HURRICANE crash at Duxford, Oleg plese wach it.

[mazex]

But calling it a crash feels a bit harsh? A ground loop is what I would call it...

[WTE_Galway]

I was reading a WWII diary the other day where the pilot talked about raising the undercarriage after landing because the aircraft was going to overshoot a wet runway.

[proton45]

Here is a "real" P-47 crash where the props broke and the aeroplane caught fire....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yykln...eature=related

[JVM]

Originally Posted by proton45

Here is a "real" P-47 crash where the props broke and the aeroplane caught fire....

All these landings or crashes concern different aircraft, on different airfields. The one landing very elegantly on its belly never caught fire (watch the full film of this belly landing which must be floating around...)

The one on fire does not have torn propeller blades...

JV

[Stafroty]

Originally Posted by proton45

Here is a "real" P-47 crash where the props broke and the aeroplane caught fire....

its not the same plane which is on fire. see the propellor blade. one which slides on runway has it broken while one in fire has it ok.

[fireflyerz]

That is edited footage , the full uncut version is grimm indeed , the shot of the 47 on its back started with the engine cutting out just short of the runway , and ends with whats left of the pilot being draged from the burning remains of his AC, and thats the reality check , belly landing a badly shot up plane and maybe getting away with it , or running out of fuel just short of the runway and not.

[Trumper]

I have unfortunately seen a few aircraft crashes at air displays,2 with fatalities.
They differ so much depending on angles and speed and the ground they come into contact with.
Apart from one i don't remember seeing any flames,and that was caused by the fuel tanks rupturing on impact.
The Hurricane video first posted, i feel he was in control until the U/C lost direction and the wing dropped as it would.It was highly controlled and not really a crash as such but watching the reaction of the earth and damage was something to be modelled.

[Solnyshko]

The kind of ‘rough landings’ we see in IL2 are pretty much mirrored in the real thing. Here are three examples of B17s showing belly landing, partial gear and a full gear landing resulting in a prop prang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfoxq...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0cF...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbIhX...eature=channel