Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Remos Nose Gear Collapse

Richard... Helen is correct  student drove it into the ground . You could see the instructor describing the correct "picture" of what a landing atittude should look like and as much as I hate to speak ill of a fellow flight instructor his hands should have been on the stick not making gestures  with his hands.                                                         The old man.. Taildragger Dan                                                          CFII 4000 hrs instructing A&P 35 years.  --- On Tue, 8/24/10, Richard Williams <rkwill@lewiscounty.com> wrote: From: Richard Williams <rkwill@lewiscounty.com> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Remos Nose Gear Collapse To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 9:15 PM   helen, If you watched the whole movie, the student pilot stated that the first hit was on the mains, then the student pushed the yoke forward, resulting in the second hit on the front wheel. R. Williams ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:07:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Remos Nose Gear Collapse > PS. A stall from rounding out too high crashes you on the mains, not > the nose. Gotta surpass that AOA to stall. > > Helen > > On 8/24/2010 8:58 PM, Richard Williams wrote: > > That was a major stall from rounding out too high, resulting in a very hard landing. > > The long drift off the center line was from the stall. > > > > > From the looks of things, that plane will need a prop, engine, front end, and a whole > > lot of dollars to get back into the air (safely) again. > > > > Too bad, it is/was a very nice looking plane. > > > > R. Williams > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > > From: "Chris"<chris.holub@cox.net> > > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:47:57 -0000 > > Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Remos Nose Gear Collapse > > > > > >> Nose gear collapse during student flight training in Remos. > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jOKpvthn7A > >> Based on the video in my opinion he bounced it so hard the first time > >> that when it came down the second time it was probably already > >> weakened so much it couldn't support itself any more. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Chris > >> > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------- End of Original Message -------

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