by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 06/13/2017 at 11:28
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 06/13/2017 at 11:28
Tags: Planelopnik
STARS: 4
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During a flight demonstration at an airshow in France last Sunday, this Spitfire taking off from a grass field pitched over on its nose and flipped. The pilot, Cédric Ruet, was not seriously injured. There is no official cause for the accident, though it looks to me like he might have suffered a blown tire or wheel lockup. Note the dirt spewing from the landing gear just before it flipped.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
06/13/2017 at 11:31, STARS: 0
Saw that. Too bad.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
06/13/2017 at 11:34, STARS: 2
Watching it in slow mo it looks like that dirt is from the prop making contact with the ground.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/13/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 0
Okay. I haven’t had the chance to look at it that closely.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/13/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 2
Looks reparable, though. But it ain’t gonna be cheap. And I doubt the engine appreciated being stopped so suddenly like that.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
06/13/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 0
I’m thinking the right wheel locked up or just dropped into a rut or something. I don’t know much about taildraggers, but I know you can artificially delay rotation to help prevent prop strike. Sucks to see a warbird go down like this.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
06/13/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 3
This seems like the correct time to post this:
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/13/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 3
Looks like a prop strike
When flying tail draggers keep the tail down until you approach take off speed you have plenty of runway don’t rush the take off procedure
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
06/13/2017 at 11:45, STARS: 1
Also, my grandfather used to say about Luscombes (one of which he owned) that there were two kinds of Luscombes - those that had been ground looped and those that were going to be... With the higher stall speed on a Spit, not as much of an issue, but still a risk.
"McMike" (mcmike)
06/13/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 1
I saw the same thing - happened the same time as he pulled the shit out of the stick.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
06/13/2017 at 11:51, STARS: 1
Is that straight out of the FAA field guide?
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/13/2017 at 11:52, STARS: 2
Yes, complete with the clapping
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/13/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0
Definitely the prop digging a ditch in the runway - but you can see the elevator deflection. Stuck brake, or perhaps too much power too soon?
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/13/2017 at 11:55, STARS: 3
Between the prop strike and the stopping, that engine will have to be torn down and inspected, at minimum, I’m sure...
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/13/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 2
Probably too much power and not enough up elevator
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/13/2017 at 12:03, STARS: 0
I may be giving the pilot too much credit trying to blame a stuck brake- the stick ought to be all the way against his belly, no finessing needed at that point. Especially on turf.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/13/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 3
The aircraft is worth more than the cost to rebuild it. It will be rebuilt.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/13/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 0
Perfect.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/13/2017 at 12:13, STARS: 0
Looks like at least one bent wing spar and a ruined prop and the engine is probably torn loose for the prop strike at takeoff power. Were it not an historic warbird, I’d say it was for certain totaled.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/13/2017 at 12:16, STARS: 1
Pilots blame the airplane and engineers blame pilots. It’s a tale as old as time.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
06/13/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0
A man uses the word “prang”, I’m required to make a Monty Python reference. It’s very nearly the law.
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
06/13/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0
scary how quickly and how far the pieces of prop went.
also awesome to see the brute force manual labour used to lift the plane so quickly.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/13/2017 at 15:16, STARS: 0
And you obeyed that law with exactness both in spirit and letter.