At 10:56 AM 28/04/2008, you wrote:
>I have it on good authority from multiple posters on this list that ditching
>should be performed with the wheel up.
>
>
>I understand that the British gliding team did some tests in Germany
>before going to the worlds in Sweden on water landing using an old
>glider of some sort. My memory of this is:
>
>They did four tests. Two wheels up, two wheels down.
>
>The summary was that the wheels up configuration generated a strong
>nose down pitching moment which could cause the glider to submarine or flip.
>
>The wheel down configuration did not show this nose over tendency
>possibly due to the wheel breaking the surface of the water and
>preventing the attached water flow over the fuselage causing the
>pitching moment to the same extent.
>
>Something like that anyway.
>
>So they all landed wheels down. Better ask someone who has done
>both before trying.
>
>DmcD
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Maybe they ought to land wheels down with the wheel brake fully
applied and aquaplane like the South African T6 pilots in the video
or Alaskan bush pilots in their Super Cubs?
Mike
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