A 1:2 Disaster
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Re: A 1:2 Disaster
Yet another sad example of what happens when you pull up relentlessly...
On a side note: it's amusing seeing that "emergency vehicle" rushing toward the scene of the accident at the end. Were they expecting to find survivors?
On a side note: it's amusing seeing that "emergency vehicle" rushing toward the scene of the accident at the end. Were they expecting to find survivors?
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Re: A 1:2 Disaster
Very simple:
Cheap composite rudder failure within 18 months...
(And no backup for reservation systems.)
Cheap composite rudder failure within 18 months...
(And no backup for reservation systems.)
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I was expecting something like this...On a side note: it's amusing seeing that "emergency vehicle" rushing toward the scene of the accident at the end.
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Re: A 1:2 Disaster
It IS amazing, though, how quickly the structure disintegrated once the tailfin was out of the picture.
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...but not that dissimilar from some of those aerobatic planes and maybe that Brasilia that lost their horizontal stabilizers.It IS amazing, though, how quickly the structure disintegrated once the tailfin was out of the picture.
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Re: A 1:2 Disaster
this is exactly what went through my mind. astonishing. quite bizarre.It IS amazing, though, how quickly the structure disintegrated once the tailfin was out of the picture.
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Re: A 1:2 Disaster
One should never attempt to fly faster than the speed of balsa.
If you look at it one frame at a time, it seems that the pilot was using left rudder to hold the nose up while in a steep right bank, and overdid it. There's a fairly large left skid (well, "left" meaning mostly up given the bank angle) and that's what overloads the vertical stab. This leaves the plane moving sideways with the nose up; then it tries to roll out, either by command or naturally, and then it's got a nice 70-degree angle of attack with the wings spread wide and that's when the rest of the airframe fails. A real Gripen could probably get away with that (you're supposed to be able to pull such moves) even with the vertical stabilizer missing, but this thing's not built well enough.
If you look at it one frame at a time, it seems that the pilot was using left rudder to hold the nose up while in a steep right bank, and overdid it. There's a fairly large left skid (well, "left" meaning mostly up given the bank angle) and that's what overloads the vertical stab. This leaves the plane moving sideways with the nose up; then it tries to roll out, either by command or naturally, and then it's got a nice 70-degree angle of attack with the wings spread wide and that's when the rest of the airframe fails. A real Gripen could probably get away with that (you're supposed to be able to pull such moves) even with the vertical stabilizer missing, but this thing's not built well enough.
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