UngaWunga
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I really like it but since it is new and different and does not look like a 172 or a Cherokee, the masses on here will despise it.
I like it a lot too. I am a little suspect about it's landing gear for solid surfaces though. It looks weak and problematic. I'm also really glad I'm not the test pilot that has to try landing it in rough water. Burt has an awesome track record, so I will give the design the benefit of the doubt, but I'm having a hard time seeing how this design will handle rough water any better than those before. I don't understand how the little drop down ski things will help all that much.
Serious question here: where do propellers go if they fall off in flight? Yes, know itd have to be some weird freak accident, but still.... flung forward? Straight down? Directly towards the person who is the most sue happy?
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Is it a 2-seater? For some reason, I thought it was a 4-place.
Looks like a fun airplane,not so sure if I like the gear assembly.
almost looks like it was made for the snow
Serious question here: where do propellers go if they fall off in flight? Yes, know itd have to be some weird freak accident, but still.... flung forward? Straight down? Directly towards the person who is the most sue happy?
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yep. 2 seat tandem
It's kinda interesting putting rollerblade wheels into the skis. I like it, but I wonder how it will play out on a deeply grooved runway.
IMO, they will be changing those little wheels out all the time.
I'm curious how those wheels and skiis wil work on less-than-stellar asphalt runways, potholes, patches, expansion joints, etc.
Mr. Rutan is a demonstrated genius, and I look forward to learning more about this design.
I'm curious how those wheels and skiis wil work on less-than-stellar asphalt runways, potholes, patches, expansion joints, etc.
Mr. Rutan is a demonstrated genius, and I look forward to learning more about this design.
I'm curious how those wheels and skiis wil work on less-than-stellar asphalt runways, potholes, patches, expansion joints, etc.
Mr. Rutan is a demonstrated genius, and I look forward to learning more about this design.
Serious question here: where do propellers go if they fall off in flight? Yes, know itd have to be some weird freak accident, but still.... flung forward? Straight down? Directly towards the person who is the most sue happy?
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He is brilliant, but for this one I was less than impressed. It seems to be on-par with other designs, rather than miles ahead of them like he normally is.
Independent Aircraft SeaDragon, Icon A5, Lake Amphibian...
I'm sure there are others as well.
He is brilliant, but for this one I was less than impressed. It seems to be on-par with other designs, rather than miles ahead of them like he normally is.
Independent Aircraft SeaDragon:
Icon A5
Lake Amphibian:
I'm sure there are others as well.
SeaMax, Akoya (awesome design), Osprey 2, glass goose, seawind, etc. It's a crowded market. The MVP model 3 does the snow/water/land thing too
Basically it's purely random. I recall a fan separated from a RB-211 wing mounted location on a Lockheed Tri-Star, came forward, passed in front of the cockpit, went along the fuselage chewing up the skin and wound up in the ocean.
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Guys I think your missing the concept here. Picture a leaf-spring with a little rollerblade wheel on it. The rollerblade wheel is only there to keep from scraping the leaf-spring.
As for water landings Google Convair Sea-Dart and I think you'll get the picture.
Way off the subject of the Skigull but, I'll play along. I recall an Eastern L-1011 suffering an uncontained failure of the #2 engine fan that tore through the S-duct but I do not recall an L-1011 losing one from a wing engine, let alone one that passed in front of the cockpit. Do you have any other details?
Typically they fling outward in the arc of rotation.