Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "This plane could rescue other planes IN FLIGHT!" video.

  1. its on fire, do you want the other plane to also burn down?
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  2.  @hacke_d_  This plane will have to crash somewhere. And dumping it over a desert or over antartica would be the best options. After that is dumping it over the ocean a good option since there is a very low risk that the plane will fall down on someones home and kill people. And the plane will probably become a fish habitat
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  3. An interesting concept, but there is still a long way to go I guess. I think it could be useful to rescue planes that are running low on fuel. But if there is some serious failure on an aircraft then I think their plane would be hard to manouver and then would this plane not be that useful at all. One might just put two planes at risk instead of one as the risk of mid air collision is high, and this might be even more difficult than mid air refueling on an aircraft - especially since it is impossible for the aircraft to see anything below it, and the rescue aircraft will have a difficult time looking behind it and above. It would have been cool if a plane like this could have rescued Alaska airlines or that tokyo jumbo jet that crashed. But I guess it would have been difficult to achieve any rescue on so badly damaged aircrafts that are hard to manouver. And then there is this problem of landing a big top heavy aircraft like this. Its weight would be massive even if the damaged plane would dump all of its fuel. And with such a heavy weight would this plane need a very very very long landing strip. And its airframe needs to be strong as hell so the plane just don't crack into pieces and explode as soon as the landing gear hits the ground.
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  4. I also think the usefulness of this plane is very limited. Many of the crashes happens just after take off. Or the plane gets into a sudden problem mid air and I don't a rescue plane would get there in just a few minutes. However if it could rescue just a few planes I guess some would argue that it is worth having those planes. But then I believe this plane would rather be an unmanned drone to not put even more lives at risk.
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  5. I guess that dependends on a lot things. If you fly at high altitude and have much control over your aircraft, then you can steer the plane and probably make somewhat controlled soft landing. But if you get a problem just after start when you still fly low and have not got much speed then it will likely lead to disaster. Your plane is extra heavy from the start with all passangers, cargo and fuel so it will be harder for the plane to lift with just one engine. Its easier when you don't have much fuel left and the plane is not so heavy and then you can glide many kilometers from high altitude. Another problem with just one engine is that the it becomes difficult to balance the plane, as the plane wants to tilt over when you have an engine pulling the plane forwards on one side but not the other. The safest solution would probably be to have many engines. But that would mean much work on the ground with taking care of twice as many engines - and what would cost money and make the airline company less profitable and the price of a plane ticket would have to go up... so thats why such planes are becoming more rare nowadays.
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  6. Why not make this plane capable of pumping out water to put out some flames?
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