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    Rolls Eyes How not to land a Nanchang CJ-6 [video]

    Nanchang CJ-6A (C-FTQW) gear-up landing during the Western Warbirds Association (WWA) meeting at the Oliver Airport (CAU3) in BC Canada [September 07, 2013].


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    If the gear *won't* lower, that's a pretty good way to land a Nanchang. So was it a mechanical issue, or a short-circuit between the headphones?

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    as it flew by in the video it looked like the gear was only partially down. So possibly mechanical malf.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Downs View Post
    as it flew by in the video it looked like the gear was only partially down. So possibly mechanical malf.
    Actually, I think it's like the DC-3 and B-17...the gear doesn't completely retract. Should minimize the damage on a gear-up.

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    Ron is correct, the mains fold straight back and don't rotate like the P-40 does so there's always some part of the wheel exposed below the wing surface.

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    It was a very smooth landing, considering.
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    The video of the recovery is also online. With the airplane picked up by a tow truck, it looks like the gear was extended pneumatically by someone in the cockpit. It seemed to come down rather forcefully and the plane was pulled away on its own wheels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rwanttaja View Post
    If the gear *won't* lower, that's a pretty good way to land a Nanchang. So was it a mechanical issue, or a short-circuit between the headphones?

    Ron Wanttaja
    I've never flown retracts so no critique from me but this follow-up video appears to confirm the latter. Hey, s**t happens...even to us Canadians.

    http://youtu.be/KBvLW7Rq3YI

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    That was one expensive landing...

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    Some good timing on shutting off the engine. Prop stops and a split section later, touchdown. Not bad!

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