Russian MiG crashes in Eden Prairie (KFCM)

exneophyte said:
I hate to say it, but the crowd at the air expo was a little small. I would put money that it would have been better attended if they could have left the wreckage in place for the event.
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The problem with that air show is that the planes are jsut about the same every single year. I have attended several times and it really doesnt change. There are a few older military a/c based at the field and you see the same ones time after time....Now the speakers they have do change and that is what I have gone to see.

Combine the same a/c and hot/humid temps and I am not surprised by the low turnout. And the fact that the Blue Angels were in Mankato (less than 60 minutes away) it kind of makes for (jsut another airshow).
 
MikeD said:
I thought the Navy did short field arrestments when landing fighters on standing water runways. No longer?
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The book says over 1/4 inch standing water requires a field trap. This was more just a wet runway, which can be squirrelly as well if you aren't careful.
 
I saw hornets T/O + Land at BJC last week. Airport elevation about 5,700 feet, Temps in the high 20's, ISA + and those guys used damn near every inch of the 9,000 foot runway.
 
///AMG said:
Real nice airplane, looked like an absolute death trap to me though........
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My understanding was that the 'Chute simply failed - which is no surprise, I believe there is a limit on the repacks... mostly due to the heat from the motor, which can be a fluid number. The brakes are a little tricky on the Russian jets as well, because of the single brake handle on the stick, you need to make sure that your feet are centered before you brake. If the -21 is anything like the L-39, the emergency brake doesn't have differentials and there's a nose wheel squat switch for normal brakes (so you sometimes have to push the nose forward).

If I've heard correctly, touchdown speed in the MiG-21 is around 150-170KIAS, depending on if it had blown flaps or not.

I've also heard from some experienced MiG-21 pilots that the EP for "Departing a Prepared Surface during take-off" is "Continue"
 
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