Sentences with phrase «takeoff roll»

As the Keystone weight and balance engineer, analyzed 67 flights a $ 4M test program, validating a 5 % reduction in combat - takeoff roll.

But it just keeps on pulling and pulling and pulling, feeling more like a jet doing a takeoff roll than a dragster doing a quarter mile.

Not exact matches

To survive the Mega Ramp, a rider must barrel down a 64 - foot - high, 60 - degree slope at 40 mph and clear a 75 - foot gap between the takeoff point and the landing area, which shoots straight into a 27 - foot quarterpipe that looks like a section of roller coaster.

Rolling takeoff: Make sure your remote control airplane gains plenty of speed and has a long runway before you start lifting it off the ground.

The plane rolls realistically during takeoff and then manages to climb very responsively to 100 or more feet.

Until their vehicle program was eliminated in 2005, the folks at Langley Research Center planned to roll out three prototypes in sequence: a small prop plane that would tuck its wings in on the highway (it shouldn't cost any more than a Mercedes - Benz); a two - seater with rear - propeller drive; and, for tight parking spots, one capable of vertical takeoff.

The hybrid propulsion concept was attractive enough that in the mid-1980s Britain's BAE Systems and Rolls - Royce seized on it for an SSTO space plane project called HOTOL (horizontal takeoff and landing).

Pilgrim is satisfied that, during a roll - on acceleration run from about 25 mph to somewhere north of 100 mph, the TT RS's only advantage over the more conventionally styled RS3 is its 287 fewer pounds and a slight jump ahead on initial takeoff.

It's not yet clear what those exceptions include, though the FAA said electronic items must be held or put in the seat back pocket during actual takeoff and landing roll.

If you disagree with me, you're moving the goalposts expecting me to have to refine my idea so that I don't do a quick half roll into the ground upon takeoff.