Landing a Spit with one wing

[[DBS]Browning]

This happened today on the Finnish virtual server.

It was a nightmare to fly! Excellent aerodynamic modelling in my opinion.

It was counted as a successful landing by the server. I got full points and saved the plane.

 

Edited May 12, 2020 by [DBS]Browning

[jollyjack]

tea time, Old Chap ..

[martinlb]

Amazing!  That must have felt great.

[=J18=FritzGerald]

Awesome piloting job!

[WWSandMan]

Just happened to see this... Well done! That's my normal landing in a Spit on a clear day with no wind, no damage, and light on fuel/ammo. (LOL)

[SShrike]

Possible in real life?

[RAAF492SQNOz_Steve]

Not as much damage as in the screen shots but still substantial and the control surface for that wing is also inoperable (shown in another photo) 

 

http://263i3m2dw9nnf6zqv39ktpr1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Wade-scratch960_640-1.jpg

 

The story on the pilot shown inspecting the damage, Wildcat Wade is well worth a read.

Another forgotten Ace/ hero of WWII

Edited March 1, 2021 by RAAF492SQNOz_Steve
Pilot mention

[ZachariasX]

You were lucky that the aileron jammed in the „up“ position. Well done!

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

I don't know how easy it is to recreate but, the same type of break can be flown on a Yak.1.69.   

I wonder how many other plane models are still manageable with half a wing.

 

Great piloting! 

[19//Moach]

I had done this same stunt once before on CloD - Didn't think it'd be possible in GB as well, but whadda you know!

 

Seems the Spitty has a sweet spot where the propeller forces kinda balance out the wings new "arrangement". Then if you carefully work the plane into that state, it's actually possible to nurse it back to at least crash somewhere less inconvenient...

 

I wouldn't think it'd work if you had lost the wing on the other side - At least when I did it, I knew it only worked because I lost the right wing, same as here.

 

Someone flying with me then took a screenshot, and I made it into my avatar on the ATAG forums:

 

 

Anyways, that's some fancy flying there, mate!

[ACG_Lefty]

good work

[jollyjack]

On 3/1/2021 at 7:08 AM, SShrike said:

Possible in real life?

several on youtube, also model planes LoL:

 

 

[[DBS]Browning]

That video is CGI. 

[sturmkraehe]

On 3/1/2021 at 7:08 AM, SShrike said:

Possible in real life?

nope

On 4/19/2021 at 9:31 AM, [DBS]Browning said:

That video is CGI. 

Usually model planes are hugely overpowered so they are more equivalent to a rocket than a plane that can only rely on lift to stay in the air. Aerospace engineer talking here.

[[DBS]Browning]

10 minutes ago, sturmkraehe said:

nope

Usually model planes are hugely overpowered so they are more equivalent to a rocket than a plane that can only rely on lift to stay in the air. Aerospace engineer talking here.

This is true, but also the video is CGI.

[Reggie_Mental]

I read an account from a BofB pilot who nursed a badly shot up Hurricane back to base at Rochford.

 

He thought he'd done a bloody good job bringing it home for a 3 pointer on the runway. Later that evening in the mess the Squadron Engineering Officer shot him down again by telling him he was a bloody fool for not bailing out because he could have killed himself trying to land it, but now the erks will have to put in an all-nighter to repair it for readiness tomorrow morning.

 

If he'd bailed out, the Squadron would have got a new machine the next day. The RAF had plenty of aeroplanes, but pilots they could not replace so quickly. 

[Eross_McCloud]

The pilot was told that he had tea waiting for him back on base. :P