Watch this 230-ton Airbus A330 Stopping In Midair for a Few Seconds
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Uploaded by arasukrishna on Nov 9, 2011
This is what happens when a 230-ton Airbus A330 has the right angle of attack, the right low speed and the right amount of head wind: it gets suspended in the middle of the sky for a few seconds.
It feels like it's flying in slow motion, then it freezes for a couple of seconds and keeps moving in slow motion. The phenomenon has an easy explanation: the Airbus is making a very slow low pass, taking advantage of the very strong head wind combined with the minimun air speed and a high angle of attack to achieve lift for its flaps configuration (which is hard to see from the ground).
This produces extremely low ground speed, which results from the A330's air speed minus the speed of the head wind. The combination of this ground speed and the A330's size give the viewer the sensation of a plane almost frozen in midair.
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@arasukrishna very nice video and explanation! what could be the ground speed of it? it seemed to be like 40km/h ! what´s your guess??
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@MrGurkaransingh This is an Airbus A330. Not a Boeing.
And Boeing has been making helicopters since the 1960's.
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dude this plane handles like a rc flyer
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massa!
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Really!!! to those who dislike this video.. that was awesome!!! nice harrier action!!
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@ChiefFrogman Meaning?
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Air brakes FTW!
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OMG
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All aboard the Failbus!
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awesumm !!!!! really nice technique n rightly handled .......
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Aww shit, real life is lagging again.
don818 3 months ago 101
Right, now what was the wind speed? Don't leave us wondering like that.
dpcnull 3 months ago 43