RE: Lost A Wheel in Mid air. How Do you Land?
I've been very fortunate, never had it happen at my club field. Thereis some swamp grass beyond the runway that I would probably go for if I had to. But this has happened to me twice at other places. Once was with my Sig Somethin Extra flying at my house. I landed in the road instead of theyard I had take off from. I camein low, lined upon the leftside of the road,bled off throttle until left wheel touched and held it on left wheel as long as I could with ailerons, a little right rudder and more elevator. When the right gear righthit the pavement, I gave hard left rudder and skiddedto a gentle 90 degreestop on the right side of the road. No problem other than scuffed aluminum gear. The lasttimeit happened I was doing demo flight at church with my 1/4 scale cub. Not enoughclear pavement to land on, so I killed theengine and dead sticked in a wheat field next to the church. Put a few holes in the covering, but nothing major.