Scary story about landing on a Lake Tahoe golf course

BGA report said the ship was lost at sea. When people talk about large
amounts of air trapped in the structure, there's very little actually
sealed in there, it just takes a while for the thing to sink.


On 7/30/20 10:21 PM, Tom BravoMike wrote:
Her Majesty?

Oh yeah. Sounds as if two glider pilots were Seriously Fortunate given (as i
infer) "the usual self-inflicted" circumstances. Can't help but wonder who
bore the salvage expenses...

Bob W.

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Other consideration is that a lot of pilots now have LifePo4 batteries onboard. Wonder how those fair in fresh water landing and if any concern.

Salt water landings... yikes, the corrosion. Imagine it would trash the instrumentation.

Darren Braun wrote on 7/31/2020 8:03 AM:
Other consideration is that a lot of pilots now have LifePo4 batteries onboard. Wonder how those fair in fresh water landing and if any concern.

Salt water landings... yikes, the corrosion. Imagine it would trash the instrumentation.

As long as the cells in the battery aren't damaged enough to expose the innards to
the water, there shouldn't be any problems. I suspect damage to the battery is
much less likely in a water landing than a land landing.

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