Several pictures of RV ditching in Edmonds Washington 8/26/2021

[fholbert]

Several pictures of RV ditching in Edmonds Washington.

Pilot safe after small plane crashes in water near Edmonds' Marina Beach Thursday afternoon - My Edmonds News

Updated with additional details about the boater who rescued the pilot. A small plane went down in the water just off Edmonds’ Marina Beach around 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The...

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[CFI A&P]

Sounds like a good outcome. A few years ago I saw the RV7 making the rounds at Oshkosh and thought the RV would be an interesting seaplane.

 

[DropTank]

Sounds like a good outcome. A few years ago I saw the RV7 making the rounds at Oshkosh and thought the RV would be an interesting seaplane.

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Any airplane can be a seaplane once!

 

[killbilly]

Legit amazed that it didn't flip over.

From the pics, it seems he was already coming in with the canopy open. Sliders are an option when you build an RV - typically they're tip-up canopies like a Lancair. Can't tell for sure but I think it's an RV-9A.

 

[ahw01]

Legit amazed that it didn't flip over.

From the pics, it seems he was already coming in with the canopy open. Sliders are an option when you build an RV - typically they're tip-up canopies like a Lancair. Can't tell for sure but I think it's an RV-9A.

Only floatplanes/amphibs are actually designed to flip over...

 

[L-16B]

Only floatplanes/amphibs are actually designed to flip over...

Their insurance rates show it too!

 

[USMCmech]

Legit amazed that it didn't flip over.

There is a common myth that fixed gear airplanes are prone to flipping over when ditching into the water. In reality, most of the time they don't (at least initially). The best explanation I've heard is that the gear cuts into the surface and provides a slight braking effect as well as breaking up the surface tension before the belly touches the water.

OTOH, sometimes retract airplanes flip or go full submarine too. If I were in a RG airplane, I'd still choose the belly land option though.

I'll try to find the reference, but the point is that ditching a FG airplane isn't certain death like some people claim.

Amphibious floats with the gear down almost always flip due to the taller CG and longer lever arm.

 

[killbilly]

There is a common myth that fixed gear airplanes are prone to flipping over when ditching into the water. In reality, most of the time they don't (at least initially). The best explanation I've heard is that the gear cuts into the surface and provides a slight braking effect as well as breaking up the surface tension before the belly touches the water.

OTOH, sometimes retract airplanes flip or go full submarine too. If I were in a RG airplane, I'd still choose the belly land option though.

I'll try to find the reference, but the point is that ditching a FG airplane isn't certain death like some people claim.

Amphibious floats with the gear down almost always flip due to the taller CG and longer lever arm.

Interesting. I would have thought the drag from the gear and water would act as a fulcrum point around which the airplane would go. (awkward sentence. sorry.) Happy to learn something new here.

 

[AM011309]

Interesting. I would have thought the drag from the gear and water would act as a fulcrum point around which the airplane would go. (awkward sentence. sorry.) Happy to learn something new here.

This is a weird compliment but I particularly liked and appreciated that sentence lol!

 

[killbilly]

This is a weird compliment but I particularly liked and appreciated that sentence lol!

Passive voice has its place (cough, writing a lede, cough) but my English teachers beat it out of me at an early age and now it makes my eye twitch.

Thank you, though.

 

[Boots2Wings]

There is a common myth that fixed gear airplanes are prone to flipping over when ditching into the water. In reality, most of the time they don't (at least initially). The best explanation I've heard is that the gear cuts into the surface and provides a slight braking effect as well as breaking up the surface tension before the belly touches the water.

OTOH, sometimes retract airplanes flip or go full submarine too. If I were in a RG airplane, I'd still choose the belly land option though.

I'll try to find the reference, but the point is that ditching a FG airplane isn't certain death like some people claim.

Amphibious floats with the gear down almost always flip due to the taller CG and longer lever arm.

Arent underslung (or wing mounted props) terrible for water landings. Something about a tendency to roll and flip when they dig in.

 

[ahw01]

Arent underslung (or wing mounted props) terrible for water landings. Something about a tendency to roll and flip when they dig in.

 

[Boots2Wings]

Perhaps I should have been more clear….ditching. Not a plane designed for it *facepalm*

 

[Boris Badenov]

Passive voice has its place (cough, writing a lede, cough) but my English teachers beat it out of me at an early age and now it makes my eye twitch.

Thank you, though.

Everything went downhill when they did away with the Hortatory Subjunctive. Savages!

 

[Roger Roger]

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Everyone: the Apache has the worst single engine performance ever
Wipaire engineers: Hold my Leinenkugels

 

[NovemberEcho]

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Recreational Vehicles are meant to go everywhere

 

[killbilly]

This turned out to be a 6A, not a 9A.

For those of you unfamiliar - they're almost the same airplane, but the -9/-9A variant has a different wing designed for higher flight and efficiency for XCs.