Another low level barrel roll nearly goes west
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Another low level barrel roll nearly goes west
Nearly a cartwheel!
Absolutely no idea of what the `picture` should be inverted....
Another low level barrel roll nearly goes west
If that qualifies as "nearly goes west", I shudder to think what would qualify as having fully 'gone west'
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I'd say the maneuver itself went South ... but that's a different turn of phrase.
It looked to me like some version of an aileron roll series that didn't apply that little bit of nose up as the roll commenced...interesting bounce and go/touch and go there.
(Guessing the fatal injuries were related to the ejection (any number of ways that can to wrong) as it looked like a good chute)
Guessing the fatal injuries were related to the ejection (any number of ways that can to wrong) as it looked like a good chute
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Could indeed be any number of ways it went wrong but I would guess the aircraft pitch down (which probably finalised the ejection decision) would have produced significant negative g and a speed increase resulting in a very hostile ejection environment.
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It would be interesting to know the interval between impacting the runway and loss of control/ejection.
Ejection 1: nose dropping rapidly, so initiated when almost erect.
Ejection 2: past the vertical
The ejections appear to have been within the dynamic limits of the seat, witness the time in the ‘chute. Negative G would have been painful (at the best!) and could well have caused incapacitation. I do not know the system but the aircraft may well have command ejection and one of the pilots may have already been incapacitated by the runway impact.
Won’t be the last time that low-level aeros kill someone, unfortunately.
Mog
Won’t be the last time that low-level aeros kill someone, unfortunately.
Mog
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Would a normal rank flight instructor dare to initiate a low level maneuver like this with a wing commander on board?
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Just read the flightglobal flight test report on the Yak 130 here which states that the aircraft has K36 seats and command ejection. Yet another plaudit for an ageing but really effective ejection system. Youtoob has a very entertaining description of an incident in 1975
where the seat proved its capabilities - well worth a quarter of an hour of your life
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What is not in doubt is that aileron rolls at low level bring a risk which escalates markedly if they are in any way loaded, don't start with a pitch up, or are continued beyond the first 360deg of roll.
