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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Bong40 on August 03, 2014, 10:01:24 AM

Title: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Bong40 on August 03, 2014, 10:01:24 AM: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c20_1407075987

Doesn't look like too much damage, hopefully its not destroyed :(
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: colmbo on August 03, 2014, 10:44:50 AM: Stupid caption on that video, it stated "landed hard" which is BS. That was a nice, normal touchdown. If he had gotten the gear out sooner it would have locked and been a non event...other than whatever happened to the engine.
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Vraciu on August 03, 2014, 03:10:26 PM: Quote from: colmbo on August 03, 2014, 10:44:50 AM
Stupid caption on that video, it stated "landed hard" which is BS. That was a nice, normal touchdown. If he had gotten the gear out sooner it would have locked and been a non event...other than whatever happened to the engine.

It will be rebuilt no doubt. Glad he walked away.

At least he didn't bail like that RAF guy did because landing a plane with smoke was against their rules..... He said he coulda' saved it. It crashed into the ocean. I want to say it was also a Sea Fury. Ouch.
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: scott66 on August 03, 2014, 03:14:04 PM: From my end it looked like they had time to lock but the front right one failed to lock..but I'm no pilot
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Vraciu on August 03, 2014, 05:29:29 PM: Quote from: scott66 on August 03, 2014, 03:14:04 PM
From my end it looked like they had time to lock but the front right one failed to lock..but I'm no pilot

I don't know if the Sea Fury has a hydraulic over center bar or not. If the engine was dead he may not have had pressure which would at a minimum likely extend the time required to get them down.

He did fine in any event.
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: scott66 on August 03, 2014, 05:31:21 PM: Quote from: Vraciu on August 03, 2014, 05:29:29 PM
I don't know if the Sea Fury has a hydraulic over center bar or not. If the engine was dead he may not have had pressure which would at a minimum likely extend the time required to get them down.

He did fine in any event.
agreed..New prop and paint job good as new..besides engine repair
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: icepac on August 03, 2014, 06:11:18 PM: Probably left the gear up to guarantee making the runway.

Sea fury stops fairly quickly without power.
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: EagleDNY on August 04, 2014, 09:30:20 PM: down alive and walked away - looks like a good landing to me
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Serenity on August 05, 2014, 10:36:07 AM: Shame to see her down, but boy if that wasn't a great landing under the circumstances!
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Scca on August 08, 2014, 11:44:23 AM: It will buff out...
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: DaveBB on August 09, 2014, 08:02:15 PM: See Rule #4
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Serenity on August 10, 2014, 01:29:08 AM: Removed to avoid hijacking the thread.
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: DaveBB on August 10, 2014, 02:27:11 AM: See Rule #2
Title: Re: Sea Fury Crash
Post by: Serenity on August 10, 2014, 02:35:13 AM: Removed to avoid hijacking the thread.