Xref: utzoo sci.space.shuttle:7880 rec.aviation:36423 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!skipper!shafer From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,rec.aviation Subject: Re: Now THAT'S speed! Message-ID: Date: 17 May 91 02:02:05 GMT References: <72189@microsoft.UUCP> <1991May15.230703.5023@Ingres.COM> Sender: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards AFB, CA Lines: 21 In-reply-to: kerry@Ingres.COM's message of 15 May 91 23:07:03 GMT In article <1991May15.230703.5023@Ingres.COM> kerry@Ingres.COM (Kerry Kurasaki) writes: >Try doing a "Shuttle-1" approach. With something of a 15 degree glideslope, >the shuttle is supposed to fly like a rock! :-) >I computed 15 degrees to be something like 2000 FPM descent at 80 >knots. I once went up in an arrow, dropped gear and full flaps, and nosed >it over until I got the above. Needless to say, the view was, ahem, >rather spectacular. Actually, I don't care to try it at 300 knots! I did a lifting body approach in the backseat of an F-104, with a glideslope of about 25 deg. You really feel like you're pointed straight down at the ground. You hang in the straps and hope the pilot's paying attention, since you're going about 250 kt. The flare feels really good! -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA "Turn to kill, not to engage." CDR Willie Driscoll