OK, seaplane pilots... what's wrong with this picture

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Looks like what I would expect it to look like if I tried to land an airplane on water.
 
OK dumb question. Did he flip because he had the wheels extended on landing...or something else entirely?
 
jallen0 said:
OK dumb question. Did he flip because he had the wheels extended on landing
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Just another reason I love Archer.. I don't as much like the recent stuff since he fell in the coma, but they always nail the aviation themes, going back in all the show's history

Yes. Wheels always stay up for water landing, else you flip. Fast forward to about 1:10 for the wheels part
 
^the whole clip is pretty good "the autopilot just maintains course and altitude"
 
Thanks. Wasn't 100% sure they did not extend after the crash.
 
Landing gear up on land = scraping the paint off the keel strip

Landing gear down on water is much worse and more violent than even landing a normal plane gear up.

There is a reason amphib insurance is insane enough some don’t insure

Also amphib pilots tend to be the most OCD on gear position
 
Seems they were trying to escape Davy Jones Locker (PotC reference)
 
I sure hope they all got out okay.
 
Probably a non disciplined pilot not using a checklist.
If they did, this would be very unlikely.
 
Kritchlow said:
Probably a non disciplined pilot not using a checklist.
If they did, this would be very unlikely.
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True

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But the ramifications for screwing up are much higher, as can be seen in insurance premiums.
 
Tantalum said:
Just another reason I love Archer.. I don't as much like the recent stuff since he fell in the coma, but they always nail the aviation themes, going back in all the show's history

Yes. Wheels always stay up for water landing, else you flip. Fast forward to about 1:10 for the wheels part
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Give it another try! this season they've got another Clipper twin they're playing around with in early WWII as well as Lotsa fun with Polikarpov I-153's, too.
 
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