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Old 11th Aug 2005, 02:17
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eagle 86
 
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In the real case DO NOT ever contemplate landing with any forward groundspeed - this applies to any surface - open paddock,trees, rocks, water anything!

For instance trees - imagine the top of the canopy is ground level - at flare height stand the machine on its tail - level from the flare around 10 feet above canopy and settle gracefully, vertically into the trees pulling all the available collective as the skids/wheels/lower fuselage settles into the treetops - your chance of survival from this vertical descent is much better than if your ROD is combined with only a hint of forward speed

As with fixed wing do not try to "stretch the glide" - if you screw up the auto bit recognise so early, re-establish a normal auto profile and land vertically wherever you end up.

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