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Old 10th April 2005 | 13:07
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Not quite a spinning story, but a form of departure that was slightly exciting for a while.

Once upon a time, a certain prooner was sat in the back of a Jaguar T2 on a dual combat 1 v 1 sortie. The chap in the front was flying the aircraft and it had got into a (relatively) slow speed situation. Yes I know that’s not a particularly good idea in a Jag!

As you probably know, the Jag does not have ailerons, it has spoilers. (Who the Hell could ever design an aircraft that does not have a lot of lift and then cause it to destroy some of that lift in order to roll ---- but that’s another story.) The chap in the front was using ailerons to roll the aircraft, when – in fact – in certain conditions (ie slow speed) it is much better to use the rudder. The prooner in the back said words to the effect of “use the bl00dy rudders” and then stamped on the rudder pedal to illustrate what he meant. At the same time the front-seater added a lot of aileron in the same direction. Guess what? The aircraft decided that it had had enough of this combined ham-fistedness and elected to do its own thing for a while. It was apparently quite interesting for the next few seconds or so – with lots of unburned fuel streaming around the outside of the cockpit from the intakes. A beer was had that evening!
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