Mi Vida Loca wrote: > > I previously took a few rather sarcastic (it's just my nature) shots > at this and must admit to having a bit of a laugh over this, but the > reality is the skill to pull something like this off would be far in > excess of even a really good pilot. As previously noted the "runway" > would be totally obstructed from view. Yes there are ways around this, > you could have someone up there with paddles like in the old WWII > carrier days but somehow I think finding someone who would be > interested in standing close to the whirling prop is going to be > rather minimal. From much of any other vantage point the perspective > would be too far off to properly guide the pilot to the proper > touchdown point. Also unless you are very experienced at tight > formation flying and I mean TIGHT capable of operating within a 2-3 > foot box you will have a disaster, no question about it. Also your > runway will be generating wake turbulence, so there you are flying > formation with this truck and being slammed around by the wake > turbulence off the container, sounds like fun to me!!!!!! If you want > to get a feel for this I suggest you fly behind another coupe in slow > flight, I suspect a 20' nose to tail separation would be about right > to give your the same feel as the turbulence coming off the container. > Please do this exercise with lots of altitude, the wake turbulence off > a slow Coupe is pretty powerful, enough to loose control so you will > want 3-4000 feet to recover if you mess up. If any of this doesn't > sound appealing to you then I would suggest you find a new project > such as pulling the wings off and taxing cross country. Hey, I'm sure > no one has ever done this one, a real record just waiting to be set > and one you could live to tell your kids about and still make > "America's Funniest Home Videos". I like to think the Author of this > proposal was just jerking the group's chain and has a hell of a sense > of humor but he could actually be serious. > > Dave > 41 Charlie > Dave's Ercoupe Page > http://www.flash.net/~dmprosvc/dave > ICQ # 1388138 > http://wwp.mirabilis.com/1388138#contactingme
*****Hi Dave,
I've been reading all the replies to Mr. Gislason's post, some
sarcastic (like mine) and some serious. Since Mr. Gislason lives in
Iceland, perhaps he has icewater in his veins and is indeed serious. I
lived in Keflavic for a while and believe me, they do indeed have snow
up there. So maybe he is planning on plowing a narrow path (just the
width of the truck) through a "new snow" that is about four feet higher
than the top of the container. By painting a bullseye, centered on the
back of the cab of the tractor (for an aiming point) he wouldn't have to
worry about getting his gear on the trailer, he'd just 'skim' along on
top of the snow with the bottoms of the wings acting like skies or
floats.
Hey, don't laugh, it's about the only way I can see this 'feat'
being
pulled off and (maybe) living to tell about it.
On second thought, I doubt if anyone would admit in public to
attempting such an adventure. I think he'd have better luck trying to
land his coupe on top of Mt. Everest. Now there's a challenge.....Hmmm.
Bob Saville
N3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
Bob Saville
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