Hard landing demonstration in light airplane

[blastforyou]

These STOL designed (think of mountain/jungle unimproved short airstrip)aircraft typically have very steep approaches so the roll out will be short and they won't eat trees or whatever is on end of runway and that is why these types of ac have very robust shock absorbing landing gear and you notice the gear did a commendable job of soaking up shock. With more agressive braking this could have been a 400' rollout which is very short.

[garyshouse305]

JAARS.org

[gunnersdoubleott]

Regardless of being done on purpose this shows how rugged the landing gear is.

[sjtom57]

Demonstration or lousy pilot?

[Shnatzcke]

jaja demonstration das kann ja jeder sagen =) ^^

[323tiim]

Yeah sure "demonstration"!

[scavenom2008]

THAT'S OK THAT PLANE CAN TAKE IT

[samjezard]

corvair powered airplane? ralph nader's ultimate nightmare

[shallowsouthernman]

thats a chop and drop

[pete5668]

ouch!

[fanjules]

This was the first flight test of the aircraft (with an unconventional engine), and the flight characteristics caught the pilot a little unaware. So no, it wasn't intentional - but it still is a great demonstration of what the gear can take. The Zenith STOL line are superb aircraft.

[jpro747]

at least the aircraft took it

[ThelastSano]

Hard landing , and i think it was not on purpose , and how much does it cost?

[DrPilotRedC]

Uh, you slammed it to the deck pretty hard.

[luigimanzanares]

the approach was too steep. im not sure tho if this was done in purpose.

[stolflyer]

@luigimanzanares - It's a STOL airplane so steep approaches are typical (though the hard landing is not so typical :)

[joshuapb320]

@stolflyer STOL? it shouldn't be STALL ?

[luigimanzanares]

the approach was too steep. im not sure tho if this was done in purpose.

[nittynorns]

This pilot failed to carry power on finals and flared far too late.

[skysnet]

are you sure that was a demonstration and not someone who doesn't know how to land?

[jbrooks1111]

It seems to always feel worse than it looks from the outside. I looks HARD from the outside on this one. Imagine what that felt like.

[ejlister]

That's better than what I can do! Haha

[minniyer]

how much did thqat actually cost?

[flyawaydavid]

"Hard landing demonstration" never heard of such a thing.

Why would anyone demonstrate that. Sounds more like a title to cover up poor technique by the pilot.

[777BACAPTAIN]

Very hard!!

[XaircraftX]

very hard impact lol!!!! STRONG!

[jonny2387]

im dying to fly one of these if someone down in miami florida has one let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tangoyankee28]

i would not want to be the 2nd owner of that plane...

[AceLockCo]

If you are going to beat up a perfectly good airplane like that, then maybe you should just donate it to me. You surely don't deserve to have something that nice if you are going to destroy it. I can't afford an airplane yet, but I will tell you that I would never abuse it if I had one.

[mickeyqbitsko]

It's a CH-701. If you're not smacking it around a bit you're not doing it right. It's a Willeys Jeep with wings. Plus it's a homebuilt, so if he breaks something he can just make new parts.

[Alain042000]

c'est un apontage

[EightCharlieFox]

Looks like one of my landings.

[gustavo87467357]

lol what a good wheels!!!

[cruxader27]

thought it was a bird strike at 0:41

[dylanhelmer]

its a demonstartion. hes not trying to land softly. hes showing you guys how durable his plane is. and saying its a jeep which i think it is. nice plane man!

[d3boy2002]

Yes... THAT'S what it was... LOL

Should use that as an excuse :P hahah.

Great video though. I wish I could do hard landings for fun.

[whuffie]

HEY!  That was TWO landings! (smirk)

[gldwonder]

pouso horrível....

terrible landing...

[jfl187]

holy shit thats a big air foil, and check the high angle of incedince at :22. this must be a bush plane that can take off in like 50 ft:) whats top speed? 80?

