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787-9 Flight Demo for Farnborough Rehearsal

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  1. Spasso

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    #1 Spasso, Jul 13, 2014
    In Moses Lake in preparation for Farnborough.
    Love the climb out.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRKm6PG918&feature=youtube_gdata_player]Boeing Preps the 787-9 Dreamliner for Farnborough - YouTube[/ame]
     
  2. Ryan S.

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    #2 Ryan S., Jul 13, 2014
    Beautiful!
     
  3. I16

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    #3 I16, Jul 14, 2014
  4. Thomas Magnum

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    #4 Thomas Magnum, Jul 14, 2014
    Impressive demonstration!
     
  5. BubblesQuah

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    #5 BubblesQuah, Jul 14, 2014
    Very nice. I'd love to see and hear the cockpit video during that.
     
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    #6 davebdave, Jul 14, 2014
    Beautiful. The air-to-air video was as impressive. Almost looked like CGI.
     
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    #7 donv, Jul 14, 2014
    Great video! The wing on that thing is amazing.
     
  8. subirg

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    #8 subirg, Jul 14, 2014
    Amazing!
     
  9. docmirror

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    #9 docmirror, Jul 14, 2014
    That's a nice looking vid. Two things I note.

    1) at 1:14 or so, it looks like the main gear bay doors didn't line up well. There's a longitudinal gap where no gap is intended.

    2) Stick jockeys will like the vid. The guys who write checks want to know: A) PPH fuel/payload. B) non-rev hours/rev hours. C) Cap-ex vs Op-ex.
     
  10. gt4me

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    #10 gt4me, Jul 14, 2014
    Great video.
     
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    #12 donv, Jul 14, 2014
    As I was watching, I will admit that I was wondering about that. While it's cool, and great for us to watch on the internet and all, how does it actually sell more airplanes?

     
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    #13 Spasso, Jul 14, 2014
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    Hard to say if that is a gap or lip.
    The area in question is at the hinge side of both doors.
    I know there is a certain amount of adjustment available.
    Might need a little tweaking.

    It appears at 1:05 as well and actually looks longer than the gear door dimension.
    Hard to say what it really is.

    It is something that would be corrected if necessary before the flight to Europe.
     
  14. ilconservatore

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    #14 ilconservatore, Jul 14, 2014
    From a layman's standpoint like mine, it builds confidence in the public at large. :)

    If I hadn't seen the video here, I would have thought it was really slick animation.
    Didn't know commercial airliners could climb like that.

    How close does that tail come to the tarmac?!
     
  15. MarkPDX

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    #15 MarkPDX, Jul 14, 2014
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    Eh.... It's just the usual advertising. How many people tow much more than a boat with their pickup truck? Yet every pickup ad shows the guy towing 10 ton excavator across a mud filled construction site.
     
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    #17 Spasso, Jul 14, 2014
    No passengers.
    No luggage
    No revenue cargo
    Low airframe weight
    Light fuel load

    Pretty effortless when it comes to climb and maneuvering, (especially when you firewall the throttles.);)
     
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    #18 Spasso, Jul 14, 2014
    Video from Farnborough.

    I see the same dark line along the centerline but more aligned with where the hinge point for the LH gear door would be.

    In the previous video it appeared the dark line was aligned with the RH door hinge point.

    See 1:02.

    I don't think it's a gap.
    More likely a seem or joint.

    This is a flight test A/P so who knows.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5uVakGGNCU]Impressive New Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Farnborough Airshow. - YouTube[/ame]
     
  19. Bob Parks

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    #19 Bob Parks, Jul 14, 2014
    There is a fairing between the clamshell doors on the centerline of the fuselage. It probably covers some of the hinge attachment. I'll find out.
     
  20. ilconservatore

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    #20 ilconservatore, Jul 15, 2014

    Amazing stuff, thanks
     
  21. NürScud

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    #21 NürScud, Jul 15, 2014
    Great!
     
  22. Spasso

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    #22 Spasso, Jul 15, 2014
    - I walked next door and took a look at a 787-8 today and the belly of the airplane is not flat in the area you mention.

    - From the point where the wing-body fairing joins the fuselage at the bottom,(forward of the wing leading edge) all the way back to aft of the main gear, there is a raised section that runs down the centerline of the airplane that looks about 20 inches wide x 2.5 to 3.00 high.

    - I would imagine it is a raceway for utilities/wiring.

    - Depending on the viewing angle you will see the shadow of the "step" (off center either left or right).
     
  23. Bob Parks

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    #23 Bob Parks, Jul 15, 2014
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    Thanks, that's just what I thought. The earlier airplanes had a huge extruded beam through there to join the 43 section to the 46 section but there was no break in the lower surface.
     
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    #24 Chupacabra, Jul 15, 2014
    Beat me to it :)

    Nice demonstration! It looks so good in flight.
     
  25. docmirror

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    #25 docmirror, Jul 15, 2014
    lol :) I like that one I used to see where the truck was pulling some huge load up a spiral incline ramp. That was both stupid, and interesting at the same time. I wondered how they got the stuff down after filming.
     
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