qmdv wrote:Anybody check for wrinkles

Tim

Mountain Doctor wrote:Funny how if you drop it in like that there's a guy with a camera but no witnesses for the rare greaser...

55wagon wrote:That wasn't a actually a landing by the way.
I saw a rattlesnake there and know theyre pretty tough to kill with a tire (not visable in the videos).
So I figured the only way to kill him and save the day was to fall from the sky just in front of him. He then raised his head to strike at my plane and the prop lopped it clean off.
The steep angle at which I was falling then allowed me a quick escape since I am deathly afraid of these creatures.

55wagon wrote:Yep. Botched that one pretty good.
I'm not in the "best of pilots" category but you can dam sure know I was sick about that one. Cameras or not.

That wasn't a actually a landing by the way.
I saw a rattlesnake there and know theyre pretty tough to kill with a tire (not visable in the videos).
So I figured the only way to kill him and save the day was to fall from the sky just in front of him. He then raised his head to strike at my plane and the prop lopped it clean off.
The steep angle at which I was falling then allowed me a quick escape since I am deathly afraid of these creatures.
So in all actual reality it was a very precisely placed spot bounce followed by a landing on the go around.
This is not a procedure thats nor practiced very frequently. It takes extreme skill and talent and I don't recommend it on a regular basis as it can be somewhat taxing on your equipment.
With my extreme skill level I was able to achieve it with just the right amount of force to get low enough to remove the snakes head and yet not cause any damage to my plane. No not even a wrinkle.
This takes years of practice so please do not attempt this without some instruction. Especially if you are one of the low time pilots that take a beating on here from time to time.
If you would like to come down I would be glad to teach you this technique.(bring your own plane)

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Renegade wrote:

55wagon wrote:Yep. Botched that one pretty good.
I'm not in the "best of pilots" category but you can dam sure know I was sick about that one. Cameras or not.

That wasn't a actually a landing by the way.
I saw a rattlesnake there and know theyre pretty tough to kill with a tire (not visable in the videos).
So I figured the only way to kill him and save the day was to fall from the sky just in front of him. He then raised his head to strike at my plane and the prop lopped it clean off.
The steep angle at which I was falling then allowed me a quick escape since I am deathly afraid of these creatures.
So in all actual reality it was a very precisely placed spot bounce followed by a landing on the go around.
This is not a procedure thats nor practiced very frequently. It takes extreme skill and talent and I don't recommend it on a regular basis as it can be somewhat taxing on your equipment.
With my extreme skill level I was able to achieve it with just the right amount of force to get low enough to remove the snakes head and yet not cause any damage to my plane. No not even a wrinkle.
This takes years of practice so please do not attempt this without some instruction. Especially if you are one of the low time pilots that take a beating on here from time to time.
If you would like to come down I would be glad to teach you this technique.(bring your own plane)

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I was there, saw the whole thing and can back up this story 100%. That was some damn fine rattle snake Chopin. Guys who aren't from Texas wouldn't understand

55wagon wrote:Yep. Botched that one pretty good.
I'm not in the "best of pilots" category but you can dam sure know I was sick about that one. Cameras or not.

That wasn't a actually a landing by the way.
I saw a rattlesnake there and know theyre pretty tough to kill with a tire (not visable in the videos).
So I figured the only way to kill him and save the day was to fall from the sky just in front of him. He then raised his head to strike at my plane and the prop lopped it clean off.
The steep angle at which I was falling then allowed me a quick escape since I am deathly afraid of these creatures.
So in all actual reality it was a very precisely placed spot bounce followed by a landing on the go around. [emoji14]
This is not a procedure thats nor practiced very frequently. It takes extreme skill and talent and I don't recommend it on a regular basis as it can be somewhat taxing on your equipment.
With my extreme skill level I was able to achieve it with just the right amount of force to get low enough to remove the snakes head and yet not cause any damage to my plane. No not even a wrinkle.
This takes years of practice so please do not attempt this without some instruction. Especially if you are one of the low time pilots that take a beating on here from time to time.
If you would like to come down I would be glad to teach you this technique.(bring your own plane)




Thanks for the kind words guys.

my annual will be as costly as every year. Fortunately there is no signs of the bounce anywhere and it has been gone over thoroughly.


And so people know for learning sake. That's not a nose over trying to get down early bounce. That's a botched approach, followed by not hanging on the prop(best to carry power here!!!) with an unusual cg, followed by a straight up stall from 25-30 ft. Lucky to have not splattered it all over the ground. I was surprised myself that she caught enough and quick enoug to recover as well as it did.
The sound delay from the plane to the camera doesn't tell you that I'm at full throttle the instant i feel it going over. I was expecting the tail to sag first.
Live and learn. Live being the key to the learn part.

whee wrote:You guys miss the thread where we discussed this landing? Think it was the Texas roundup thread. Didn't 55wagon's next landing win the contest?