When on has no acceptable emergency landing spots, then I had always been told that as you run out of speed, to think and trade altitude to gain back speed . . .
THEN
as you run out of altitude,
Think . . . AND
use almost no remaining speed to attempt to gain altitude
AND if you thought it through and did it all right then you would stall and come down onto the treetops with the least forward speed.
Sometimes one can use the old ring-around the tree top and crushable landing gear will absorb some of those ugly G forces. Would be interesting to hear the real story
Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits
13 September 2017, 10:56
Opus1
Or you could cut to the chase and just find a big tree...
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16 September 2017, 12:54
Cougarz
Just goes to show that any landing you can walk away from is a good one!
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16 September 2017, 15:16
Opus1
It wasn't going to end well without the open embrace of that tree. But I am betting some of those panels will require a little more than a simple wax and buff to straighten out.
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17 September 2017, 23:28
mete
Perfect example of how to convert linear to rotational motion !
