vh2q Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 In the event of .. Will it flip? Will it float? RG or FG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) Certainly, it will float--or the parts will. This one seems to have stalled and landed pretty flat https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2016/02/ntsb-pilot-error-caused-2014-crash-into-l-i-sound-in-mattituck/ This one may have hit pretty hard https://www.businessinsider.com/homebuilt-plane-crashes-california-coast-likely-killing-4-2024-1 Just guessing that a combination of the momentum of a heavy engine in back, water-drag on the main gear pitching the airplane down and canard that could catch the water, would all act to flip the airplane. Interesting to see the spar caps in the second pic and that it floated ashore with the engine still hanging. Edited June 13 by Kent Ashton Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vh2q Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 I ask because John Denvers apparently did not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Zeitlin Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 5 hours ago, vh2q said: I ask because John Denvers apparently did not Hit the water at 200 kts, pointing almost straight down, so that the aircraft disintegrates, and only small parts will be floating. Quote Marc J. Zeitlin Burnside Aerospace marc_zeitlin@alum.mit.edu www.cozybuilders.org copyright © 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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