If the guy in #1 would have shut the engine off before landing he would have save thousands of dollars in repairs. Now, the prop and engine have to be dismantled, inspected, and rebuilt. Big money.
Was going to say, "in the stress of an emergency landing...", but it looks like an LG failed to lower issue, so they likely would have been circling the field, trying different stuff first.
Years ago, a flying instructor tried to show me how to stop the prop from windmilling after an engine shutdown(C172). Almost had to stall the thing, so engine shutdown might not have been an option.
That's a Grob, at Phoenix last March. Higher-res video here; it appears that the engine was stopped upon landing so no prop strike occurred, which saved a whole pot of money. https://www.azfamily.com/news/pilot-executes-picture-perfect-belly-landing-at-phoenix-goodyear-airport/article_4a9c9b5c-5cb0-11ea-9053-33c47fbd4cb3.html
Watching the linked video, the prop was spinning until touchdown, then stopped. As the two men got out it was clearly visible that all 3 prop blades were bent back at the ends.
Unless it is variable pitch, the prop will windmill with the engine off. As low to the ground as that airplane was, at least one blade was going to hit even if they could stop the prop, so the prop is a loss and I expect they'd have to inspect the prop shaft, bearings, and engine for damage due to the unbalanced forces. But that might be missing the big picture: a lot of fiber composite must have been scraped off the bottom of the plane. Is it even possible to repair that well enough that the structural integrity is assured?
7 must be fake. I see nobody react at all, let alone shit their britches.
ReplyDelete#7 - Gotta be fake. They're sitting at a table with metal legs, 4 feet away from a lightning strike?
DeleteThese people should be unconscious.
Exactly right!
DeleteI was 20+ feet from a telephone pole that was struck.
It is louder, and many times brighter than a grenade at that distance.
#1 - “Ta-da!”
ReplyDelete#3 When yer hot yer hot.
ReplyDeleteIt's in slow motion. Watch the people react.
ReplyDeleteYup. They felt that.
DeleteIf the guy in #1 would have shut the engine off before landing he would have save thousands of dollars in repairs. Now, the prop and engine have to be dismantled, inspected, and rebuilt. Big money.
ReplyDeleteThe engine would need a teardown no matter what: The crank would need to be magnafluxed...The chance of needing a new one would be reduced.
DeleteBut, it was an excellent landing otherwise, with a noticeable crosswind He flew it all the way into the crash.
Pilot's decision. He and passenger walked away.
DeleteWas going to say, "in the stress of an emergency landing...", but it looks like an LG failed to lower issue, so they likely would have been circling the field, trying different stuff first.
DeleteYears ago, a flying instructor tried to show me how to stop the prop from windmilling after an engine shutdown(C172). Almost had to stall the thing, so engine shutdown might not have been an option.
Any landing you walk away from, and all that...
That's a Grob, at Phoenix last March. Higher-res video here; it appears that the engine was stopped upon landing so no prop strike occurred, which saved a whole pot of money.
Deletehttps://www.azfamily.com/news/pilot-executes-picture-perfect-belly-landing-at-phoenix-goodyear-airport/article_4a9c9b5c-5cb0-11ea-9053-33c47fbd4cb3.html
Watching the linked video, the prop was spinning until touchdown, then stopped. As the two men got out it was clearly visible that all 3 prop blades were bent back at the ends.
DeleteUnless it is variable pitch, the prop will windmill with the engine off. As low to the ground as that airplane was, at least one blade was going to hit even if they could stop the prop, so the prop is a loss and I expect they'd have to inspect the prop shaft, bearings, and engine for damage due to the unbalanced forces. But that might be missing the big picture: a lot of fiber composite must have been scraped off the bottom of the plane. Is it even possible to repair that well enough that the structural integrity is assured?
Delete#1: The FAA qualification test for flying down the Hudson river with engines out.
ReplyDelete#7, ahh beer hall tables and benches, countless hours at them, countless.
ReplyDelete#4 is going to be my nephew the next time I’m at my sisters house. I love it.
ReplyDelete#9 Vlade is lucky he didn’t impale himself !
ReplyDeleteIs number 8 technically a win? The bag did make it.... asking for a friend.
ReplyDeleteDid that umbrella just save the dark-haired guys a**, er, scalp?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't really look like lightning weather....
#7 analysis: People do react, look on left table. Lightning effect is fake. Explosive detonated at top, you can see the powdered fallout happening.
ReplyDelete"I thought YOU put the gear down"....
ReplyDelete1 was not on a monday
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