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I'm a glider pilot, and we are always prepared to land off-field.
I saw at least two prospective landing sites. You don't really need much, especially with a tail dragger. Just set up the landing and go in slow; you'll be fine if you hold just above stall speed.
Thump her in, and walk away.
I'm a glider pilot, and we are always prepared to land off-field. I saw at least two prospective landing sites. You don't really need much, especially with a tail dragger. Just set up the landing and go in slow; you'll be fine if you hold just above stall speed.
Thump her in, and walk away.
I think it's just BS.
That's quite valid. What's the landing speed of a T-Craft? 35-40 knots? Online specs say it stalls at 38 mph. Any patch of a couple hundred feet will do.
That's quite valid. What's the landing speed of a T-Craft? 35-40 knots? Online specs say it stalls at 38 mph. Any patch of a couple hundred feet will do.
What I noticed, and may have missed it or there was editing, was that once the engine quit he didn't appear to even attempt a restart. He had plenty of altitude and a craft with a decent glide ratio that he had some time to restart or at least do some attempts.
It seemed, to me, that the engine quit and after the initial "Oh ****" that he decided to hit the 'chute right away. Yeah, I know that you have to know when to bail and that can be a split-second, but he wasn't on fire and the plane wasn't losing parts while not losing altitude at that great a rate.
My take on it is that it was intentional. As others have stated there were obvious places he could have set it down safely. Also why a Taylorcraft? Because they are very inexpensive. https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search...-type=aircraft
I am wondering what the guy thought he could earn for this video?
Also; the last thing I would think about if I was forced to bail out of an aircraft is holding onto my selfie stick.
I don't know anything about this aircraft, so pardon my ignorance. After he jumps out the plane, it seems to fly itself in a sustainable rate of descent and follows a wide circular path until it crashes. Is this a natural characteristic of the plane? Does the plane come with trim tabs in both pitch and yaw, and does the plane's path indicate these may have been set by the pilot before he jumped out?
I guess what I'm saying for a "crash" the orderly descent almost seems to suggest there was pre-planning involved to get it to land in the location and manner it did. Or am I off-base here?
Fake. There's no reason for the cameras attached to the tail and wing of the plane unless placed there to capture the crash.
Also, the filming was perfect from the cockpit until the engine stopped. After that,.... oh, the drama!!!
I been in numerous planes that had cameras mounted in various places including the tail and wingtip. None of them crashed. Basically an aircraft selfie and nothing nefarious.
LOL. That seems perfectly normal to me. Why would anyone fly without a parachute? I surely wouldn't!
Put on a parachute and go for a couple hour drive in your car. See how comfortable that is and how well you can control the car. The seats in small aircraft, especially older ones, are not as comfortable and adjustable as in a car. Also, landing an aircraft requires more agility than parking a car.
There's also the aspect of, if you feel the need to wear a parachute, perhaps you shouldn't go flying.
LOL. That seems perfectly normal to me. Why would anyone fly without a parachute? I surely wouldn't!
Parachutes normally are worn by those performing aerobatics or military pilots in tactical aircraft. Few general aviation pilots wear a parachute, and would be viewed by other pilots as being eccentric if they did.
Do you own a parachute that you wear when you fly?
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