Stopping Power
by Alex Esguerra
Title
Stopping Power
Artist
Alex Esguerra
Medium
Photograph
Description
The physics of stopping 250 tons of airliner is simply jaw-dropping. We're already talking about a incredibly amount of weight here, but when you couple that weight with the typical approach speed of better than 150 miles per hour, then you just have to blink. It's a testament to the marvels of engineering that such planes have the ability to be brought safely to a stop on a regular basis.
I love "Stopping Power" here for the fact that we can visually see the forces that are slowing down this 747. Normally, invisible, the thrust directed forward by the four turbofans in reverse are kicking up a massive amount of spray from the wet runway. The mist swirls behind the aircraft as it slows from the combined power of thrust and sixteen wheel brakes, working in concert to stop the plane within the easy distance of approximately a mile. If need be, the pilots could've stopped this beast in a lot shorter a length.
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February 3rd, 2013
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