How not to take off!

[Ultralights]

positive rate of climb! check.. gear up! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVPsYUky2l8&feature=related)

[BrokenConrod]

I would not like to have had to explain that one to the boss!

BC :}

[300Series]

I believe they takeoff with the gear already selected up.

[Capn Bloggs]

To the Salt Mines for you, laddy!

[Mark1234]

Except they missed the positive rate bit. If I recall correctly this is an old one, and it's a gear collapse / failure, NOT someone being too smart for their own good for once.

[j3pipercub]

Mark, if it's a gear collapse then look again at about 23 seconds in, the gear starts comign down again. Looks to me like a big case of in front of news camera syndrome

j3

[Ixixly]

I dunno pipercub, doesn't seem a lot of sense to lower the gears again when hes already belly sliding unless he was searching for some way to slow down... but then again thats what air brakes are for right?

[HomeJames]

I don't see why the gear would come down again un commanded, but I guess straner ts have happened. I just figure showing off for the camera. Then when you're faced with being shipped to some broken down little strip in the far reaches of Mongolia, to fly an AN-2 becuase of your ilttle stunt, I'd be trying everything too!

[Rawrawhammer]

its simple really, he just pulled the gear switch back down before he jumped out of the plane = gear failure...everyones happy.

[HomeJames]

Only problem was that you're sposed to destroy all evidence:}

[kingRB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSs-vPxWkx0&feature=related



:eek:

[slackie]

An oldie but a goodie...a nominee for the Darwin Awards!!
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=CcvIsV6NlEs

[Capt Wally]

Looks like the classic 'gear in the up possy before T/off', weight comes off the wheels, squat switch says ok lets get to work here with the rest of the Russian engineering & bring 'em up. Only trouble is no one told the squat switch/s that the A/C was barely if at all off the ground!:}
Pilot quickly puts the gear lever down in order to reduce his time in the salt mines!:bored:



CW

[pw1340]

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=s9RhyZeg7Y0