The Ultimate Duel: Rolls Royce RB-211 vs Pratt & Whitney PW2000 on Boeing 757!!!
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Pilotforhire587
Lycra Man
IT is funny that the 757 is considered a she though, with its nose, it looks more like a penis than just about any other airplane out there!
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Go ugly early...In fact, most planes are she's. Even this thing:
jafra98
Well-Known Member
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
When the Brasilia taxied up the other day, one of the passengers went, "Is that our airplane? Are you freaking serious???!!?" I just can't imagine what the reaction to someone buying an American ticket and then walking out to a Shorts would be like if folks occasionally have...confidence problems getting into the Bro.That thing is so slow it hangs with a J-3 in cruising speed..........
RB211 with its baritone sounding startup is by far one of the nicest sounding turbofans out there. Classic of the L-1011.
Then again, when it comes to jets, a straight-turbojet is where it's at. Ill take a J60 or J75 engine any day. Saberliner with a J60/JT-12 motor is sound to behold; and a hard-light afterburner of a J75 equipped F-105 or F-106 is another one to have heard in one's life.
Then again, when it comes to jets, a straight-turbojet is where it's at. Ill take a J60 or J75 engine any day. Saberliner with a J60/JT-12 motor is sound to behold; and a hard-light afterburner of a J75 equipped F-105 or F-106 is another one to have heard in one's life.
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
If someone told me you have one more flight and you're done flying forever, but you can fly anything you want, it would be a P-51.
I didn't intend on watching that whole video. After each pass I moved my cursor up to close it, but then the next pass started and as soon as I started hearing the plane again I couldn't close it. Amazing airplane.
milleR
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Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Yep, there is no comparison. The Corsair, while beautiful, sounds like dozens of other radial-powered fighters.
A Rolls Merlin is a unique sound of beauty, and after all -- this the The Voice and not X Factor.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Honestly, I don't find the Mustang really all that notable in terms of how it flies.
But how it looks....and sounds....and smells....is absolutely magnificent.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
...sound about the same to me. The RR's pitch sounds just a bit sharper and more pronounced is all.
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Whatever those are.
Also, hand over your lunch money, all of you, or its Grundies all around.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
The Merlin. Definitely the Merlin.
jergar999
Yoke Pumper!
If mine looks more like a Shorts should I get it checked?
KSCessnaDriver
Well-Known Member
Last spring, I was at EFD when Collings Foundation started flying their F-100. The first time they did a touch and go, I nearly had to clean my pants out after the thing went into afterburner. Holy crap its loud.
