Overpowered aircraft

[9GClub]

Ok need some votes on the baddest commercial jetliner in terms of thrust-to-weight (empty/full whatever). I've flown on a couple seven-fives that easily hit 1+ Gs on rotation/climbout. The flip side of the coin would be the A343.... that was a little hairy for the first minute or so. A JATO rig would have been nice.

 

[Lead Sled]

Ok need some votes on the baddest commercial jetliner in terms of thrust-to-weight (empty/full whatever). I've flown on a couple seven-fives that easily hit 1+ Gs on rotation/climbout. The flip side of the coin would be the A343.... that was a little hairy for the first minute or so. A JATO rig would have been nice.

Note to 9GClub: There ain't no such thing as an over powered aircraft.

'Sled

 

[Flightjock30]

Fokker 100s used to have the 2nd highest thrust to weight ratio after the 757. Not sure now with a lot of newer Airbuses (new A330 and A340s) and Boeings (767-400, 777) out though.

 

[9GClub]

Note to 9GClub: There ain't no such thing as an over powered aircraft.

Noted. Hahaa.

 

[TDTURBO]

I think the CitationX would give most a run for their money with 1/4 tanks and just a pilot or two.

 

[LAXSaabdude]

I've flown on a couple seven-fives that easily hit 1+ Gs on rotation/climbout.

Uhhh, not to nitpick too much, but you are doing exactly 1G sitting at your desk!

LAXSaabdude.

 

[Pelican 10]

lear 24 & 25's and 60 as far as corporate, B757 commercial

 

[Metro752]

752!!!


When I was a weee lad (7-10ish), I got schooled by a 757 FO @ DCA when I said that wow, that landing must have made 1 "G"eeez. He set me straight

 

[9GClub]

Uhhh, not to nitpick too much, but you are doing exactly 1G sitting at your desk!

Affirmative........ hence the + after the 1. =)

We didn't pull 2 Gs, let's put it that way.

Nitpick all you want, I do it too. We're pilots, we're entitled.

 

[EagleRJ]

CRJ-700. Repositioning flight with 6000 pounds fuel. On takeoff, accidently select APR thrust on both engines.

HOLD ON!!!

 

[MVSW]

Ok need some votes on the baddest commercial jetliner in terms of thrust-to-weight (empty/full whatever). I've flown on a couple seven-fives that easily hit 1+ Gs on rotation/climbout. The flip side of the coin would be the A343.... that was a little hairy for the first minute or so. A JATO rig would have been nice.

There is no such airplane!

 

[flyf15]

According to the specs on Boeing's website, the 717 beats out the 757 on thrust to weight ratio.

 

[DX Rick]

Affirmative........ hence the + after the 1. =)

We didn't pull 2 Gs, let's put it that way.

Nitpick all you want, I do it too. We're pilots, we're entitled.

How would you know how many G's you were pulling, if any, at the time?
Do you have a big watch?

 

[TDTURBO]

How would you know how many G's you were pulling, if any, at the time?
Do you have a big watch?

Nice post, LMAO!

 

[piperpa30]

CONCORDE

 

[TDTURBO]

SR71

 

[piperpa30]

Considering he said "commercial jetliner" .. where can I buy tickets on the SR71?

SR71

 

[CitationXDriver]

Considering he said "commercial jetliner" .. where can I buy tickets on the SR71?

travelocity.com, just put your arrival time before your departure time and whamo!

 

[TDTURBO]

Must have missed that, I was going for the fastet thrust to weight ratio.

 

[sky37d]

Lockheed Electra. I always remember backing away from the terminal (no slow tugs please, reverse the props!!), getting to the runway, and the captain hit it as we rounded onto the active. Talk about Haule A$$.

 

[SkyWestCRJPilot]

CRJ-700. Repositioning flight with 6000 pounds fuel. On takeoff, accidently select APR thrust on both engines.

HOLD ON!!!

I had a repo flight in the CRJ-700 too and it was quite a kick. We didn't go into APR thrust but on the roll it pushed us back in our seats. Pretty cool for a CRJ. I'd have to say the SR-71 is best. Put those engines on a CRJ and then you'd have a pretty nice airplane.

 

[Dangerkitty]

Fokker 100s used to have the 2nd highest thrust to weight ratio after the 757. Not sure now with a lot of newer Airbuses (new A330 and A340s) and Boeings (767-400, 777) out though.

Wrong. Jumpseating on the F-100 flightdeck more times than I care to remember I can state first hand that the F-100 has no where near the 2nd highest thrust to weight ratio.

Where do people come up with this stuff? The MD-80 blows the doors off the F-100 and that isn't saying very much.

Best Thrust to Weight Ratio Aircraft. Lear 60. Hands down.

 

[Snakum]

Cessna 120, no electrics, O235 ...


Bergenhiemer

 

[Metro752]

According to the specs on Boeing's website, the 717 beats out the 757 on thrust to weight ratio.

It's an MD95!

 

[cands]

Best Thrust to Weight Ratio Aircraft. Lear 60. Hands down.

lear 23, 24 +6000ft/min on t/o

 

[Dangerkitty]

lear 23, 24 +6000ft/min on t/o

The Lear 60 has a total of 9,200 lbs of thrust.
The max takeoff weight is 23,500 lbs.

I dont know how the Lear 23 and 24 compares but I am sure it is pretty close.

FWIW, we get 6000 ft per min on t/o all the time. The best I have ever seen is 15,000 ft per min on a cold night when we were light.

 

[ISaidRightTurns]

Where go the G5s fit in this? All I know is that I have seen them doing 2500 ft/min thru FL400 outta SAV with a flight plan to the west coast.

 

[Sgt. Hartman]

Note to 9GClub: There ain't no such thing as an over powered aircraft.

'Sled

Sure there is...anything with enough ba!!s to have an afterburner!

 

[9GClub]

How would you know how many G's you were pulling, if any, at the time? Do you have a big watch?

You betcha I do. Don't you? Mine's bigger than yours.

2 G's in a B752 is the same as 2 G's in a C150, and having executed more than a few steep turns (here we go again) in the latter, I am edumacatedly inferentially deductibly deducing that the linear acceleration value did not in fact reach 2.0.
I would say that I'm fallible and thus possibly incorrect, but what self-respecting pilot says that?

Anybody else wanna contest (or validate) the 1+ G thing? Any 757 drivers with big watches maybe?

 

[Wang Chung]

The Lear 60 has a total of 9,200 lbs of thrust.

I dont know how the Lear 23 and 24 compares but I am sure it is pretty close.

The noise-to-thrust ratio of the 20-series lears is much greater than that of the 60 (the Harley-Davidson factor, if you will).