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Old 19th Nov 2022, 13:55
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Originally Posted by Jonzarno
Gliders are designed to land in fields, tricycle gear aircraft aren’t. Also gliders by their nature don’t carry fuel.
If I had tried to land I would definitely have ended up inverted with 250 litres of avgas for company.
Good point on the gliders , but is the Cirrus prone to get inverted ? most out of field landings on tricycle low wing aircraft on soft ground the nose gear might collapse after touch down but you do not loop. More the case for High wing aircraft (or ditching on water of course.)
​​​​​​​Anyway good for you to have pulled out the BRS !


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