Except in this case no sucking down was evident, nor was any bouncing
into the air and
plunging nose first as someone mentioned.
Dennis
On 29/08/14 2:52 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 02:39 PM 29/08/2014, you wrote:
Surely there are so many variables (fuselage shape, surface of water,
C of G
I’m not convinced the wheel was up looking at that video.
I think it might actually have had the wheel down.
Cath
On 30 Aug 2014, at 8:07 pm, dennis hipperson dennishipper...@gmail.com wrote:
Except in this case no sucking down was evident, nor was any bouncing into
the air and
plunging
Except in this case no sucking down was evident, nor was any bouncing
into the air and
plunging nose first as someone mentioned.
Dennis
On 29/08/14 2:52 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 02:39 PM 29/08/2014, you wrote:
Surely there are so many variables (fuselage shape, surface of water,
C of G
After looking and stopping the clip several times I think what could
look like a wheel
down is the shadow of the AC on the water, the sun is on the stbd side
of the plane.
Dennis
On 30/08/14 8:49 PM, Catherine Conway wrote:
I'm not convinced the wheel was up looking at that video.
I think
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Sent to me in 2008:
Tests were carried out on a lake
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On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:58 PM, dennis
Sent to me in 2008:
Tests were carried out on a lake in Germany by Walter Schneider and
Wolf Lemke of LS fame. They ditched an LS1 prior to the World
Championships in Finland because they were worried about the lack of
land out options and the proliferation of lakes.
They assumed that landing
Hello all
It appears to me that this glider pilot either left his field selection a
little late or he wanted to
imitate Captain Sullenberger! In any case, it was well done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcsrDxOI8cc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcsrDxOI8ccfeature=youtube_gdata_player
Thanks Bernard,
I hope we don't see a spate of such landings now. But to me it was useful
because a fear for all would be the nose digging in leaving the cockpit under
water. Options were oft discussed in Finland in 1976.
I think it also implies such landings should be done with the
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Thanks Bernard,
I hope we don't see a spate of such landings now. But to me it was useful
because a fear for all would be the nose
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Thanks Bernard,
I hope we don't see a spate of such landings now. But to me it was useful
because a fear for all would be the nose digging in leaving the cockpit
under water
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Hello all
It appears to me that this glider pilot either left his field selection a
little late or he wanted to
imitate Captain Sullenberger! In any case, it was well done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcsrDxOI8cc
https
On 29 August 2014 08:58, Grant Davies gr...@davies.id.au wrote:
Oh I see his problem, he forgot to put the wheel down.
Your point being?
Cheers
Paul
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Don't expect any of the avionics to work after you do this.
I've seen what happens on a couple of occasions. One was Lake
Keepit(clearly a fair bit of salt) and one was a Norwegian lake(less salt).
Managed to salvage a couple of boards out of the Norwegian one.
Mike
At 07:36 AM 29/08/2014,
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On 29 August 2014 08:58, Grant Davies gr...@davies.id.au wrote:
Oh I see his problem, he forgot to put the wheel down.
Your point being?
Cheers
Paul
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Thanks Bernard,
I hope we don't see a spate of such landings now. But to me it
was useful
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On 29 August 2014 08:58, Grant Davies gr
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Thanks Bernard,
I hope we don't see a spate of such landings now. But to me it
was useful because a fear
On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:58 PM, dennis hipperson dennishipper...@gmail.com
wrote:
Also found this:
Landing on water: Over the years, there has been an on-going debate on
whether
it is better to land gear up or gear down on water. Current thought from Tom
Knauff
is to always land gear
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