Video: Cheetah Ultralight / Microlight Crash

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[facthunter]

Very good example of the almost impossible task of coordinating elevators when the nosewheel contacts the ground after a bounce. The oscillation amplifies. A go-around is the best recourse. ( early in the piece) unless you are VERY familiar with the plane. Touchy, light elevators make it harder and undamped maingear. Nev

 

 

[blueshed]

What ever happened to landing on the main Wheel's!

 

Thought the training wheel was just to keep the prop from touching the ground!:cheese:

 

 

[dazza 38]

It was always going to end in tears, after the second bounce.Should have gone around.

 

 

[Guest Jake.f]

To my eyes this just screams fake......

 

 

[sseeker]

That's not fake, I've had something similar happen in the SportStar... Except I obviously didn't destroy the aeroplane. Landing at Jandakot I came in too fast and bounced, although it seemed to keep falling forward onto the nose wheel and bouncing back, it was a chain reaction and happened 2-3 times before I applied power and went around. I had a passenger on board and didn't want to mess around trying to gain control. These weren't hard bounces and I got no where near as high off the ground as he did, but enough to make me go around. Surprisingly my passenger who was experiencing her first flight in a light aircraft wasn't afraid at all and said she wanted to go again! Only had 1.8hrs in that aircraft at the time as well.

 

-Andrew

 

 

[Guest Jake.f]

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[turboplanner]

or if you do go round at the first bounce

 

 

[rick-p]

A couple of things, the nose wheel didn't touch first the near side main wheel did.

 

If you watch the dust and grass he was attmepting to land down hill with a quartering tail wind from the right.

 

The wind speed was a bit hard to determine from the velocity of the dust because the video ended almost on impact.

 

The nose wheel touched on the second and obviously final bounce.

 

I believe that even if he had applied power it was all stacked against him, he would have been extremely lucky to recover.

 

Anyway thats my two bob's worth.

 

Rick-p

 

 

[rick-p]

An aside:- Ian got your phone message but lost your #, Telstra is so efficient in losing my messages, for me.

 

Obviously I fixed the problem as back on site.

 

Thanks,

 

Rick-p

 

 

[rick-p]

Was that German the photographer was speaking?

 

 

[Owi]

Was that German the photographer was speaking?

No mate, it was Afrikaans or Sooth-effrican. Do you need a translation?

 

 

[Guest Jake.f]

Definitely a South African accent there.

 

 

[Spin]

The ZU rego and aircraft type are kind of giveaways as to where this happened. I followed some discussion on a local aviation forum after the video first surfaced, seems very little doubt that there is no fakery involved, just lack of skill....