flying video

http://www.cubcrafters.com/media/rebuild_high.wmv

More than it sounds like, some beautiful aviation video,
35 mb download.

In article 4eOJg.6535$SZ3.4180@dukeread04,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

http://www.cubcrafters.com/media/rebuild_high.wmv

Thanks Jim!

It is neat, has some nice scenes and details, with a long
flight sequence at the end. A Cub on wheels doing touch and
goes on a river.



"john smith" wrote in message
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| In article 4eOJg.6535$SZ3.4180@dukeread04,
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| http://www.cubcrafters.com/media/rebuild_high.wmv
|
| Thanks Jim!

"Jim Macklin" wrote:

It is neat, has some nice scenes and details, with a long
flight sequence at the end. A Cub on wheels doing touch and
goes on a river.

Was that a foolhardy stunt, or at that speed is the water hard enough
that with those huge tires an inadvertently hard touch would bounce
the plane rather than digging in or creating enough drag to change the
angle of attack and nosing the plane into the water?
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"alexy" wrote in message
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"Jim Macklin" wrote:

It is neat, has some nice scenes and details, with a long
flight sequence at the end. A Cub on wheels doing touch and
goes on a river.

Was that a foolhardy stunt, or at that speed is the water hard enough
that with those huge tires an inadvertently hard touch would bounce
the plane rather than digging in or creating enough drag to change the
angle of attack and nosing the plane into the water?
--
Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked
infrequently.

Apparently, the water is plenty hard. The key is to make sure you have the
brakes locked so the wheels ski across the water instead of spinning.

Think about your golf game (or mine - I hit lots of balls in the water). A
ball with backspin will skip once or twice. A ball with no spin will skip
too. A ball with topspin will just make a big plop.

KB

I'm not a bush pilot, but, I understand that they hydroplane to slow down before
landing on a sand bar.

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:41:29 -0400, alexy wrote:

"Jim Macklin" wrote:

It is neat, has some nice scenes and details, with a long
flight sequence at the end. A Cub on wheels doing touch and
goes on a river.

Was that a foolhardy stunt, or at that speed is the water hard enough
that with those huge tires an inadvertently hard touch would bounce
the plane rather than digging in or creating enough drag to change the
angle of attack and nosing the plane into the water?

GeorgeC

I found a video of a hydroplane landing
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...+landing&hl=en

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:30:09 -0500, GeorgeC wrote:

I'm not a bush pilot, but, I understand that they hydroplane to slow down before
landing on a sand bar.

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:41:29 -0400, alexy wrote:

"Jim Macklin" wrote:

It is neat, has some nice scenes and details, with a long
flight sequence at the end. A Cub on wheels doing touch and
goes on a river.

Was that a foolhardy stunt, or at that speed is the water hard enough
that with those huge tires an inadvertently hard touch would bounce
the plane rather than digging in or creating enough drag to change the
angle of attack and nosing the plane into the water?

GeorgeC

GeorgeC

Not just to slow down, but to maximize the available landing
distance on the bar, touch on the water and have wheels on
the ground at the water's edge.


"GeorgeC" wrote in message
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| I'm not a bush pilot, but, I understand that they
hydroplane to slow down before
| landing on a sand bar.
|
| On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:41:29 -0400, alexy
wrote:
|
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| It is neat, has some nice scenes and details, with a
long
| flight sequence at the end. A Cub on wheels doing touch
and
| goes on a river.
|
| Was that a foolhardy stunt, or at that speed is the water
hard enough
| that with those huge tires an inadvertently hard touch
would bounce
| the plane rather than digging in or creating enough drag
to change the
| angle of attack and nosing the plane into the water?
|
| GeorgeC