Su26

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by TUCKIE_JG52

Are you telling that propwash caused this accident? That's not what the FAA report proclaims in that concrete accident... did you read it?

I haven't said it's propwash that caused the accident, all I was pointing at are the risks related to operating warbirds in unnecessary risky manoeuvres like formation takeoffs and landings. Believe me, I've read the report again and again cos I'm friends with one of their crew chiefs.

The propwash is real, true, but it's also true that there are some ways of flying just out of it or minimise its effect:

Yeah, these guys are not pushing 1650HP on a four bladed propeller though, there's quite a difference.