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From: "rampil" <ira.rampil@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 5:12 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Re: Ditching checklist
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> Frans,
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> The main gear touching the water will cause pitching moment nose
> down because the wheels, with no rolling will be retarded by water
> like hitting a brick wall.
That's why most of successful ditchings in the past have been made with
landing gear retracted - the Hudson landing being the last example. A friend
ditched a Curtiss C-46 on a sideriver to the Congo river many years ago (was
running out of fuel). A non event according to the driver. The worst part
was all the crocs waiting to get them when they evacuated on a tiny raft.
For the Mono I would opt for the same and accept the higher airspeed with
flaps retracted. You have to play the touch down though - bleeding off
airspeed close to the surface and touch in a nose high attitude. In other
words touch with the aft part of the fuselage - paralell to a swell if
there's any.
Should result in a skim rather than a splosh!
Hans, LN-HJD
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