> > I doubt that every sailplane type is deliberately ditched with wheel > up and down to see what happens. The Flight manual advice seems to be > based on generic sailplane types in actual water landings but not in > flight test situations and we really don't know what technique was > used, speed and descent rate on touchdown, pitch rate etc. This is in > the "anecdotal evidence" category. > > I doubt that it has actually occurred to any glider pilots that there > might be a difference between landing wheel down on water with or > without the wheel brake applied. I stress the might. It certainly > hadn't occurred to me before the SA T6 video and then someone talking > about this being done in Alaska. > > Looks like a fruitful test for the adventurous test pilots. Anyone > got any time expired glass airframes?
This is precisely what the British team did before going to Sweden. Got an old plane and landed it in a lake. 4 times. Wheels up and wheels down. If you want, I can get chapter and verse from someone who was in Germany and witnessed the experiments.
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