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Trent Moorehead wrote: "Dude" wrote in message ... That being said, putting a plane like a 150 into the trees isn't impossible at all. Simply mushing it into the foliage as slow as possible has been accomplished many times, even if it is a crap shoot. Given the hieght of some of those trees would make it interesting to get down afterwards though. I've been doing some reading lately that advises pilots to aim for the base of the trees, not the foliage. Mushing it into the tops of the trees ensures that you will stall as soon as the plane touches the first treetop. The nose will drop and you will be going straight down from there. Unless the tree branches break the fall on the way down, there is a good chance you will not survive. The taller the trees, the farther you fall, the harder the impact. If you aim for the base of the trees, you'll be under control as close to the ground as possible when the stall occurs. You do have to be careful not to hit a tree trunk head-on, but if you aim right, the wings can be used to absorb energy, making the deceleration as gradual as possible. It's the quick deceleration that kills you or renders you unconscious and if there is a fire you are not getting out. I also used to think that mushing the plane into the treetops was the way to go, but obviously I've been rethinking that. And just reading the title of this thread gives me willies. To be honest, I thought it was a joke or a hypothetical question, not a recounting of an actual experience. Speaking for myself only, outright emergencies notwithstanding, you won't find me "Night flying in the mountains in a cessna 150". -Trent PP-ASEL It also matters what type of trees you try that mushing in. In the East, limbs tend to point up. But in the West, they tend to point down (Fir). If you expect those tree limbs to break your fall you can forget it (those limbs are designed to shed snowfall). They will only spring back up after you have crumpled yourself into the ground, hiding your wreckage for (sometimes) years before a hapless hiker stumbles into it. Tom |
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