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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Amphib nosewheels don't fully retract inside, but they do go up.
Notice the mains are down also. HE FAILED TO RAISE THE GEAR!! That's why he flipped over forward!! The nosegear was down and caught the water and flipped him forward. |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
In article .com,
"Doug" wrote: Amphib nosewheels don't fully retract inside, but they do go up. Notice the mains are down also. HE FAILED TO RAISE THE GEAR!! That's why he flipped over forward!! The nosegear was down and caught the water and flipped him forward. Actually, the drag of the mains pitched him over; the nose gear just finished the job. |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Actually, the drag of the mains pitched him over; the nose gear just
finished the job. It's interesting to speculate if he would have flipped if it was just the mains. Of course they all go up and down together. No one really knows for sure, but I tend to think it wouldn't be a full flip if it werent for the nose gear catching. No one knows for sure. There HAVE been gear up water landings where there wasn't a flip, but generally, landing with the gear down in the water is pretty bad news. Landing with the gear UP on land is not so bad, no prop strike, by the way. Gear switch on an amphib is a little different mindset. You don't just turn the warning off by putting the gear down. You position the gear where it should be and turn the warning off by pushing a button. Also, the amount of drag presented by amphib gear is not as dramatic as gear on land planes, so its not always obvious where the gear is by wind noise and how the plane flies. |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Dave wrote:
/snip/ What are the 2 black things flying forward ? I think they are the nose bumpers from the floats. Happy Flying! Scott Skylane N92054 |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
On 6 Nov 2005 20:43:54 -0800, "Doug"
wrote: Actually, the drag of the mains pitched him over; the nose gear just finished the job. It's interesting to speculate if he would have flipped if it was just the mains. Of course they all go up and down together. No one really knows for sure, but I tend to think it wouldn't be a full flip if it werent for the nose gear catching. No one knows for sure. There HAVE been gear up water landings where there wasn't a flip, but generally, landing with the gear down in the water is pretty bad news. Landing with the gear UP on land is not so bad, no prop strike, by the way. Gear switch on an amphib is a little different mindset. You don't just turn the warning off by putting the gear down. You position the gear where it should be and turn the warning off by pushing a button. Also, the amount of drag presented by amphib gear is not as dramatic as gear on land planes, so its not always obvious where the gear is by wind noise and how the plane flies. I'm sure people have landed sucesfully with the gear down on some planes. On my plane the pitch forward landing on glassy water requires full up elevator to prevent pitch over. I think that landing was beyond recovery the second the mains touched the water. |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:51:44 -0900, Scott Skylane
wrote: Dave wrote: /snip/ What are the 2 black things flying forward ? I think they are the nose bumpers from the floats. I would have to agree with Skylane on this. I went through it frame by frame and just before he touched down, you can see the bumpers on the floats, then about 5 frames after the front of the floats go into the water, you can see the bumpers flying out of the water. I would be sick to death if that happened to my plane. Scott D. |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Paul,
For those of us not fluent in html, where is the file name in the source code? I couldn't identify it from all the various likely html sources. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) "Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... In a previous article, john smith said: I keep getting the error message: "Playlist format is unrecognized" I looked at the page source to find the actual file name, saved the file and Quicktime opened it fine. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ The phrase "Login to www.clue.org and issue the GET command" springs to mind. -- Tanuki |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Bob Chilcoat wrote:
Paul, For those of us not fluent in html, where is the file name in the source code? I couldn't identify it from all the various likely html sources. http://s1.putfile.com/videos/29310174242.mpg Search the source if you want to see where it was exactly... |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Doug wrote:
http://media.putfile.com/Wheels-down Big no-no. This is why it costs twice as much to insure an amphibious airplane. . . and why most insurance companies give you a discount for installing a gear warning system. |
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If you fly an Amphib, don't do this
Paul, thanks for the source file.
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