Surely there are so many variables (fuselage shape, surface of water, C of G position, etc) that almost every case would be different.
I'm sure there would be examples of gear up & gear down examples succeeding and failing. Nick. On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Grant Davies <gr...@davies.id.au> wrote: > Not quite sure why you would put the gear down when landing on water. Is > there an explanation as to why? > > > > Wouldn’t this add excess drag that may cause the nose to dig in? > > > > This example shows a wheel up landing on water doesn’t adversely push the > nose under. > > > > Kindest Regards > > Grant Davies > > > > *From:* aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto: > aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] *On Behalf Of *Mark Newton > *Sent:* Friday, 29 August 2014 2:21 PM > > *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Water Landing > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:58 PM, dennis hipperson <dennishipper...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Also found this: > > "Landing on water: Over the years, there has been an on-going debate on > whether > it is better to land gear up or gear down on water. Current thought from > Tom Knauff > is to always land gear down. > > > > I’d have expected that the current thought would be to land in accordance > with the “Ditching” section in the aircraft’s flight manual. > > > > - mark > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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