess that orange colour is abundant on more than just navy stuff?

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Reply #2 - May 20^th, 2008 at 10:45am

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Thank you

That used to be the color of the MATS: Military Air Transportation Service. Before they changed their name to MAC: Military Airlift Comnad.

Thats was the first Air Force 1 on the 707, VC-137A.

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Reply #3 - May 20^th, 2008 at 6:50pm

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I think it would accelerate a lot better with the gear up Grin

Cool bird ... I like those noisy old 707's and the same goes for the 727.
Classic liners remember us where we're come from.

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Reply #4 - May 20^th, 2008 at 8:39pm

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todayshorse wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 10:29am:

I read somewhere that :- 'the only thing that gets a 707 into the air is the curvature of the earth!'

Technically this is possible. It is called orbit.

Basically how it works is that...hmmm... how about an example:

If I throw a baseball, it is in suborbit, meaning that its telemetry intersects with the Earth's surface. However if you get the object moving fast enough, the object's telematry will never intersect the Earth's surface. It is always falling toward Earth, but the Earth is never there to fall on, so it goes 'round and 'round. By the way, that speed is 17,500 MPH, or 7 Kilometers per second. I can't throw that fast. Wink

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Reply #5 - May 21^st, 2008 at 2:54am

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Quote:

todayshorse wrote on May 20^th, 2008 at 10:29am:

I read somewhere that :- 'the only thing that gets a 707 into the air is the curvature of the earth!'

Technically this is possible. It is called orbit.

Basically how it works is that...hmmm... how about an example:

If I throw a baseball, it is in suborbit, meaning that its telemetry intersects with the Earth's surface. However if you get the object moving fast enough, the object's telematry will never intersect the Earth's surface. It is always falling towrad Earth, but the Earth is never there to fall on, so it goes round and round. By the way, that speed is 17,500 MPH, or 7 Kilometers per second. I can't throw that fast. Wink

...which is exactly how rockets such as apollo and so on get into orbit. A lot of people think they go 'straight up' but its not the case!

Thats also why tom hanks says 'roll complete - we are pitching!' during the launch!

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Reply #6 - May 21^st, 2008 at 8:27am