Can nimrod planes hover? 10 points for best answer?

Question

I was out on a mission before and swear i saw a nimrod RAF plane just hovering in mid air. But i'd had a few beers and . . .

Answer 1

no planes don't hover. Only UFOs and helicopters and hummingbirds hover. Forget drinking and driving you were drinking and flying!

Answer 2

No !!!!!! too many beers

Answer 3

No they can't

Edit for Rick - Intelligence Specialist USN? - perhaps you would like to have a look at http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/nimrodmr... and tell us all where the props are.

Answer 4

No, they cannot hover. But if air speed matches their headwind, they can have no true forward motion.

Answer 5

yes, if:

the forward speed of the Nimrod is matched exactly by the speed of the headwind

Answer 6

The Nimrod is a maritime patrol aircraft developed in the United Kingdom. It is an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner designed in the 1940s.   You may have it confused with the Kestrel the predecessor to the Harrier.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nimro...

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Answer 7

No, it was the beer.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No in fact they can barely fly

Answer 10

no

think you had too many of them beers

Answer 11

It depends on your perspective.

Were you on another aircraft?  Were you on the ground?

It also depends on atmosphereic conditions at the time.

Was it at night? Was it day? Was it humid? Was there a strong wind?

What you've seen is probably an "optical illusion" or simply the airplane flying really slow into a very strong wind, or a little bit of both.

Answer 12

NIMRODS do not hover. Though these prop driven British and Canadian anti-submarine coast guard planes do fly very slow to be able to detect subs and use their electronic detection equipment.

I was an Intelligence Specialist. USN.

Answer 13

No - I think the beers have you there sir....

Answer 14

Only two types of 'plane in service can hover-the Harrier and the Osprey.

The Nimrod is a maritime patrol aircraft and can "loiter" by shutting down two of its four engines,but can't hover.

Answer 15

They can't no if it goes too slow it would stall and more than likely crash

Answer 16

no

Answer 17

Depends on how many beers

1 You have had?

2 How many beers the pilot has had?

3 How many beers the plane has had?

The more beers the more hovering is done. It's a fact of nature. Trust me I know

Answer 18

You're thinking of the Harrier jump jet, Nimrods are specialists in radar for reckies.

Harriers can hover all day.

Answer 19

No they can't, they're a four engined maritime patrol and SAR aircraft, not a Harrier

Answer 20

Beers aside, the Nimrod flying at a very low speed and with a stiff head wind equal to its Indicated Air Speed will most certainly hover. I would definitely second your testimony.

Answer 21

No, they can't...

Answer 22

yes but its not hovering it is called stalling and it wouldnt last more than a second before it dropped out the sky

Answer 23

No No No No No!

Try this one as well.....

If a helicopter hovers in London and the pilot has his eyes shut, will he be in New York in 5 hours due to the Earth's rotation!!!

Answer 24

No, the Nimrod aircraft cannot hover, however it's development programme, on a good day, can, while its cost accelerates faster than a Typhoon. Only a few aircraft can hover - Harrier, JSF X35, and the Russuian Yak (Don't think that any of these, Yaks, are flying now though)