uwespeed Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 In 2003 a DHL Airbus 300 was hit by a missile after departure at Baghdad airport. All 3 hydraulic systems, and thus the elevator, aileron and rudder failed. Nevertheless, the pilots managed to control and land the plane only by applying asymetric thrust.A different disaster was Japan Airlines flight 123, also with failing hydraulics similar to the DHL flight. Unfortunately in the Japan Airlines flight, only 4 out of 524 people survived.As I don't have a (virtual) A300 and don't claim being able to do such things with an A300, I tried this with the default Beech Baron of X-Plane - admittedly not in Baghdad, but in Santorini (a runway is a runway though, independant where it is located).In the first attempt, I crashed about 150 m before the runway, in the second attempt I crashed 2-3 meters near the runway, in the third attempt I crashed on the runway and finally in the fourth attempt ... but see for yourself - watch the yoke and the pedals, they don't move, only the engine levers.Who would like to try this oneself? It's fun, which I don't want to have in reality, only in the sim ... P.S. Due to video driver issues the water reflections look a bit weird and I had 2 slight stutters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran_M Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 It would be far more impressive if you did it in FSX.(tongue firmly planted in cheek!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momix2000 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Great job! :-)... Love the vid!:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizz Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Hi Uwespeed,<br />I tried it with the Carenado Baron and it's remarkable how much control you have with the throttles only. I could fly the approach but the landing itself was not exactly a walk away.<br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwespeed Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 My first attempts also weren't exactly a walk away . The easy part is to pilot left/right, the (much) more difficult part is to control - and reduce - the descent rate to a decent value (but again not too much), especially close to landing. Yesterday evening I did some more flying, this time not only an approach, but more or less the simulation of the DHL A300 incident (still with the Baron). I started and during climb at 1500 ft, I released all controls - it will be fairly visible. After the 3rd attempt, I stopped due to lack of time. Video should be available in about 45 minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgier Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 What about propsync? On or off? Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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