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HAve a look at this vid at at around 1:30 ish some flames are seen licking the tail fin of endeavour. What be they? (other than flames)
That's the navigation light
forum navigation ?
😀
Cool does someone light it as they make their approach to land then? Sort of last minute EVA?
plasma surely
Alien plasma - we are being invaded from space.
*dons tinfoil hat and legs it to the cupboard under the stairs*
From an old post, somewhere on the web
This is completely normal. The APU vents on either side of the tail fin always do this on every landing regardless of day or night landing. The APU's power the hydraulic system that allows the aero-surfaces to articulate. This was explained on NASA-TV. The flames are hydrazine venting and burning off.
I figured it was normal as nobody seemed to give a damn, just wondered what it was. Cheers for the quote.
chemical toilet overflow - they just gt that baby down in time !
I would have agreed it being a navigation light, but when they switch to the thermal camera it looks more like flames...
APU vent, only visible at night/with UV cameras.
whats APU?
Auxiliary Power Unit
APU vent, only visible at night/with UV cameras.
Not so at 1:36 in that vid they switch to visible and you can see the flames.
edit doh - only visible at [b]night[/b] . Learn to read boy..
I was listening to the cockpit recorder.
Standard final flight procedure
The captain said "If I can't 'ave 'er I'm gonna make sure no-one else can 'ave 'er".
The 2nd officer replied "Leave it aaaaht - she aint worf it"
The captain signed off with "Flamin' slaaaag"
whats APU?
Not sure, but as usual, Google has the answer
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It was a faulty APU that caused several days delay in the launch of this shuttle.
navigation lights not needed as no one will see it coming in at the speed it does
I recall that a colleague at work called the emergency services out to a "fire" which turned out to be lights reflecting in rainwater on the runway.
Better safe than sorry to be fair, but we did laugh at him.
a lot
Now my misses really does think I am a JFK, thats what i told her it was 😆
Dibbs - racist!
What do you think it be worth second hand with 122 million miles on the clock 😉
What do you think it be worth second hand with 122 million miles on the clock
webuyanyshuttle.com
Big White Hauler, 122 million miles, FSH, Recent set new tyres, Faulty APU...
The California Science Center is gonna be well disappointed when my van is delivered...