Tail draggers scared the bejabbers out of me eva since ...
I saw a group of them (WWII vet craft) taking off at Oshkosh. The lead plane's engine failed just before he was to lift off & he slowed down, the next 2 behind him saw what had happened & pulled off the runway, 4th was at full throttle & had not seen #1 stop & begin to taxi off (couldn't see the runway over his nose) and went right into the back of #1 & cartwheeled down the runway on fire.
I think the ones I saw were something like Bobcats or Hellcats ?. (###2 Was a bearcat & a corsair - see links below)
Horrific sight - I think the pilot lived but no one expected him to.
If your t/d has good runway visibility then I am sure you won't have that kind of problem. I guess the biggest problem to avoid is the nose over (don't apply full brakes when up on wheels & tail hasn't settled :-).
Cheers
Doug
###2
It seems the pilot of the cartwheeling craft is paralysed from the chest down.
[link|http://www.aafo.com/racing/news/99/07-31-99.htm|http://www.aafo.com/...s/99/07-31-99.htm] 1999 crash details
[link|http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jul99/eaasid31073099.asp|http://www.jsonline....aasid31073099.asp] more info
[link|http://www.myplane.com/oshkosh/corsair1.asp|http://www.myplane.c...kosh/corsair1.asp] photos of the crash as it occured
Spectres from our past: Beware the future when your children & theirs come after you for what you may have been willing to condone today - dsm 2003
Motivational: When performing activities, ask yourself if the person you most want to be would do, or say, it - dsm 2003
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dmarker
May 18, 2003, 06:53:28 AM EDT
Tail draggers scared the bejabbers out of me eva since ...
I saw a group of them (WWII vet craft) taking off at Oshkosh. The lead plane's engine failed just before he was to lift off & he slowed down, the next 2 behind him saw what had happened & pulled off the runway, 4th was at full throttle & had not seen #1 stop & begin to taxi off (couldn't see the runway over his nose) and went right into the back of #1 & cartwheeled down the runway on fire.
I think the ones I saw were something like Bobcats or Hellcats ?.
Horrific sight - I think the pilot lived but no one expected him to.
If your t/d has good runway visibility then I am sure you won't have that kind of problem. I guess the biggest problem to avoid is the nose over (don't apply full brakes when up on wheels & tail hasn't settled :-).
Cheers
Doug
Spectres from our past: Beware the future when your children & theirs come after you for what you may have been willing to condone today - dsm 2003
Motivational: When performing activities, ask yourself if the person you most want to be would do, or say, it - dsm 2003
