Your thoughts on a rather long take off roll. (video footage)
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If you watch the interview with him some parts don't ring true
He says that the climbout felt OK and that he got caught in a downdraft and decided to land...
But as has previously been mentioned the take off run was too long and there was no change in engine note... I would have been tempted to close the throttle once the decision to land had been made...
There is an old proverb that says that it is better to hit something at ground speed than at flying speed....
Of course the News crew applaud his incredible flying skill!
He says that the climbout felt OK and that he got caught in a downdraft and decided to land...
But as has previously been mentioned the take off run was too long and there was no change in engine note... I would have been tempted to close the throttle once the decision to land had been made...
There is an old proverb that says that it is better to hit something at ground speed than at flying speed....
Of course the News crew applaud his incredible flying skill!
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'Established a positive rate of climb.... climbing out.....ground's getting further and further away..' He really wants to press the point!
Personally if I had video footage of an accident and a seemingly conflicting view, I'd let the video speak for itself. As dublinpilot says, possibly denial. Possibly a concussion....
It's a real shame he didn't make a decision to abandon what is clearly an abnormal takeoff roll. Thankfully, in any case, no-one was hurt.
Without wanting to be too critical of the pilot though, we all get a different buzz from aviation, seeing as he's an 'adventurer' who rock climbs and dives with sharks, perhaps he just views flying as another risky sport?
Personally if I had video footage of an accident and a seemingly conflicting view, I'd let the video speak for itself. As dublinpilot says, possibly denial. Possibly a concussion....
It's a real shame he didn't make a decision to abandon what is clearly an abnormal takeoff roll. Thankfully, in any case, no-one was hurt.
Without wanting to be too critical of the pilot though, we all get a different buzz from aviation, seeing as he's an 'adventurer' who rock climbs and dives with sharks, perhaps he just views flying as another risky sport?
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who rock climbs and dives with sharks
No offence to the guy in the front seat, but he certainly did look like somebody who can't say no to seconds... (nor can I!)
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Not only is the guy in the front seat large but you also see debris, bags ect including a shoe falling out from where he was sat. They both had their shoes on so it was a spare. Doing a proper weight and balance calc might have been an idea. If the Cof G is forward then it means more up elevator to stop the nose dropping (we can see lots of up elevator applied in the video) that causes loads of drag and further spoils the performance. You can often fly a nose heavy aircraft,but NEVER one with a cofg aft of limits.
An internet search shows the typical takeoff of a Renegade to 50' high of 500', even if he had only managed 30kts then he would have travelled at least 4 times that in the time on the video. He should have aborted.
High density altitude, poor take off techniques, excessive load in the front seat will have all gone against this guy. It seems to me that the aircraft was dragged off the ground and never got to fly properly.
Good news that it did not catch fire or that no one got injured
An internet search shows the typical takeoff of a Renegade to 50' high of 500', even if he had only managed 30kts then he would have travelled at least 4 times that in the time on the video. He should have aborted.
High density altitude, poor take off techniques, excessive load in the front seat will have all gone against this guy. It seems to me that the aircraft was dragged off the ground and never got to fly properly.
Good news that it did not catch fire or that no one got injured
