Re: Doc, (B29) took his first flight this morning.
| August 02, 2016 01:25PM |
Ouch! That'll be expensive to fix. Both engines will need to be torn down. Not sure why the bird de-rotated so fast. I don't know much about the handling of the A-26.
Ideally, if you anticipated a possible nose gear failure, you'd try to shift any moveable weight somewhat aft to get the CG as far back as possible (within limits) so the aircraft can be landed on the mains and the nose wheel held off as long as possible. You'd approach just a bit fast and just before touchdown, get the mixtures into cut-off and both props feathered with the hope of minimizing any damage to the engines. You then hold the nose off briefly and lower it slowly to the pavement (to avoid high impact forces) while you still have elevator authority left. It's a bit like rubbing your stomach and patting your head and you only get one chance to get it right.
All things considered, this crew did OK. They kept her on the runway and walked away, and in the end that's what really matters.
/Kevin
Ideally, if you anticipated a possible nose gear failure, you'd try to shift any moveable weight somewhat aft to get the CG as far back as possible (within limits) so the aircraft can be landed on the mains and the nose wheel held off as long as possible. You'd approach just a bit fast and just before touchdown, get the mixtures into cut-off and both props feathered with the hope of minimizing any damage to the engines. You then hold the nose off briefly and lower it slowly to the pavement (to avoid high impact forces) while you still have elevator authority left. It's a bit like rubbing your stomach and patting your head and you only get one chance to get it right.
All things considered, this crew did OK. They kept her on the runway and walked away, and in the end that's what really matters.
/Kevin
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