Many flight manuals will make a recommendation. Every one I've read says land with the gear down. Maybe they have enough operational experience from the Nordic countries.
Cath Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Aug 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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