El Piloto con huevos grandes vgabndo - 12-14-2012 at 11:01 PM
There are old stunt pilots, and bold stunt pilots, but very few old bold stunt pilots. Generation YOLO.Skipjack Joe - 12-14-2012 at 11:11 PM
Dumb question:
Do they slow down after landing using brakes or running the prop in the opposite direction?monoloco - 12-14-2012 at 11:33 PM
I was a passenger in a Cessna 180 with tundra tires and we tried to take off in tall wet grass near Cape Yakataga Alaska, and we ended up in a ditch
pinned against the dash by a box of salmon. The wet grass dragged on those big tires and we couldn't get airborne, luckily the pilot managed to shut
down the engine and get the prop horizontal before we went in and we were able to get the plane up out of the ditch, unload a few fish, duct tape the
cowling back together and get out of there.Marc - 12-15-2012 at 02:17 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Dumb question:
Do they slow down after landing using brakes or running the prop in the opposite direction?
They drag a foot.Barry A. - 12-15-2012 at 02:31 PM
------they very judiciously apply brakes (no reversable prop) ever so carefully as they frantically pull back on the yoke/stick, but those old tail
draggers slow down fast in rough terraign. Same technique (almost) as landing an amphibian in the water.
