T-6s skimming on a lake

[coloneldan]

I'm sure most of you know, skiing the wheels is a normal procedure in the bush. There are a lot of short beaches on rivers that are used as strips. The procedure is to "land" in the river short of the beach and use the river for the first 100 feet or so of the runway. I don't think I would try it with a nose dragger though. It would probably end up looking like Crash Proof's video.

 

[epic!]

thats really cool

 

[DrewBlows]

I'm sure most of you know, skiing the wheels is a normal procedure in the bush. There are a lot of short beaches on rivers that are used as strips. The procedure is to "land" in the river short of the beach and use the river for the first 100 feet or so of the runway. I don't think I would try it with a nose dragger though. It would probably end up looking like Crash Proof's video.

How resistant is the water? Do the tires tend to want to stay on top? If you are using this procedure for landing, you must be slow. My first thought was that you would have to be quite fast (so the tires would tend to skid and that the elevator will stay effective and counteract any excess friction from a less than perfect attempt), but this contradicts that. Does this work just as well at slow speeds?

 

[Ill Mitch]

Like this one?

A little different. If you land an amphib with the wheel down, this is to be expected.

 

[coloneldan]

I was at cruise in the Stearman, a blistering 100 mph's or so. I personally have never used the river runway trick, I have just seen it done.