HURRICANE crash at Duxford, Oleg plese wach it.

Great pilot control, he knew he wasn't going to stop before hitting the crowd, watch the rudder and elevators, you can see he kicks left and up on the elevators to nose it over before the tarmac.

[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.

[JVM]

To the contrary, he tries as much as possible to prevent the nose over; but this is basically impossible to avoid on some A/C, there is just no authority anymore on the elevator at such low speeds, and the mass repartition of the Hurricane does the rest...
Same thing for the ground loop aspect: rudder action is feeble compared to an half up landing gear and a wingtip in grass!
Indeed it is too bad he did not cut the engine off before nosing over; it may have been difficult to do when still trying to manoeuver the aircraft...