For the aviation fans

[Long Wheel Base]

what I love doing while the technician is busy duct-taping the fuselage to make the aeroplane  serviceable...    

High speed tape/ally tape.

It is an approved method for some repairs. It is an aluminium tape with a glue that can hold it's sticking properties in both extreme cold and hot conditions. That stuff is seriously expensive but seriously impressive. Done properly it is so strong that the repair can last plenty flight hours.

[dirtypot]

I should point out that you probably don't sit in the centre of your car... maybe the reason Cape Town drivers have a bad name 

 

Yes, but the passenger seat on my car isn't 50m away from the drivers seat.  But my point was more about the center of mass during a turn and how the two fuselages will rise or fall depending on the direction of the turn as opposed to a single fuselage being the central rotation point on a regular plane.  

[patham]

High speed tape/ally tape.

It is an approved method for some repairs. It is an aluminium tape with a glue that can hold it's sticking properties in both extreme cold and hot conditions. That stuff is seriously expensive but seriously impressive. Done properly it is so strong that the repair can last plenty flight hours.

 

I have heard they rate it in terms of km/hr the tape can withstand - is that correct?

[patham]

Yes, but the passenger seat on my car isn't 50m away from the drivers seat.  But my point was more about the center of mass during a turn and how the two fuselages will rise or fall depending on the direction of the turn as opposed to a single fuselage being the central rotation point on a regular plane.  

 

Good point. We see the videos on how conventional planes crab and waggle wings in windy landing conditions, and that is with the plane and pilots on the centreline axis. Could be very interesting if the pilots reference frames are substantially off the axis.

 

Although maybe with a monster like that they only fly in near-ideal conditions. 

[Ed-Zulu]

Yes, but the passenger seat on my car isn't 50m away from the drivers seat.  But my point was more about the center of mass during a turn and how the two fuselages will rise or fall depending on the direction of the turn as opposed to a single fuselage being the central rotation point on a regular plane.  

Your question had me thinking about this last night.

 

Wonder if they have some special software assisting the pilot? I suspect that due to the particular job it was designed for steep banking etc will not be in the design?

[DJR]

High speed tape/ally tape.

It is an approved method for some repairs. It is an aluminium tape with a glue that can hold it's sticking properties in both extreme cold and hot conditions. That stuff is seriously expensive but seriously impressive. Done properly it is so strong that the repair can last plenty flight hours.

Ever tried it on a broken bike frame? Be honest now!

[SwissVan]

High speed tape/ally tape.

It is an approved method for some repairs. It is an aluminium tape with a glue that can hold it's sticking properties in both extreme cold and hot conditions. That stuff is seriously expensive but seriously impressive. Done properly it is so strong that the repair can last plenty flight hours.

Don’t scare the fare paying pax’s

[Long Wheel Base]

I have heard they rate it in terms of km/hr the tape can withstand - is that correct?

I am not going to say no because it could quite easily be possible. We only have the one option available in our store and it is suitable for all the aircraft we have under our capability. But that's not to say that there are not other variants out there. It would make sense to put a limit on it wrt speed, especially as it often gets used on applications on the skin/exterior of the aircraft.

[Long Wheel Base]

Ever tried it on a broken bike frame? Be honest now!

LOL, No but depending on the break location and severity I wouldn't think twice about using it. BUT I personally wouldn't buy a roll and to use work consumables on personal stuff when we already struggling financially would be shooting myself in the foot.

[DJR]

LOL, No but depending on the break location and severity I wouldn't think twice about using it. BUT I personally wouldn't buy a roll and to use work consumables on personal stuff when we already struggling financially would be shooting myself in the foot.

I once used some expensive composite at work to fix a bike computer mount and I was so proud of my fix.......until my assistant, who is in charge of buying materials, told me just how much I just used and how much it cost. I could have bought two new of the broken gadgets and still had small change. Of course my staff had a good jibe at me at our next team meeting because I'm usually the one preaching about frugality. 

[kosmonooit]

[Robbie Stewart]

LOL, No but depending on the break location and severity I wouldn't think twice about using it. BUT I personally wouldn't buy a roll and to use work consumables on personal stuff when we already struggling financially would be shooting myself in the foot.

 

Not knowing what you are talking about, I ask my old mate Google, who refers me to his chum Wikipedia, who passes on some dodgy list of adhesives.

 

exhibit A:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adhesive_tapes

I got stuck at Bondage Tape...uuhh...is that a thing?

 

Reference used by Wikipedia:

 

https://www.salon.com/2011/10/27/ryanair_duct_tape_controversy/

 

Clipping from the article:

 

"Some of the tapes we use cost hundreds, even thousands, of dollars per roll. Speed tape is one of those. Last I heard, it costs about $700 per 4-inch-wide roll. It's approved by the manufacturer, FAA and company engineering department for certain repairs ... always temporary."

 

I can see how you reckon it would be like shooting a massive hole in your foot...

[kosmonooit]

[Bateleur1]

 

Think the media ( or whoever ) was talking crap calling the Stratolaunch the worlds biggest aircraft.  More like the plane with the longest wingspan in the world.  You might actually pack both fuselages of the Stratolaunch in the Mriya + some crates with spares for good measure.

[porqui]

Think the media ( or whoever ) was talking crap calling the Stratolaunch the worlds biggest aircraft.  More like the plane with the longest wingspan in the world.  You might actually pack both fuselages of the Stratolaunch in the Mriya + some crates with spares for good measure.

 

That's what I said on a flying forum and got flamed.

[DJR]

That's what I said on a flying forum and got flamed.

I can suggest more F words if you like