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Post subject: How NOT to land a P51  Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 15:23 |
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I can't decide whether I want to slap the pilot, or the wife, more. http://vimeo.com/57146636
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Post subject: Re: How NOT to land a P51 Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 15:30 |
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My guess would be double that figure.
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Post subject: Re: How NOT to land a P51 Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: go around comes to mind That probably would have killed him. If he had cobbed the power after that first bounce I bet he would have torque rolled it onto its back.
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Post subject: Re: How NOT to land a P51 Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 17:15 |
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Username Protected wrote: go around comes to mind That probably would have killed him. If he had cobbed the power after that first bounce I bet he would have torque rolled it onto its back.
Yep... my pop investigated a bunch of those back in the big war.
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Post subject: Re: How NOT to land a P51 Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 17:16 |
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Username Protected wrote: go around comes to mind That probably would have killed him. If he had cobbed the power after that first bounce I bet he would have torque rolled it onto its back.
No, he wouldn't have had to firewall it, just add a little touch of power and keep the stick back until things settle down a little. Letting the pressure off the elevator after a bad bounce just lets the nose fall and this is what you end up with.
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Post subject: Re: How NOT to land a P51 Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 17:18 |
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Username Protected wrote: What do you figure? $150,000? Engine, prop, wing damage. $150,000 for the engine alone (prop strike, sudden stoppage).
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