Juddy said..
I mean seriously - who goes to an air show & doesn't expect there to be a crash &/or death(s)?
Find me one airshow where there hasn't been a crash & I'll find you bored....
Pretty good (accurate) comment and statement (DAMN GOOD POINT) !!!RISK is exactly that , even the red arrows have had fatalities and incidents !
Australian
RAAF flying display accident 1988 (nostalgia - "malformentia accent")
1962
www.heraldsun.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipesHere's the Perth accident video ,
When the aircraft turned "2" aerodynamic problems occurred,
1. "Sharp immense tight turn" possibly caused by left engines slowing, or right engine speeding up caused immense speed loss and hence under-wing flight lift compression from the speed loss (cant lift).
2. The aircraft ALSO was banking heavily and there was also final "banking(turning) slide". (slide during turning is prevented by an aircraft being at or above flight speed or its within its flight condition conditions e.g. flaps down but sufficient air speed)
The video shows very well what occurred,
wonder if there is any good audio anywhere to understand engine status.
Just a point of
"understanding aerodynamic capabilities and what civilian aircraft cannot do by design".
Here is an aircraft that can do what he may have been trying to do
because it is designed for that action !
aerodynamic structural Subtlety !"Supermarine Spitfire variant"
Empty Weight: 4,306 lb (1,953 kg) 4,963 lb (2,251 kg)
engine: Rolls-Royce Merlin 1,800 hp
Maximum speed: 367 mph (582 km/h) at 18,600 ft (5,669 m) / 314 knots
Personnel: 1
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"piper matrix (domestic civil aviation aircraft)"
Maximum takeoff weight: 1969 lb (893 kg)
engine: 350hp
213 kt / 395 km/h / 245 mph
people: 6 seat
If you fly a civilian aircraft design "including single seat" you handle them similar to the maneuvering of a 747 (slow and gentle), they do not handle aerobatics , although some civil light aircraft have "bad weather" design accreditation and can handle 9G's.
If you are reading this and watch this video and have flown a civilian aircraft in a way that appears similar to the real life speed sync "of seeing the following video, then it is an absolute miracle you are alive" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!No different finally to this more benign crash video.
Just found this video of the Perth swan river air crash with (some suitable) sound, As he was turning i would say he lost power to his left engine as
you can "hear" the throttle being applied to which the pilot will have found his left not responding and hence
then reducing power with the throttle to cease the sudden tight turning,
the tight turning caused air speed loss "to below flight control speed"
but he has not either handled the "banking slide" caused by the right engine lift and turn "effect" (left dragging)
NOTE , he was in a very low speed turn at the time.
If he applied his flaps (because he was at low speed rather than attempt to fix the engine power imbalance) he may have had a good chance.
From the following he may have
"actually been flying too slow (threshold)" (note: turning causes speed loss - standard aerodynamic aircraft flight point) for the aircraft specifications "and hit by a tail wind(?)".
Of hearing the engine "racing" suddenly in the video , the other option is the fuel "failed at a common point to both engines (left first and right moments later)", and the aircraft engines have carburetor (sound of carbs bowls having less fuel causing higher air to fuel ratio).
