Mustang replica does its second belly landing at DPO.

[gerry111]

"I'd be keen to know what is in place with these Mustang Replicas to warn the Pilot when the gear is not deployed on landing......."


I'd be thinking of a PUFF check on short finals.

[PDR1]

Originally Posted by mcoates

I'd be keen to know what is in place with these Mustang Replicas to warn the Pilot when the gear is not deployed on landing.......

The certification requirements are essentially the same (in most countries) whether it's a commercial build or an "experimental" home build. It needs a warning device which alerts the driver when the gear selector is in the down position but the downlock isn't in position (be it geometric or physical), and a similar one for when the selector is in the up position and the uplock isn't in permission.

I have to say the sneering tone of many of these posts isn't very becoming. Everyone shares airports and runways - if you want a higher guarantee of runway availability for a commercial operation perhaps you should only operate from airports with multiple runways.

PDR

[Squawk7700]

Pretty sure that I read earlier in this thread that the wheels collapsed AFTER the aircraft landed...

[fujii]

From the OP.



The gear appears to have collapsed on landing or not deployed.

[aroa]

In every bird with retracts there should be a warning device in the pilot's head at activates on short finals...
Rich. Fine. Green-Down LAST CHANCE.

[Capt Fathom]

The gear appears to have collapsed on landing or not deployed.

So which one is it?

[fujii]

Don't know, I was just answering Squawk7700's post.

[PDR1]

As we all know, no certified aeroplane which is equipped with a gear warning horn and sets of green-red-green gear position lights has EVER landed gear-up or had gear collapse after touchdown...



PDR

[haughtney1]

Yep, those gear horns solve the problem alright.....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mle7DxDgQfg

[gerry111]

Aroa,

The PUFF checks that I mentioned are:

Pitch: Is full fine.
Undercarriage: Is identified and down.
Flaps (Wing): Are set for landing.
Flaps (Cowl): Are open for any go around.

If the pilot in the C182RG had called that on short finals, he'd have saved himself a lot.

[lexxie747]

is it also a 75% gear up landing?, just wondering if it is a P38,25?

[megan]

The tail wheel is extended, that should mean something.