Mr_Asa said:
"Half of USC's football team got off their plane. Then this happened."
Apparently common with 737s, the second picture is a purpose-built prop to prevent this from happening.
It is almost like the weight distribution on a long airplane is important, or something.
Some memes are funny not because of the content, but because it shows what some things that might seem obvious to some are not apparent to others. (Like, I hadn't considered load distribution on a passenger jet until about five minutes ago...)
You can easily bend an airframe turning a jet into an accidental taildragger. That jet isn't going anywhere till its Inspected.
Neither is this one.
That wasn't in the plans for the weekend. 
In reply to Toyman01 + Sized and :
What happened? Looks like cmp
Pic of broken but good looking junk 
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Sounds like a spun rod bearing.
In reply to Toyman01 + Sized and :
Oof. Im sorry man.
Picture related. Also sounds like a spun bearing.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
Some memes are funny not because of the content, but because it shows what some things that might seem obvious to some are not apparent to others. (Like, I hadn't considered load distribution on a passenger jet until about five minutes ago...)
Weight and balance (as it is called for airplanes) is super important for all planes. In the "old days" they would put passengers on a scale(!).
I suspect most modern planes can self-calculate their weight and balance by the compression of the main and nose gears. I think in general, they make assumptions though (what is typical). Fortunately, on a partially full plane, people tend to stay to the front (tail heavy is super dangerous in a stall), but if everyone moved to the back, I am thinking there would be an issue. I suspect even in flight you could tell if you weight and balance is off by how much elevator trim you are using. Maybe anyone with airline experience can add some insight here.
DC8 Flight Engineer station (yes, they used to have a crewman whose entire job was to monitor the engines):
I was on a flight ten years ago where they asked our weight and sat us accordingly. Then they asked for 250#s to give up their seats. It would have been laughable if 250#s didn't seem such a paltry number.
In reply to aircooled :
Oh, yeah, and I've read a few NTSB accident reports where the ultimate cause was an unsecured load shifting during takeoff. Bad news.
I'd never considered how they did baggage on a commercial airliner, though. The loadmaster's job must be impressively stressful given the time constraints they have.
aircooled said:
914Driver said:
You sir, are a bad person!
How do I request a photo get removed? 
Here is a pallet cleanser:
Hey, I'm just a vessel moving pictures around, nothing bad here. Well, not real bad .....
In reply to Appleseed :
I don't mind asking a passenger what they weigh, women not as much. I don't need a number, just "do you weigh less than 150 lbs? (add weight) or more than 240? (you're on the ground).
A tad nose heavy you can deal with easier than tail heavy, tail heavy you have no control.
Gary
UltraDork
9/19/21 7:19 p.m.
Maybe that's why I was thrown out of the wedding we crashed last night.
In reply to Toyman01 + Sized and :
Rut Roh. Looks great going down the road?
Edit for pic:
Duke
MegaDork
9/20/21 11:32 a.m.
Pic taken by a friend of mine in Slower Lower DE this morning:
Have to respect someone with snow tires on their Aston.
Went to a car show on Saturday and came across what I assume is a Miata cart with this on it:
Gary
UltraDork
9/21/21 2:18 p.m.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Very stylish!
I guess I'm obligated to post a pic, unrelated:
preach (fs) said:
So. Much. Inspiration.
Oooff. Details, details man. Not likely to be vintage with those flares, or any kind of crap can racing with that standard of finish. What, where, why, when, how, spec, build sheet etc. Come on man, don't leave us hanging here.
