A300 "Zero G"

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 23 Jul 2003, 18:38

luchtzak wrote: Because I have some very nice pictures of the Zero-G waiting.

Thx Bart

Post by **luchtzak** » 28 Jul 2003, 13:19

All right,

here are some pictures of the F-BUAD !!

https://www.aviation24.be/modules.php?op=m ... gall&gid=2

Thanks to Avro, Redcap and Vital !!

Sorry to keep you all waiting! Please note that I received a lot of pictures and I have selected my personal best choice!

ciao,

Bart
:rock:

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 28 Jul 2003, 14:52

Thx Bart

Thanks to Avro, Redcap and Vital !!

And of course special thanks to my brother

Chris
8)

thomascookie · Post by **thomascookie** » 28 Jul 2003, 22:20

It can be a stupid question but when the A300 was doing his thing (the parobolic flight ) where was he was it above the sea or where?

Post by **luchtzak** » 28 Jul 2003, 22:41

Thomascookie,

I think the Airbus 300 has a special routing from Toulouse to Brussels where it can do the parabolics. On that routing they will not schedule other flights, I also think that they didn't to a flight on water but it is possible that they flew via London Heathrow across the Channel. But I don't think so... for me it is just a flightplan where they can use all flightlevels!

ciao,

Bart
:rock:

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 28 Jul 2003, 22:58

First of all the aircraft is based at Bordeaux.
When there is nice weather the aircraft makes it's paraboles over the atlantic between Brest and Bordeaux. When the weather is too bad, they go over the mediteranian sea (Near Corsica I think).
The flight level during one parabole varies between FL190 and FL280

How a parabole is done:
Starting at FL190 the aircraft pulls up until it has a 45° bank angle, then it reduces thrust to idle and makes a free fall of the shape of a parabole(only the gravity acts on the aircraft). At the end the aircraft descends with an angle of 45° and pulls up to level again at FL190. Just before and after the 20 seconds in micro gravity you experience a 2G force.

In one flight the aircraft makes 30 paraboles.

That's it

Greetz
Chris

Post by **sn26567** » 29 Jul 2003, 09:20

Must be very impressive, and maybe somewhat scaring: Thrust to idle! 45° angles up and down! From 2G to zero to 2G in less than one minute. What a thrill!!!