Boeing 787 in vertical takeoff

[dman]

Watch this Boeing 787 in livery of Qatar Airlines perform vertical takeoff and climb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EniTCmJlVEo

Try that with load of passengers ........

 

[Evil_Onyx]

That looks like last years Paris airshow, nothing unexpected with an empty aircraft fuelled for that display+ 5-10 minutes extra.

 

[Wolf]

The takeoff view angle (from behind) is tricky: no commercial transport Aircraft is capable of a "vertical" takeoff (even with no payload and low fuel).
They probably pitched up to 40-50 degrees (which is not even close to vertical) maximum and just for a few seconds. Keeping that pitch longer during takeoff would lead to a solid stall :facepalm:

 

[TachyonDriver]

No airliner can stand on its tail and climb vertically (not even Concorde with its afterburners). You're talking jet fighter territory here - English Electric Lightning for instance. Took the Americans another 20 years to rival that (F-15 Eagle)

 

[n122vu]

Here's a clip of a Dreamliner rehearsing the same maneuver for this year's Paris airshow. It's not a completely vertical climb, but a very, very steep one nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL15KbAxfKZE2GLuGleeSpswg_UjJ_Imel&v=A7x46GwmgdE

 

[Andy44]

The Harrier can do it, and do it slowly, too. A pilot who knows what he's doing can make the thing stand on its tail and slowly rise up, nose over and accelerate down range like a heavy launch vehicle. I saw it done once by one pilot; I think he was a US Marine squadron commander. It's certainly not the standard way of flying Harriers.

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Neither of those vids show the takeoff from the side, so you can't really judge the pitch angle. They both show it from behind or above where it's easy to manipulate the camera angle and make it look vertical for dramatic effect. That second video has "TV movie music" over it, which is a surefire way to get me to thumb it down. I want to hear jet engines.

 

[boogabooga]

This kind of thing is easy to check in a few minutes.

Weight of 787 dreamliner- between 259,500 and 502,500 lb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner

Meanwhile, two Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines would be lucky to produce 160,000 lbf between them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_1000

while the GEnx are weaker still

Therefore, vertical takeoff is not possible.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

This is a case of a forced perspective. It's not a vertical takeoff, just a REALLY steep one.

Still badass, though!