787 rollout right live now...

[Garry Russell]

TBH I thought the nose one of the ugliest for a long time

Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that


Garry

[petermcleland]

The nose reminds me very much of the Comet...If it is like the Comet, then they will never have to use the wipers

[Garry Russell]

The nose reminds me very much of the Comet...

That's why I don't like the nose

Garry

[jonesey2k]

I reckon it looks quite neat. Better looking then the 767/777 anyway.

[TobyV]

The nose reminds me very much of the Comet...If it is like the Comet, then they will never have to use the wipers

Same is true of the BAe-125-800 and later derivatives. When they redesigned the wisdshield to be curved it became difficult to locate wipers anywhere. You'll see on the prototype there is a raised section on the central pillar. This was in fact a system of internal air passages blowing air out over the screen the to clear the rain but in actual fact the airflow over the highly curved windscreen was enough anyway and the blower was deleted on all subsequent aircraft (and possibly removed from the prototype?).

[Garry Russell]

The Islander/Trislander has no wipers the shape of the windscreen does the biz on them too.

Many light aircraft seem the same

Garry

[petermcleland]

The nose reminds me very much of the Comet...If it is like the Comet, then they will never have to use the wipers

Same is true of the BAe-125-800 and later derivatives. When they redesigned the wisdshield to be curved it became difficult to locate wipers anywhere. You'll see on the prototype there is a raised section on the central pillar. This was in fact a system of internal air passages blowing air out over the screen the to clear the rain but in actual fact the airflow over the highly curved windscreen was enough anyway and the blower was deleted on all subsequent aircraft (and possibly removed from the prototype?).

DH were very pleased with the wipers they fitted on the Comet...So pleased were they that they fitted exactly the same wipers on the Trident. I get the impression that they thought they were the most servicable wipers in the world...I think the Comet pilots failed to tell them that it was never found necessary to turn them on...So naturally they never went u/s!