Nice One Wheel Landing, Hood Aeodrome NZ 26 Feb 2022

[IBob]

 

[kgwilson]

Got that down well.

[Old Koreelah]

Skill!

[red750]

Well done that man.

[Thruster88]

What caused the aircraft to only have one wheel🤔

[IBob]

Don't know yet. The wishbone with attached wheel was still there, something on the olio or spring assembly under the fuselage has parted company, allowing the wishbone and wheel to hang down unrestrained.

[IBob]

Correction: Still don't know.
But the way the damaged u/c tracks after he lands suggests that the wishbone and wheel assembly are intact?

Edited February 26, 2022 by IBob

[onetrack]

There must be nothing worse than having the wheels fall off, when you're airborne.

[IBob]

Looking again at that landing:
The wishbone and wheel are hanging straight down under the aircraft, so on landing one of 3 things can happen with it:
It remains vertical and digs in in some way, perhaps tearing off.

It tracks left and folds under the aircraft.

It tracks right, where it is out of harm's way.

It looks very much as though the pilot deliberately sideslipped left all the way in, which would deflect the wheel to the right, out of harm's way.

Edited February 26, 2022 by IBob

[facthunter]

Wing down onto the good wheel  and hold the other one off as long  as possible. Nev

[Marty_d]

I had to land someone's model plane for them once when a wheel came off on takeoff (very successfully!) but glad I haven't had to do it in full size.

[facthunter]

Models are harder .That's why I  went to the real thing. Nev

[Marty_d]

I was doing both concurrently for a while (as a lot of people do, judging by the number of R/C models you see in shed/hangar pics!)  You're right Nev, the real thing is easier, unfortunately the hourly cost is a lot higher though.

[facthunter]

Would a Thruster or Drifter cost much more than SOME of the RC models? It was the ever increasing costs of models that forced my decision.   There wasn't an ultralight movement then though. Everything had to be GA registered. Druin Turbulent etc  There were Gyro's about but they were suicidal..Nev

[F10]

Good job, you can see he held off the bad leg as long as possible, nice!