The f-15 is a beautiful machine. Top 5 best looking aircraft ever made for sure. The F-14 was the best looking fighter ever made in my opinion the F-15 follows right behind it. The Soviets or Russians copied the F-15 and built a very nice looking aircraft to.. Not a fan of the stealth fighters. They just dont have the looks of the legacy machines..

 

My P&W fun with the F117-100.











Good motor.

Adrianspeeder

 

Me marshalling one out of parking in a sandstorm. Friend filming had to take cover behind the bobtail unfortunately.


Daytime backing.


Adrianspeeder

 

This brings up a good debate, what are the top 5 best looking aircraft of all time.

 

F-14 tomcat P-51 mustang F-15 Eagle Mig 31 F-111. thats my list off the top of my head..

 

My favorites in order"

P-51 Mustang
F-86 Saber
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-15 Eagle
F-100 Super Saber

There are others that are cool looking just because of the oddity, example A-10 or F7U Cutlass.

 

Here's the top 5 with pics (how it should be) but I'm gonna try to pick one from each generation. I'm sticking to fighter jets to keep it simple.

WWI
SPAD XIII


WWII
This one is tough, the P-51D is gorgeous


but so is the Spitfire

too close to call, it's a draw

The F4 Phantom has always been a favorite. Big, nasty and mean; what's not to like?


The Dassault Rafale is a beauty queen, too bad is just sits on the shelf.

 

Naw naw naw, thems little toy planes. I like my birds like my trucks and women.

1. 777
2. C-17
3. B-52
4. MD-11
5. 747-800

And if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.

Adrianspeeder

 

Win! I'm just going to add F-18 to that list and A-10, Looks that kill haha 30mm of hate

 

Adrian

I question for you, I've always wondered.

Without going into specifics that you may not be allowed to answer, What is the shaft speed, in RPMs for a jet engine on a large plane. Like 747 or B-52 or, or.....

I'm not asking about prop speed on a turbine, but the shaft on a jet engine, the part you shreds the unlucky goose that gets sucked in.

By listening, it sounds quite high, by looking, it seems rather slow although I'll bet the tip speed is up there!

 

My kid who is navy was stationed on an old LPD and he use to tell me how that old rust bucket was the finest ship iin the Navy..
Sorry thems the E series of airplanes..

 

Some more pictures with the TR and accessory doors open.





Well, there are two different speeds that are measured. N1 and N2. On a high bypass motor like a CF6 on a 74, or my 757 PW2000 derived F-117-100, N2 would be the rotational speed of the core. The core's exhaust blowing out the back has the last job of spinning a few stages that send rotational force all the way back to the front to spin the front fan giving N1 speed. No idea on the actual RPM's as we measure them in a percentage value.



Adrianspeeder

 

I found a document from Stanford about the GE-90 (powers the 777) that says,
In mid-November 94, GE conducted the fan bladeout test with the FAA present. The release blade was detonated at a fan speed of 2,485 rpm, 10 rpm over the target, with the engine generating more than 105,000 lb. (466.8 kN) of sea level static (SLS) corrected thrust. The engine mount system performed as designed and the test demonstrated fan blade containment.
The ruggedness of the composite fan blade was successfully demonstrated, and the observed trailing blade damage matched pre-test analysis, verifying the inherent benefits of the composite blade design.

 

That GE90 ain't no joke. First 777 I seen that blocked into parking next to a jet I was workin', and I was over to check it out with a quickness. HUGE freakin' beast of a motor.

Adrianspeeder

 

You guys are doing it all wrong.

Lycoming O-320