{"id":49557070,"user":"7952","time":1788469851,"time_ago":"12 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Generally all the weight of the fusaage has to go through the wings anyway so it is structurally more efficient to put weight on the wings in the first place.","comments":[{"id":49560711,"time":1788498184,"time_ago":"4 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"[deleted]","deleted":true,"comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":0,"url":"item?id=49560711"},{"id":49557138,"user":"Barbing","time":1788470151,"time_ago":"12 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

And they do that with fuel?! Neat!","comments":[{"id":49557785,"user":"dghlsakjg","time":1788473177,"time_ago":"11 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Yup.

On a 737 they can put about 8k pounds per wing.

Even little planes like Cessnas have wing tanks.","comments":[{"id":49559029,"user":"Barbing","time":1788482070,"time_ago":"9 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Wow wow!

Might see planes just a smidge differently now :)","comments":[{"id":49559344,"user":"brucehoult","time":1788484821,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

In sailplanes we add up to around 200 litres of water to wing tanks in single-seat gliders (empty weight typically around 280kg) to improve the high speed performance (typically up to 270 km/h these days) and ability to fly comfortably in turbulence.

It's surprising what you can fly formation with, even without an engine [1] :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0icOICQLTc

Dumping (most of the) water before landing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Yv-V7eozk

[1] this particular glider does have a small engine for takeoff, but maximum speed with the engine extended is 180 km/h and here they are flying at 280 km/h.","comments":[{"id":49560069,"user":"Barbing","time":1788491196,"time_ago":"6 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

What a rabbithole this is now :D

That glider next to the world's fastest aircraft (in 1953) dressed up for a fight, how about that.

And they can water the grass...

So several thousand $ to get trained and certified and finally be ready to get towed and soar...

but just a few hundred (California) to try for half an hour behind a pro in the cockpit--oh yeah!

...omg they let you fly the thing for another couple bucks!!!","comments":[{"id":49561351,"user":"brucehoult","time":1788504748,"time_ago":"2 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

If it's a pro then they'll be sitting in the back seat so you're in the front seat the same as you will be when you fly solo.

Here's a video of me taking a student for their first lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZN21xzsRo

That's in a DG1000, actually this exact one ZK-GGR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeueijUoL70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ShTUTiqlM

And how that looks from the other end of the rope:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRxcJR-zipI

And from the door of the hangar (using the runway in the opposite direction). Turn it up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUnXuMVhKfs

Coming back to more like the current topic, an electric powered glider:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F2gS9ENl5k

Also from Stefan's channel, some fun here in New Zealand ... this flight passes just a couple of km from the Lord of the Rings "Weathertop" site (Google maps knows it).

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