[mnp51mustang]

Nice! it truly does look like a carrier landing, lol

[GillyVI]

You should be a pilot for the Navy, they don't see the reason for flares either! just bring it on it, and drop it.

Nice plane though ... I'm jealous

[ecookman]

lol so true

[PeetPeeet]

You're right - he didn't have his arrestor hook down hehe

[benmerkenhof]

arest the rate of sink with throttle, elevator for speed. it aint no jet.

was looking ok till the squirell on landing.

[jamespratt7]

Not a great landing, but we all have 'off days'. BTW, what an incredibly ugly aircraft!

[izanti]

That why it says "Hard Landing Demonstration" dude

[CaptainChab]

yeh i agree...

[dds504]

Ummm...the title says HARD LANDING DEMONSTRATION. So yea it wasn't suppose to be a great landing. You know land hard on purpose to show the strength of the gear. So I think the pilot had an 'on day'.

[sureshot649]

no i think that was on purpose, to show it's durability..

[racer21L]

Its beauty is in its performance

[ecookman]

better than nothing tho

[marick626]

@jamespratt7 I think you missed the point. If you a buy a STOL aircraft, you buy it for the STOL, not for the looks. If you want a nice looking plane, buy a TBM, but I will see you at the end off the runway trying to pull it out of the ditch.

[2008urubu]

Strong legs... Good plane !

[TonkatrainHONKHONK]

wow it looks like jelly

[NerdPuppet]

Airspeed? We don't need no stinkin' airspeed.

[EeSosepatey]

When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious shit.

[severao90]

omg!!! essa doeu

[YTDVC]

Plantou uma semente de avião na pista...

[you0are0an0idiot]

haha he tried to bounce it back up again so he could TRY to land better a second time...psh

[patio87]

How much are these things?

[Richey2009]

a kit is about 15k- you have to build it yourself though :)

[zmatt]

+ Engine, Avionics etc.

[jahn4r]

thats cant call landing

change title to drop aircraft on rwy

[s0linator]

lol, what an ass...

[IndyRacer57]

This was a better landing then I made the first time in a light sport plane. The time from being over the runway still you stall is very short in this light planes.

[crj900flyer]

looks like my first landing in a 182 (except with less bounce:)

[Kobeydurham]

rofl

[mjok2004]

Ladies and gentlemen this is your captain please fasten your kidney belts for arrival.

[pitsmoker321]

the guy jus cant fly lol

[BenHallert]

Show me a pilot who greases every landing, and I'll show you a liar. Shit happens, we've all had at least one where we checked the ELT afterwards.

[Lior451]

That must have hurt!

[tzermiass]

he landed hard on purpose people!

[Elrooh]

hes aproaching where wrong..he came 2 high and low speed with nouse down..hes try hes best 2 pul but its came late..and this plane have a very good wings left..a kid can do a landing better then this (surry bro )

[kyubimaduzi]

hard landing "demonstration" my ass lol

jk nice lookin aircraft

[windex1122]

he friken dropped

[TheRooster602]

what I don't understand is why he didn't bounce up into the air again instantly - he stayed on the ground for a split second after the puff of smoke from teh tires and then went back up. As if it wasn't a bounce but a bobble of the elevator or something.

From what I hear you have to carry more power into the flare because the 701 is kind of draggy, low mass, similar in that way to an UL.

[wlfpckrs]

Was that a landing - or was he shot down? ;)

[solpe87]

is it a rotax??? engien??

[zodieman]

No it's a Corvair engine converted for aircraft use.

[lazybob1234]

any landing you can walk away from is a good landing lol

[europepilot]

cool really funny

[bencmaster]

bloody awfull landing...certainly unintentional.

[kazakhpilot]

Yes, yes! I to know feeling of hard landing;)

Very good to have such solid and springy gear.

[sche1nz]

Nice flight! But, honestly, was that a test of the landing gear or just a bad landing ?