The tumble mode, where test pilots fear to tread

Gratton, GB; Newman, SJ

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Gratton, GB	-
dc.contributor.author	Newman, SJ	-
dc.coverage.spatial	17	en
dc.date.accessioned	2007-05-02T08:20:02Z	-
dc.date.available	2007-05-02T08:20:02Z	-
dc.date.issued	2004	-
dc.identifier.citation	Cockpit (Journal of Society of Experimental Test Pilots). 2004 (Apr-Jun) 34-53	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/733	-
dc.description.abstract	Following a fatal accident in 1997 and identification of common patterns in several (usually fatal) previous accidents the AAIB (United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch) asked the BMAA (British Microlight Aircraft Association) to pursue a course of investigation into the tumble mode, which had been attributed as the primary cause of that fatal accident. The tumble mode is a peculiarity of weightshift controlled aircraft - that is flexwing microlights and hang-gliders. It is a departure from controlled flight leading to a nose-down pitch autorotation: pitch rates of 400°/s are known. When a tumble occurs in a microlight aeroplane, it is rare for the crew to survive and loss of the aircraft is universal.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	-
dc.language.iso	en	-
dc.publisher	Society of Experimental Test Pilots	en
dc.subject	Microlight	en
dc.subject	Tumble	en
dc.subject	Flexwing	en
dc.subject	Rogallo	en
dc.subject	BMAA	en
dc.subject	AAIB	en
dc.subject	Accident	en
dc.subject	BHPA	en
dc.title	The tumble mode, where test pilots fear to tread	en
dc.type	Research Paper	en
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