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Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:02 am
by mag check
F 35 II 60,000lbs, approach speed, 0.0 kts. stall speed, 0.0 kts.
Beat that guys.

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:03 am
by iflyforpie
Mil Mi-12.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-12

231,000lbs. Stall speed 0 kts.

I know it's cheating but mag check started it :lol:

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:06 am
by mag check
Oh come on, at least mine is an airplane :smt040

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:00 pm
by iflyforpie
Mine has wings and a tail. :mrgreen:

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:42 pm
by Meatservo
Dornier DO-X

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:06 pm
by just curious
C17....580,000 lbs landing, 100 knots landing ref

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:37 pm
by Old Dog Flying
How about the Blackburn Beverly????? Very slow but deadly. Four engine fix gear monstrosity from Blighty...Really big and really slow and REALLY UGLY

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:04 pm
by Meatservo
You just described my mother-in-law. Her name is also Beverly

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:36 pm
by Minimums
I don't know the numbers (So this is one pure assumption), but what about a c-46? I watched one come in to ywp the other day, low and slow, and they made the stop in less than 3500 feet on gravel, downhill at that. Couldn't tell from where I was but I don't think they used it all either!

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:25 pm
by jetsam
just curious wrote:C17....580,000 lbs landing, 100 knots landing ref
I don`t believe that, so how many knots will be near empty? 50? :shock:

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:00 pm
by iflyforpie
Doing the rough math, 70 knots with the C-17 empty plus crew and 10,000lbs of fuel. Still seems pretty low.

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:33 am
by jetsam
I`m not familiar with C-17, but 70 knots, even 100, sound like science-fiction. I think this kind of bird doing 115-120 low weights, and much more with MTOW. Any input from military guys will be appreciated.

Re: Biggest - slowest

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:53 pm
by TG
bmc wrote:A380 gross takeoff weight is 1,208,000lbs.

Approach speed is 135 knots.
That's 8948lbs per knots, not bad at all! :mrgreen: