Study was made to determine probable ditching behavior and resultant damage ditching aids included several hydro-ski and hydrofoil arrangements; results show that ditching with landing gear retracted will likely result in most of bottom of fuselage being torn away; with gear extended it will result in dive if main gear does not fail.
Rough water ditching investigation of model of jet transport with landing gear extended and with various ditching aids
NASA -- Tech Note
1959
33 pages
Report
Englisch
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