ORIGINAL: SCALECRAFT
Slope soaring experience also helps preserve the model in dead stick landings/ditching.
Steve
Definitely.
Personally, im a former UAV instructor and in the UAV training we teach the trainees exactly how to land in engine cut conditions from each point in the pattern, and we practice it many times until its a "no brainer", but - this was quite different:
1. jet wasnt flying in a normal pattern - it was low and fast on D.W
2. pilot (Tal) started a hard bank thus shortening D.W leg, and lowered the gear - before handing Eli the controls
3. These Hawks really dont like to be "pulled" hard.
4. Eli never had any "official" training for these conditions. he just knows this model well (had one before).
Overall, a great save and one happy pilot got his model back in 1 piece.
Moral of the story: check your fuel tubings.