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In a previous article, "gatt" said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PvcG4Vmyw Yikes. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ Once we've got the bugs ironed out, we'll be running on flat bugs |
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gatt wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PvcG4Vmyw Two observations he 1. He did better than that F-16 pilot that splatted his jet on the ground 2. Whaddya think would happen if is insurance agent saw that clip? |
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Kingfish wrote: gatt wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PvcG4Vmyw Two observations he 1. He did better than that F-16 pilot that splatted his jet on the ground The difference wasn't pilot skill, it was how fast he was coming down. Probably a math error, probably didn't correctly add field elevation to his top altitude. 2. Whaddya think would happen if is insurance agent saw that clip? Probably couldn't get insurance. |
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Kingfish wrote: 2. Whaddya think would happen if is insurance agent saw that clip? Nothing. There wasn't a loss. |
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Newps wrote: Kingfish wrote: 2. Whaddya think would happen if is insurance agent saw that clip? Nothing. There wasn't a loss. He was awful close to a prop strike - at the very least. Perhaps it was intentional - note that he did a roll right after the near miss. I don't think that anyone who had just had an unintentional near miss could regain his composure so quickly. |
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Dave wrote: Newps wrote: Kingfish wrote: 2. Whaddya think would happen if is insurance agent saw that clip? Nothing. There wasn't a loss. He was awful close to a prop strike - at the very least. Perhaps it was intentional - note that he did a roll right after the near miss. I don't think that anyone who had just had an unintentional near miss could regain his composure so quickly. |
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Dave wrote: Newps wrote: Kingfish wrote: 2. Whaddya think would happen if is insurance agent saw that clip? Nothing. There wasn't a loss. He was awful close to a prop strike - at the very least. He was awfully close to death but that's not relavant as far as insurance is concerned. |
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"Dave" wrote He was awful close to a prop strike - at the very least. Perhaps it was intentional - note that he did a roll right after the near miss. I don't think that anyone who had just had an unintentional near miss could regain his composure so quickly. Although he was way too close, there is a possibility that he was not as close as you think. I saw another performer that looked like he was way too low, even below the runway. Is it possible that there is a dip, and the runway is lower than the surrounding ground? Still, no loss, no claim, no foul. -- Jim in NC |
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"Morgans" wrote in message ... "Dave" wrote He was awful close to a prop strike - at the very least. Perhaps it was intentional - note that he did a roll right after the near miss. I don't think that anyone who had just had an unintentional near miss could regain his composure so quickly. Although he was way too close, there is a possibility that he was not as close as you think. I saw another performer that looked like he was way too low, even below the runway. Is it possible that there is a dip, and the runway is lower than the surrounding ground? Still, no loss, no claim, no foul. -- Jim in NC No, that was close Jim. In fact, you don't get closer than that and fly out of it. In any low altitude vertical recovery, you only have X amount of radial g to play against Y amount of remaining air under the airplane. At the top gate apex, you need the exact airspeed through the gate that has been predermined against the gate altitude AGL to produce the downline within that available radial g. If you are slow inverted through the gate at your apex, you can generate nose rate which puts you mushing through with a vertical component you definitely don't want. If you are fast through the gate, you get an extended arc on your downline pull that can easily kill you at the bottom. This guy looked slow through the apex pull which was real bad. He added to the problem with a quarter roll on his downline to his exit heading. Going through a vertical downline in a low altitude vertical recovery will nail you every time. As he finished the quarter roll, he was running out of air and radial g at the same time. Past a certain point, you enter mush as you climb the angle of attack curve. This guy was one lucky SOB! In the Yak, as in the Mustang, when you get it THAT low during a pull, you have a forward ground visual cue that is far enough ahead of the aircraft you can easily miss exactly how low you actually are to the ground. I'd be willing to bet two things on this one with a real good chance of winning. First, that during the pull through his low apex he didn't actually realize how low he was, and secondly, that had he been checking his peripheral cues at the lower corners of the windshield through the low apex, he would have soiled his drawers :-) I'm glad he made it. You don't get many second chances in the low altitude acro business! Dudley Henriques |
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