MD-87 tail strike (VMU) test

Pilots are such a turn on :)

I currently fly the MD-80 series jets. This is the first Vmu video I've seen of the DC-9.

Thanks for posting!

I guess noone pays attention to the title of the video to know before they pull a Captian Obvious that it is a test. People that moronic should be castrated. Cool video btw =)

Nice vid! I know you probably have the whole video, and can't share the whole thing. You mind sharing it with me...privately?

Its a test

hmm that looks like more than 15 degrees nose up

Please correct me if I'm wrong but the clime out angle in normally 20 degrees nose up but i think that mite very on the plane the the amount of thrust the engines produce the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C engines on the MD-87 are very powerful thus the MD-80's have a very high clime out angle

Nice video, thanks for posting.

in fact it is a test of minimum speed take-off so the pilot has to rotate as soon as possible