When the landing gear wont deploy
Discussion
When a pilot is faced with having to land a plane without landing gear,as per the recent incident in Poland involving a Boeing 767,would it ever be feasible to put the plane down on the grass alongside the runway?
I would think there would be some advantages to this:
Possible slightly smoother landing than on tarmac,and less damage to plane,
defintley less friction than aluminium fuselage scraping along tarmac at 150mph,so much less risk of sparks and fire breaking out.
No damage to runway allowing airport to be re-opened sooner.
Any thoughts?
I would think there would be some advantages to this:
Possible slightly smoother landing than on tarmac,and less damage to plane,
defintley less friction than aluminium fuselage scraping along tarmac at 150mph,so much less risk of sparks and fire breaking out.
No damage to runway allowing airport to be re-opened sooner.
Any thoughts?
mattdaniels said:
No way IMO. Runway is a much better option. Engines will dig in to the grass. They don't like ingesting anything but air. Risk of ripping the wings off or worse flipping the whole aircraft.
For underslung engines, this is exactly right. I think for low winged planes with high mounted engines (727 or learjet for example) the grass is preferable though.Chuck328 said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
High Alpha does not necessarily mean nose high or tail strike.
Can you elaborate please? AoA = Angle at which the airflow meets the chord line (from memory)? Ergo, at slower speeds, that would mean fairly high nose attitude? Simpo Two said:
Let's hope the system that caused the u/c to fail doesn't also work the flaps and slats.
Still don't see how you can get the fuselage horizontal at minimum flying speed though - and the tail will hit the ground sooner as there's no u/c.
One for Mr Sullenberger!
Kudicious use of flap and ground effect?Still don't see how you can get the fuselage horizontal at minimum flying speed though - and the tail will hit the ground sooner as there's no u/c.
One for Mr Sullenberger!
Didn't the BA 777 pilot use that technique to "balloon" the aircraft over the perimeter road at Heathrow?
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