not just speed....

but the angle is the most important factor....

last nights test you heard the landing system warning of dropping too quickly....

a normal glide slope is between 2.5 and 3 degrees (CannDC and I used to work on the Instrument Landing System Localizer (horizontal beam) and Glide Slope (vertical beam) at RAF Honington)...

on the video you posted see the runway had been sprayed with foam to lower friction and heat....

this is the way to do it....

Posted By: Cheltenham_Canary on October 12th 2012 at 10:10:57

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wibble! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 12, 09:34:37
- Amazing that the people in the back would've been subjected to the same force (General Chat) - Duck, Oct 12, 09:46:00
  - haha! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 12, 09:51:38
    - Water would be worse (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 12, 10:22:55
      - water (especially sea) isn't flat either - all too easy to get wrong and clip a wing tip (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 12, 11:05:05
        
        Not to mention crashing on uncharted islands (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 12, 11:31:21
      - This just being my opinion, of course (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 12, 10:25:23
        
        I think you could be right..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 12, 10:29:05
    - It was very much a survivable crash that they simulated. (General Chat) - bird table, Oct 12, 10:09:30
      - yeah... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 12, 10:11:55
    - I think it must come down to the speed of the descent (General Chat) - Duck, Oct 12, 09:58:18
      - not just speed.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 12, 10:10:57

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