That Landing Wasn't So Bad.

gitmo234 said:
Horrible waste of a straight tail
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Definitely. The early strait tail 172s were some of the sweetest flying planes Cessna ever built. I've got many hours in a 1956 straight tail 172 myself. It's still flying today with a freshly rebuilt engine.
 
This is particularly relevant to me, since I have a 1957 172 and with only 165 hours, my landings look sort of like this. <_< Thanks for the link.
 
I'm more interested in getting one of those nets installed at my home field!
 
did you see how the copilot without a shoulder harness ate the control yoke and instrument panel?
 
Knocked the paint off the front tire too.
 
Man that spring gear is tough!

How the hell do people tear them out on skywagons during simple ground loops?

I pponked mine.
 
that gear absorbed a tremendous load. good stuff.
 
Love the Cessna spring gear,saved many a poor landing.
 
Anyone notice the YOLO shirt? Appropriate.
 
If we had the crash net at my airport, some of my landings would look better.
 
But what sets off the ELT? High G forces in any direction? G forces in from a hard landing (vertical) ? G forces from a sudden forward stop (horizontal)?
 
I've witnessed a hard landing setting off an ELT (from the ground, thankfully).

It's supposed to be 6 G's in any direction.

Hint: if you're going to do it, don't do that in front of 50 CAP members with a room full of radios tuned to 121.5.

I feel sorry for the owner of that 152.
 
I know somebody who failed a checkride by landing hard enough to set off the ELT.
 
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