[simpits-tech] So THAT'S how they set those records....

[Ray Sotkiewicz]

Well.. it's official... "You suck" !

Nice experience though...  I flew the F/A-18 and EA-6B sims during my 
time and the experience lives with me to this day.






Brian Sikkema wrote:
> First, for a little background. For those of you who
> aren't aware, the KC-135R holds a variety of
> time-to-climb records for a couple of weight classes,
> all viewable here:
> http://records.fai.org/general_aviation/aircraft.asp?id=965
>
> Just for an example, for the 45,000-60,000kg weight
> class (~100k-132k lbs), the record to 15,000m (just
> shy of 50,000 feet) is just 8 minutes, 15 seconds -
> an AVERAGE of just under 6000fpm! That's completely
> retarded fast, if you hadn't noticed....
>
> Anywho, yesterday I was supposed to have a sim along
> with another new copilot and an instructor. Due to a
> scheduling mixup our instructor couldn't make it...
> So there I sit with this other young Lt. Neither of
> us is qualified to operate the sim, but the
> maintenance guy there basically shrugged his
> shoulders and said as long as we left the motion off
> and didn't do anything crazy, she was all ours! >:D
> Imagine two young copilots getting tossed the keys to
> a multi-million dollar high-fidelity sim and being
> told "have at it!" :) Fun times, I tell ya.
>
> Anyway, for the first 1 1/2 hours or so we kept
> things pretty vanilla, just practicing our approach
> and landing work, a few VFR patterns, etc. But then
> we decided to have some fun before we hopped out.
>
> So we put it on the runway ready for takeoff, and
> dropped it down to a 20,000lb fuel load - for
> reference, our max fuel load is 200,000, and we are
> supposed to plan to LAND with 20-25k. Min fuel is
> 14k, emergency is 10. Then we did a static,
> takeoff-rated thrust (full throttle, essentially)
> 30-flap takeoff.....
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I damn near wet myself.
>
>
> That jet got off the ground so fast it made my head
> spin. I totally forgot to call for the gear because I
> was just in awe of what was happening - and we STILL
> climbed out at almost 30 degrees nose high, never
> hitting much more than .4 AOA (with 1.0 being a full
> stall, .6 being our standard approach AOA).
>
> I never even thought to look at my VSI, I was too
> busy saying "Holy !@#$" over and over again in my
> head. It was a religious experience, let me tell you....
>
> So then we had to do it again, naturally! :) Still
> just as jaw-dropping the second time.
>
> I'm gonna have to do it again someday, with a video
> camera in tow... I'd love to actually record the
> numbers of just exactly what happened. Back at Altus
> they had a recording setup that would take all the
> data plus video from several different angles.
> Unfortunately I don't think they have that setup here...
>
> Good times, good times. :)
>
> Brian
>
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