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("RST Engineering" wrote)
[snip] In the freeway case, I saw my opening in the lineup of cars, came across each of them at about 80 knots at 50' agl or so and gave them a chance to slow up, which they did. I then slowed up to 50 to hit my opening, but didn't count on the clapped-out Datsun in the right lane going uphill with six kids in the back at (generously) 30 mpg. And the rest of the story ....is? Was the Datsun Green? :-) Montblack Owned a used 1984 Datsun/Nissan Stanza - most of the badging on the car had both names, since they were switching corporate identities at the time. Always thought that was weird. It was my winter beater ..."Datsun/Nissan." |
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No, the Datsun was babypoop brown. The rest of the story is that I got as
far over into the left lane as I could to avoid hitting her with the strut and took the left wing off with the bridge abutment in the center of the freeway. Airplane began a counterclockwise roll (lift on the right wing, no lift on the left missing wing) and completed half a roll before coming to rest inverted on the opposite side of the freeway. Jim I then slowed up to 50 to hit my opening, but didn't count on the clapped-out Datsun in the right lane going uphill with six kids in the back at (generously) 30 mpg. And the rest of the story ....is? Was the Datsun Green? :-) |
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:56:34 GMT, john smith wrote in
:: Larry Dighera wrote: The story indicates that the California Highway Patrol estimated the Bonanza's speed at 90 mph. Wouldn't the pilot have attempted to touch down at about 50 knots? If not, why not. The Bo won't fly that slow without power. Vs is about 65 knots, isn't it? In ground effect it should be able to fly even slower. |
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:39:04 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote:
Vs is about 65 knots, isn't it? In ground effect it should be able to fly even slower. Wouldn't ground effect be less effective without a turning prop? (assuming total engine failure) Allen |
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:08:54 -0500, A Lieberman
wrote in :: On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:39:04 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote: Vs is about 65 knots, isn't it? In ground effect it should be able to fly even slower. Wouldn't ground effect be less effective without a turning prop? (assuming total engine failure) It is my understanding that ground effect occurs when the wing is within half a wingspan of the runway surface. It acts to diminish wingtip vortices which reduces induced drag, and permits the aircraft to continue flying at a speed slower than the speed at which the wing would normally stall at a higher altitude AGL. There is some technical discussion of ground effect he http://whitts.alioth.net/Pagec7landings.htm#GE_ http://www.whittsflying.com/page4.70...%20Landing.htm http://cafe.ou.edu/flightdeck/app5.html http://www.avweb.com/news/airman/185905-1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect http://avstop.com/AC/FlightTraingHan...undEffect.html http://www.se-technology.com/wig/htm...en=aero&code=0 |
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In article ,
john smith wrote: Larry Dighera wrote: The story indicates that the California Highway Patrol estimated the Bonanza's speed at 90 mph. Wouldn't the pilot have attempted to touch down at about 50 knots? If not, why not. The Bo won't fly that slow without power. When I was flying early Bonanzas, I would use 80 mph as glide speed, power off. Touchdown was about 60 mph. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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Young Charles Redmond was understandably shaken, but how would he have
been "squashed like a bug" by an aluminum airplane that weighs less than 75% of the Jeep he was driving? Just the same, I hope I never have to attempt a dead-stick landing on a highway in traffic - too much potential for an unhappy ending |
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