Comment on "Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?"
This is a very interesting thread. While I...anding, I would definitely avoid crop fields from my own experience. Both...ded trikes in some ridiculously rough fields. The biggest difference bein...gliders and sailplanes with many out-field landings, and may have more c...Comment on "white eagles first engine out in soaring trike at elk river fly in"
Guess what!! This trike engined out on me at Elk River!!! If I...l length for takeoff, but was not where I wanted to be altitude-wise at 1/2 field (short field, climbing into a slot of tree...Comment on "Did he remove the front tube prior to flight? :)"
Hi XC, it may be that you misinterpreted my comment.&n...nbsp; I was referring to the "categories" field. If I go to create a new page or post a video I need to fill out several fields (description, tags, etc) but...Comment on "How many engine outs have you had? Rough engine precautionary landings do not count, unless the prop is gone, then count that as an engine out. Running out of gas counts too. After voting, confess your sins. Everyone should have a story to share."
Just saw this poll and entered my vote. Looks like I h...y engine outs I was able to make it back to my home field so I have never (knock on wood) had to resort to a forced off field landing. Because of my...Comment on "Landing when you're not sure what the wind is doing"
I wouldn't use their suggestion at every field, especially a short field down in between trees (as is sorta depicted in their photo). You might find out too late that it is very nasty in that...Comment on "Solar Impulse 2 lands in California after Pacific flight"
I didn't see it, but my friend did at Moffett Field! I couldn't figure out how to put the picture here.