Orlando Takeoff: McDonnell Douglas MD-83 American Airlines to DFW

[rtfe83able]

Cool Video I like when everyone makes the ooohhh sound after a liitle pocket of turbulence that always happens leaving MCO in the middle of the day!

[honestly786]

what music is it?

[forendo720]

whats the song in the begining?

[cubsrule2040]

how come there's no flap sounds on the MD-83?

[cwastudent]

There is it's just the engines over powering the the sound!

[dookiekong007]

first of all, the flaps are only used to slow the plane down, not helping it fly. The elevator does (the tail) and that you saw was just an illusion from the aileron or small flap at the tip of the wing moving a bit up, that was how the plane kinda turn to the left when it got off the ground. lol just wanna tell you, nothing more.

[cubsrule2040]

i don't hear the flaps on the MD-80s unlike the Boeing 737

[38tango]

The classic 737s have a very distinctive flap sound which is coming from the jack screws that actuate the flaps. The MD80s also have a jack screw but it is much smaller as it does not have fowler flaps and doesn't have to go as far...they really are mostly only on a hinge. This is one reason the 737s have flap canoes, to house the large length of jack screw they need for those flaps to get so much bigger when they extend.

[cubsrule2040]

the next generation 737s also have a distinctive sound

[bbaker904]

Flaps don't help fly? You a pilot? Sorry but flaps increase wing surface and increase wing lift at lower speeds. A plane made today would stall on take off with out them. We already have one major crash from a pilot that forgot to set flaps on take off.

[dookiekong007]

OK, I'll admit I kinda made a mistake there. But it was all a misunderstanding cuz I thought I saw the aileron up. thats all. By the way, I flew six flights this summer and 2/3 flew without setting the flaps down. Only when the runways were two short. LIke JOhn Wayne airport

[bbaker904]

Don't worry. Some planes like the 737 and 757 are hard to tell that flaps are part way down. They do extend in these models quite a bit. If you sit in front of the wing you can see the leading edge flaps which are the most important on take off. Like rear flaps they can be set for take off or increased for landing. go to video, american airlines MD82 landing in Chicago Ohare. Watch the front flaps change twice on the ground near the end. front flaps change attack angle for flight.

[dookiekong007]

wuw, i never realized there were front flaps. but how come I dont notice it even when I sat rite on the wing?

[bbaker904]

Flap on the front lower the front profile of the wing. On most md80's and 757 or 67 you would need to sit in front of the wing and look back to see them work. If you go to that video I wrote about or go to any 757 take off showing the front of the engine, you can watch the front of the wing and see it change. The bigger the plane the easier it is to see. The 747 are plain and clear.

[aerialpic]

These front flaps you refer to are called slats.

[aerialpic]

@dookiekong007 You are totally incorrect regarding the flaps. In takeoff position (as seen on the video) they increase lift reducing the amount of runway needed to lift off.

[dookiekong007]

Yah, I know that, dont know what i was thinking though. But since you seem more pro than I am, explain to me how the planes turn, you know, does the ailersons move up and down with the rudder moving also. Ive been on so many flights and I rarely see the airlerons move when the planes turned

[aerialpic]

Ailerons work independent of the rudder but they are used together for coordinated turns. Ailerons bank the wings whereas the rudder turns the nose. This is called yaw. An airplane can be turned with ailerons only but the tail would skid (yaw) around the turn. At normal cruise speeds you won't see ailerons move much but at slow speeds such as short final approach, aileron movement can easily be noticed, especially in gusty conditions.

[YxJames]

Runway 36R Takeoff.

[Dawayne498jd]

what was this, spring break?

[af4cz]

Awesome music! Video was great too.

[EDDLspotter]

Hi Felix,

danke für dieses coole Video, viele scheinen ja glücklich über diesen Flug gewesen zu sein, der Geräuschkulisse nach zu urteilen.

Gruß Kevin

[leonelp51]

LOL felix u where always traveling ?'' xD ¡¡¡