Very cool video. watch?v=gjXCulRjPas is the same compilation from a different view and in real time.
The 200-300ft gain occurred after AWE1549 extended its flaps - a result of the extra lift generated by doing so. Also, radar does not determine altitude, but is transmitted by an altitude-encoding transponder on the aircraft.
if you watch the reconstruction with alternate audio to it, you'll see in the open captions that the helicopter had the aircraft in sight. so it may have looked like a possible collision but certainly wasn't. another great observation!
Excellent reconstruction. Many people don't know how to read it, but I found it interesting how radar shows Cactus 1549 going from 200ft back to 300ft before he went down into the Hudson. Radar reliability issues?
Very cool video. watch?v=gjXCulRjPas is the same compilation from a different view and in real time.
The 200-300ft gain occurred after AWE1549 extended its flaps - a result of the extra lift generated by doing so. Also, radar does not determine altitude, but is transmitted by an altitude-encoding transponder on the aircraft.
pacallen 2 years ago
This is very cool... I noticed that N152TA almost had a mid-air right over where 1549 ditched as she circled over the site.
fly44d 2 years ago
if you watch the reconstruction with alternate audio to it, you'll see in the open captions that the helicopter had the aircraft in sight. so it may have looked like a possible collision but certainly wasn't. another great observation!
exosphere3d 2 years ago
Excellent reconstruction. Many people don't know how to read it, but I found it interesting how radar shows Cactus 1549 going from 200ft back to 300ft before he went down into the Hudson. Radar reliability issues?
zakooldude 2 years ago
they extended the flaps and traded airspeed for altitude, you can see that happening better on the full reconstruction video. great observation!
exosphere3d 2 years ago
@exosphere3d Yes, because that was just a few seconds before ditching. ...Great Skills!
Soaronex 8 months ago
@zakooldude The altitude data would be from the Cactus' transponder, wouldn't it, and hence pretty accurate.
romkyns 9 months ago