Look closer........the right wing hit the ground at the same time as the main wheel! It was fully stalled by the looks of things. Bit of rudder thrown in and who knows.......
Jim
From: "Nick Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."<[email protected]>
To: "Tom Wilksch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] cable break
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:07:12 +0930
>Have to agree with Tom - looked pretty nasty to me. There is no real
>positive push over when the cable breaks.
>
>Nick.
>
>On 5/30/07, Tom Wilksch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well flown cable break?? Look at how long it takes to get the nose down
> > after the cable breaks (as indicated by the drouge opening). And then the
> > glider wallows back to earth and completely fails to flair. Wouldn't be
> > surprised if the guy has some nasty back pain. It's probably reasonable to
> > link the cable break and the landing. Failure to gain safe speed near
> > ground could mean that he was hovering around stall on final and flairing
> > did nothing more than stall the aircraft a few metres above the ground.
> > Ouch.
> >
> > Of course the video is pretty small and hard to see but thats how it looked
> > to me. Anyone else?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > >
> > > What was special about that ? Looks like a well flown cable break.
> > > Don't know why it was called "Nearly crashed glider"
> > > John G.
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