Farmer_Dave Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Bit scarey this is. Several mistakes. See if you can spot them. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irm750 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 OH............MY..............GOD!!! The look of those power lines getting ever closer made my stomach churn! Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommcb6016 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Wow ! that could have been worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_dunn Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Great video- this really emphasises the need to keep landable terrain below you at all times..... and think about 'when' is the engine failure going to happen- not 'if' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Landing these things after an engine failure is a cinch if you do as Gordon suggests isn't it? Keep landable fields below you, learn to 'read' terrain - rotor sources, wind direction, hazards (surface slope, terrain, wires, animals etc) and perhaps lastly, access. (Paul ) Practice engine out procedures regularly from overhead your field from your typical cruise height (agl). You will then develop a feel for the performance characteristics of you wing/rig and quickly clock how to best allow for differing wind conditions. As soon as you can spot-land consistently you can be confident that you will end up landing on the mental touch-down marker you picked just after the fan stopped. THEN confidence during a real engine failure is always likely to be on tap as the process FEELS practised and routine. Add just a tad of adrenalin to help things along and the pub afterwards is just that much more enjoyable. Accept the fact that it can and will happen, it is a reality and simple to prepare for and execute. Consciously think in these terms whilst airborne and after a time you will start to do it automatically; then you will feel uncomfortable when over poor (in a landable sense) terrain. Instincts can be grown. Did you spot more promising landing spots during the last 40 seconds of his descent on that vid? Perhaps less dangerous? Note: All the above is part of the new PPG1/2 syllabus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 This guy knows all about field selection. Sky, the Pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 That brings back memories of my engine out at the fly in, in my case , I was directly over farm biuldings, I had trees to the left, the motor splutterd once so I had already decided to turn back towards the field when it quit altogether, as I turned I had 2 options, a small field directly in front of me or a much larger one a bit further on, I could have made the larger of the 2 but there were power lines just on the boundry, so i pulled a bit of brake to slow me down and dropped into the closest of the 2, dodging 2 cattle water troughs and numeras cowpats, lucky for me the only cows in the were calfs who were a bit curious at this strange creature that had just descended from the skies Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_andrews Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Seemed like all the active flying stopped with this fellow's motor. I saw two very reachable grass fields that a spot lander might pick rather than beeline for earth. The sound of lines sliding on wire insulation? worse than nails on a challkboard. I suppose we are just looking at a video snapshot of this pilots learning experience. At least I hope so. When you don't practice parts of flying, even the birds can have a rough go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zGEbVxr0mk&NR=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) TWO WORDS WILL SAY ALL...........................PILOT ERROR Edited August 5, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Isn't that 2 words Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Isn't that 2 words sorryAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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