Videos show US Air crash-landing
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#2That is a seriously talented pilot. He makes it look like a natural maneuver but the margin for error was incredibly low.
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#3That is a seriously talented pilot. He makes it look like a natural maneuver but the margin for error was incredibly low.
I'm not a pilot but if you replace the water with the runway you've got what seems like a perfect landing.
Any HN'ers with aviation experience care to comment?
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#4Very cool. I ride my bike right by there when the weather is nice.
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#5Very impressive how slow he got the plane to go. Without using the engines for reverse thrust, I don't know how one would slow down.
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#6Perfect landing. And he was lucky the river was so empty. There are often large oil barges moving slowly or moored in the center of the river.
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#7Very impressive how slow he got the plane to go. Without using the engines for reverse thrust, I don't know how one would slow down.
I think they don't use engines to slow down. I have seen some parts of the wings (like the rear half of the wings..) along its length standing up right ( something like right angle to the direction of motion of plane) putting a lot of resistance to the air while planes need to slow down.
Using the engine to slow down is like using the reverse gear of your car to slow down, which no one does, which never works (because of possible breakdown of the engine) and should not be done to save the engine from damage.
[ I am not a mechanical or automobile engineer. But this is my knowledge ]
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#8That is a seriously talented pilot. He makes it look like a natural maneuver but the margin for error was incredibly low.
I'm not a pilot but if you replace the water with the runway you've got what seems like a perfect landing. Any HN'ers with aviation experience care to comment?
Water is much harder. The drag as soon as you touch is incredible so the deceleration is nearly instant. He had to know to keep the gear up, the flaps not extended and touch at the perfect angle. Even then, there is a large element of chance. Most water ditchings end with the plane catching a surface in the water, cartwheeling and then breaking apart.
Its hard enough to land planes that are designed with floats on the water. This was the perfect combination of luck and much skill, like an NBA player getting that buzzer shot from 3/4 court to win the game.
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#9Very impressive how slow he got the plane to go. Without using the engines for reverse thrust, I don't know how one would slow down.
They reverse the engines when they land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_reversal
The wiki article on ditching is a little rough,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditching#Commercial_aircraft
...but it seems like this procedure isn't done often enough with jets that we could honestly assess how difficult it might be. I suppose it's just like a normal landing, but doing it so gently that it doesn't break apart.
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#10Very impressive how slow he got the plane to go. Without using the engines for reverse thrust, I don't know how one would slow down.
I think they don't use engines to slow down. I have seen some parts of the wings (like the rear half of the wings..) along its length standing up right ( something like right angle to the direction of motion of plane) putting a lot of resistance to the air while planes need to slow down. Using the engine to slow down is like using the reverse gear of your car to slow down, which no one does, which never works (becaus…
The engine itself does not change direction. Surfaces are deployed to redirect its thrust forward instead of backward. And that is only done after the plane is on the ground.