De Havilland Mosquito to fly again.

[TomcatViP]

C'mon, I am not saying that it was badly piloted ! Just that the sink rate seems high for a WWII plane.

I wonder if I had the same feeling watching 633 (the mov). Or maybe it's the two point landing

[RickRuski]

Here's another bit of video posted on youtube by the guys at Kiwisim, shows Mossie take off as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQNAs...layer_embedded

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

C'mon, I am not saying that it was badly piloted ! Just that the sink rate seems high for a WWII plane.

I wonder if I had the same feeling watching 633 (the mov). Or maybe it's the two point landing

what did you actually mean with "high sink rate"?

You mean the way he's coming down for landing? You have to bear in mind that the landing glide for a Mossie is something you can't fiddle too much with: you have a big wing surface and flaps, but also two torquey Merlins with propellers turning in the same direction, so it's important to preserve your speed on your way down if you don't wanna make a glorious mess of it, and you need to do a two wheels landing, cos other than the high speed requirement the Mossie surely has a funky CoG.

[badfinger]

The video was taken with a telephoto lens. Meaning that the distance is what is called "fore-shortened". The distance is compressed. This makes the sink seem greater than it really is.

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