P-51 Crashes !!

[Big A]

It could have been a lot worse.

Several feet, and the death toll would rise exponentially. Sad accident.

[onemeangixxer7502]

Yes, a P-51 is retractable gear, hence the talk of the tail wheel being down :wink1:

Well I meant what Is aid then haha.

[jason07]

The pure sound of that plane hitting the tarmac is just so violent.

It could have been a lot worse.

[ZYouL8R]

I meant vle, i didn't even look if it was retractable gear or not though.

Yes, a P-51 is retractable gear, hence the talk of the tail wheel being down :wink1:

[onemeangixxer7502]

300+ KIAS is excessive!



I'm assuming you mean Vlo.

I found a link to a P-51 checklist. Not sure how accurate it is, but it says to lower gear below 170KIAS.

http://rwebs.net/avhistory/opsman/pursuit/section7.htm

I meant vle, i didn't even look if it was retractable gear or not though.

[ZYouL8R]

Pulling a 9+ G turn will bleed airspeed surprisingly fast

300+ KIAS is excessive!

I highly doubt VLE is anywhere near 200 indicated. Who knows though

I'm assuming you mean Vlo.

I found a link to a P-51 checklist. Not sure how accurate it is, but it says to lower gear below 170KIAS.

http://rwebs.net/avhistory/opsman/pursuit/section7.htm

[onemeangixxer7502]

Pulling a 9+ G turn will bleed airspeed surprisingly fast



Hell, VLE for the typical military trainer is 150

On aircraft of that time? I figured slower because of slower aircraft

[bottlerocket]

Considering he was doing over 500mph when the incident happened, I doubt he would try to lower the gear at that time. I don't know what the max gear speed is, but it's probably closer to 200KIAS. Like stated above, the tail wheel dropping was probably a result of the high G.

Pulling a 9+ G turn will bleed airspeed surprisingly fast

I highly doubt VLE is anywhere near 200 indicated. Who knows though

Hell, VLE for the typical military trainer is 150

[onemeangixxer7502]

Considering he was doing over 500mph when the incident happened, I doubt he would try to lower the gear at that time. I don't know what the max gear speed is, but it's probably closer to 200KIAS. Like stated above, the tail wheel dropping was probably a result of the high G.

I highly doubt VLE is anywhere near 200 indicated. Who knows though

[ZYouL8R]

Not sure of the gear sequence of the P51, maybe initially he felt the problem and hit the gear lever incase he could recover the aircraft to the field? At that altitude everything is reflex and muscle memory. Might just be step one of the low level checklist and he followed it like any good pilot would.

Considering he was doing over 500mph when the incident happened, I doubt he would try to lower the gear at that time. I don't know what the max gear speed is, but it's probably closer to 200KIAS. Like stated above, the tail wheel dropping was probably a result of the high G.

[Big A]

Current count is 7 people. I feel for their families, but it could have been much much worse. By 50 feet even.

[Venix]

Holy shit...


I don't know what else to say. That is just so terrible.

[SS Junk]

You can plainly see people getting bowled over by debris.

[Big A]

I'm sure people can make the decision for themselves, there is no reason to remove it. If you cannot handle it, don't watch it.

Stevo

This is the same internet where I watched an american being BEHEADED. If you don't want to see it, scroll past, or don't click.

[stevo]

remove the video its just too bad for anyone to watch. gimme a break

I'm sure people can make the decision for themselves, there is no reason to remove it. If you cannot handle it, don't watch it.

Stevo