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.


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    Title :

    Rough water ditching investigation of model of jet transport with landing gear extended and with various ditching aids


    Additional title:

    NASA -- Tech Note


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    33 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English