Gear Up Touch and Go - Piper Aerostar Video

[Changes in Latitudes]

This is painful to watch. I guess the 4 page thread about this didn't arrive soon enough.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWXndyhO3YM#!

[Illya Kuryakin]

Well.....it is entertaining.
Illya

[iflyforpie]

This is how a pro does it...

[esp803]

[Canoehead]

This is painful to watch. I guess the 4 page thread about this didn't arrive soon enough.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWXndyhO3YM#t=20

Not sure why but your link cuts in at the 20 second mark... make sure you see the whole thing.
That was pure dumb luck that he didn't end up in a ball off the end of the runway.

[Changes in Latitudes]

Fixed.

[ahramin]

How did it end up?

[radarbeam]

How did it end up?

With the airplane up for sale. Love the ''need new props'' quote.
http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/air ... 76612.html

[iflyforpie]

WOW!!!

Apparently, the pilot flew the thing 70 MILES back to home base.

http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=1 ... RCE,N7502S

I know Aerostars are quick, but probably not that quick with bent props and vibrating engines.

[Chuck Finley]

Well, according to some here, it could have been a good decision at the time....

[Rookie50]

WOW!!!

Apparently, the pilot flew the thing 70 MILES back to home base.

http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=1 ... RCE,N7502S

I know Aerostars are quick, but probably not that quick with bent props and vibrating engines.

!!!!?????

[justwork]

Yikes...

[Boreas]

Pretty sure that's the manufacturer recommended way of installing proplets...

[xsbank]

I've got about 1200 hours in one of those things - I always wondered if you could do that.

[Shiny Side Up]

On the positive side, the amount of times one sees poor airplanes suffer at such unloving hands at the stick, and that they can miraculously still stay airborne. It gives one great confidence in the level of over-engineering that goes on in their design. Nothing shy of a direct hit from an 88...and even then.

[DonutHole]

Working as a mech. With farmers I can tell you it never ceases to amaze me what is considered airworthy and what is considered flyable

[fish4life]

I'm just amazed the engines could produce enough power to spool the props up from hitting so much concrete and the props could produce enough thrust all curled up to overcome the drag from sliding the belly on the runway for so long

[Rookie50]

I'm just amazed the engines could produce enough power to spool the props up from hitting so much concrete and the props could produce enough thrust all curled up to overcome the drag from sliding the belly on the runway for so long

I'll bet his ground speed really stunk on that 70 mile leg home, though.

[GyvAir]

I'm just amazed the engines could produce enough power to spool the props up from hitting so much concrete and the props could produce enough thrust all curled up to overcome the drag from sliding the belly on the runway for so long

I'll bet his ground speed really stunk on that 70 mile leg home, though.

No kidding!

Props look even worse than I was guessing from watching the video:

Aerostar.jpg (35.27 KiB) Viewed 3903 times

Someone posted this video on Reddit as a sort of analogy of what's being attempted when flying an aircraft in that condition. Skip to 1:30 to get to the most entertaining bit.

[Siddley Hawker]

Good job!

[DanWEC]

Must have been way quieter with those sweet q-tips.

[Siddley Hawker]

Yeah but they probably vibrated a mite.

[nbinont]

On the news and in Copa Flight: http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/ ... nding-gear

[digits_]

On the news and in Copa Flight: http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/ ... nding-gear

The original youtube movie isn't online anymore, but why did he intentionally (according to this article) raise the gear on final ?

[C-GKNT]

I've got about 1200 hours in one of those things - I always wondered if you could do that.

I have one of those things - I have NEVER wondered if you could do that.

Glenn