Your way sounds the more likely to succeed, Chris. But ditching never appealed
to me as a way of returning to “earth”. There again, when I brief my student
on how to abandon the little machine I teach on now I emphasise that
parachuting to the ground is my next less favourite option: I’d much prefer to
try an engine-off landing than trust to my egress or para landing techniques ;-)
Chris
> On 21 Apr 18, at 19:02, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ditching a C-130 is terribly problematic, primarily due to the bulbous
> radome nose. If the nose goes underwater while still at an appreciable
> speed, the fuselage will break in two. There have only been two successful
> ditchings, one by the Isrealis in the Mediterranean and one by the Bolivians
> off the coast of New Jersey. The flight manual had you lowering the landing
> gear and keeping the flaps up. None of us really cared for that method,
> instead we felt you should lower the flaps, keep the gear up, and feather the
> props.
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