November 3, 200223 yr I recently had a fairly major series of hydraulics failures on approach to Sydney, Australia & was forced to land with a reasonably strong crosswind.I had recently read (smartcockpit.com?) that I had to keep the vertical speed at landing below 200fpm to be sure the gear didn't fold with the lower hrdraulic pressure available.The left bogey touched down first & quite smoothly. However the right bogey came down quite hard. At first all appeared OK with the aircraft slowing down the centre line. Then a slight right wing down attitide became apparrent & I could correct it with aileron.The right wing down attitude increased as I slowed & then the aircraft veered off the runway. Here is the result!Gosh, these Wilco guys sure built in some realism!
November 3, 200223 yr From when I was tweaking the gear and fuselage contact points for PIC/POSKY and I put the nose down a little too hard:http://www.sls.lcs.mit.edu/ilh/fs/pics/nose-collapse.jpghttp://www.sls.lcs.mit.edu/ilh/fs/pics/nose-collapse2.jpgThe front view looks pretty much like the Gimli Glider.Lee Hetherington (KBED)
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