article_snippet.sent: You start throwing all those cars out together -- you've got to figure out spacing.
article_snippet.sent: Air dropping a car out of an airplane is easy.
article_snippet.sent: Whatever we can fit inside the (cargo) hold, we can drop.
article_snippet.sent: Several factors come into play for a pilot making a drop, Lockheed test pilot Steve Knoblock said, including payload weight, wind speed and timing.
article_snippet.sent: We have to give time for a car to clear an airplane, let the parachutes deploy, and then actually open," Lockheed test pilot Steve Knoblock said.
article_snippet.sent: One tricky decision involves how high The plane drops One tricky decision cargo.
article_snippet.sent: There's a trade off -- between dropping it low and being more accurate ... and dropping it high where you have a little more safety in how it will land.
article_snippet.sent: The pilot gets to decide how hard the touchdown's going to be," The pilot said.
article_snippet.sent: Sometimes to get The pilot performance, The pilot needs to really let his performance crunch on the ground.