A380 Tail Strike

[IBPilot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDcHDaFXli0

"Come on, come on, you can do it, just a little more, come on, ----- rotate damit!! --- Geez, ----------tailstrike"

[Darkwing Duck]

Cool vid but looks to me they did it on purpose during a testing phase. No big deal. Now if this was done by someone with livery colours, then we got a problem.

[hairdo]

I think its been posted here before, but it's just one of the Vmu test vids.

[Dust Devil]

I seem to recall the tail strike further aft was unintentional. The intention I think was just for the big orange pad to contact the runway. No biggie though. That's what testing is about and why they get paid the big bucks.

[IBPilot]

The intention I think was just for the big orange pad to contact the runway. No biggie though. That's what testing is about and why they get paid the big bucks.

Interesting... they get paid to damage the airplane. Must be nice, you have a reason to screw up on the T/O but yes, intentional nonotheless

[hairdo]

I seem to recall the tail strike further aft was unintentional. The intention I think was just for the big orange pad to contact the runway. No biggie though. That's what testing is about and why they get paid the big bucks.

That's correct, I remember that now. I think it was their first run at it and they overrotated a bit more than intended and buzzed the empannage as well as the block.

[Pygmie]

The double contact was not planned. Check out this clip from a documentary about the plane:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwQMXz9PbrY

[Dust Devil]

The intention I think was just for the big orange pad to contact the runway. No biggie though. That's what testing is about and why they get paid the big bucks.

Interesting... they get paid to damage the airplane. Must be nice, you have a reason to screw up on the T/O but yes, intentional nonotheless

Interesting spin on being paid to damage aircraft. You will fit in nicely at avcanada. I'd say they are paid to test the limits of the aircraft and that is what they did here.

[IBPilot]

I'd say they are paid to test the limits of the aircraft and that is what they did here.

Interesting. Is that why the common opinion is that they actually hit twice.

Double contact not intentional

I can imagine their conversation...
"Rotate sir"
"Excellent, tail strike... beautiful,"
"Ooooops, we hit twice sir"
"Shit, I guess we'll have to pretend that we didn't know"
"Ok, good plan, after all, they wanted us to tailstrike"

[AMM]

Yeah...

IBPilot, I know you're anxious to climb the AViation ranks and are on an all out post-marathon but do try and use the search function!
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