An empty XR maintains a 5,000 fpm climb, and that's with reduced thrust and a 240kt climb. Basically, full effort, an empty XR would have very easily been looking back at that Gulfstream. Keep in mind that XR probably had 20,000lbs of payload. What'd the Gulfstream have?
it looks like the airplane was trying to race the other one.
07tundra6in 2 years ago
An empty XR maintains a 5,000 fpm climb, and that's with reduced thrust and a 240kt climb. Basically, full effort, an empty XR would have very easily been looking back at that Gulfstream. Keep in mind that XR probably had 20,000lbs of payload. What'd the Gulfstream have?
seattlepilot984 3 years ago
Nice video! I love the XRs but that plane on the takeoff roll killed it! Looked like a G3 or G4, but the XRs can definately hold their own!
seattlepilot984 4 years ago
lol. maybe if the xr was empty we might have seen more of the gulfstream... then again........... i doubt it.
mikey69up 3 years ago