787 Vertical Takeoff

[Husker]

I've never seen an airliner go vertical on takeoff like this, the engines must be seriously powerful.

Also nice looking plane.

[Prototype_No.98]

I did research on the 787 back in my Engineering courses in University.

The "Dreamliner" is the first passenger plane built almost completely out of Carbonfiber, It is also powered by a choice of the extremely powerful Rolls Royce Trent-1000 engines, or some other engine I cant remember the name off...

Boeing's main goal was to make the plane as fuel efficient and quiet as possible.

Knowing this, Im hardly surprised the plane can make such manoeuvres, its such incredible engineering for a passenger plane... Oh and Airbus are starting to, if not have done already, make their own version.

[Pattern]

A lightly loaded 787 has a better thrust to weight ratio than a the F18A... which is quite surprising.

[Mike]

Nice clip! Nice plane to, to bad it only comes in the news when one has to stay on the ground.

Tho nothing looks better then a 747!

[WelshAvenger]

Oh and Airbus are starting to, if not have done already, make their own version.

They certainly have, it's called an A350.

[Patrick]

Yes the plane will definitely do that when it is lightly loaded. I remember reading about the 777 when it was first introduced in the 90's and its engines were the biggest of any airliner at the time. In fact the had the same diameter as a 737's fuselage

You'd be amazed at how these civilian airliners can be so nimble. Obviously without passengers you can fly them through some extreme maneuvers without breaking a sweat. Amazing engineering goes into these new aircraft. In fact the 707 when it was first introduced a test pilot did a barrel roll in one so its. It out of the realm of these newer aircraft to do almost aerobatic maneuvers if they tried.

[Hohndo]

Won't be impressed till this is a reality.

[Patrick]

hahaha, that would be nice. lol

[cmdraftbrn]

it'll still only go as far as the scene of the crash.

[Prototype_No.98]

Won't be impressed till this is a reality.

According to Wiki, This is a list of planes with Trust Vectoring.

List of vectored thrust aircraft
Thrust vectoring can convey two main benefits: VTOL/STOL, and higher maneuverability. Aircraft are usually optimized to maximally exploit one benefit, though will gain in the other.

For VTOL ability
The Harrier—the world's first operational fighter jet with thrust vectoring, enabling VTOL capabilities
Bell Model 65
Bell X-14
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
Boeing X-32[21]
Dornier Do 31
EWR VJ 101
Harrier Jump Jet
British Aerospace Harrier II
British Aerospace Sea Harrier
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
Hawker Siddeley Kestrel
Hawker Siddeley P.1127
Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
VFW VAK 191B
Yakovlev Yak-38
Yakovlev Yak-141

GE Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle, used on the F-16 MATV

For higher manoeuvrability
Vectoring in two dimensions
McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (pitch and roll only)
McDonnell Douglas X-36 (yaw only)[21]
Me 163 B experimentally used a rocket steering paddle for the yaw axis
Sukhoi Su-30MKI

Vectoring in three dimensions
Sukhoi Su-35
Sukhoi Su-37
Sukhoi PAK FA
Sukhoi/HAL FGFA
Mikoyan MiG-35 (MiG-29OVT)
McDonnell Douglas F-15 ACTIVE
General Dynamics F-16 VISTA
Rockwell-MBB X-31
McDonnell Douglas F-18 HARV
Mitsubishi ATD-X

Its not mentioned but the Panavia Tornado uses a form of Thrust Vectoring to slow down on landing (alternative to a parachute)