Originally Posted by
EDLB
That is one thing to take away. If you bounce the donks on the ground, they might be good for a minute or two but not for a full pattern. Don‘t think, that this was tested before.
This was tested before with pretty much the same survival time of the engines. 90s.
We seem to find volunteers for all imaginable and also for the unimaginable mishap scenarios.
In 2018 Smartlynx managed to perform this test on a training flight. At least they were cautious enough to make an immediate return to the runway they scratched and came only slightly short and touched down a bit hard..
https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20180228-0