MD-87 tail strike (VMU) test

A short video from the flight test program for the MD-87. This is an excerpt from the tail strike (VMU) test card. The original video was produced by McDonald-Douglas Aircraft Company in 1985 and the video segments are titled "Tail Strike Test". There are dozens of take-offs in the original video and the cockpit audio of the flight crew indicates their main concern is to get the tail to impact the runway instead of importance on minimum unstick speed (VMU).

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Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• MD-87
• test
• flight
• crazy
• flying
• tail
• strike
• minimum
• unstick
• speed

[tarquinazzo]

ur morons!

[TJDOZIER1]

Who? Me, them, or all of us?

[tarquinazzo]

no, just the voices in my head

[TJDOZIER1]

Do they tell you the lottery numbers, I'll split it with you.

[timefilm]

oww my ass

[Takroumt]

@1993GOS oo yes thanks

[1993GOS]

@Takroumt They have here too - that's what that orange piece is sticking out of the tail :)

[Takroumt]

@1993GOS Yes you're right I didn't know it at the beginning, but I noticed that in other tests they protect the tail.

[1993GOS]

@Takroumt That's the idea - it's a flight test to find out Minimum Takeoff speeds!

[eaterofclams]

@Takroumt

your reading skills really suck, but your comprehension is even worse.

[tigersfanatic98]

my dog does that across the carpet

[Takroumt]

They'd got to protect the back of the fuselage

[Takroumt]

The pilots raised the nose too early