Undercarriage failed to lock, they think...was soon back up on it's wheels and in the hangar. It'll Fix.
The Vulcan XH558 & General Aviation Thread
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ARCO engineers have been & looked it over & are confident it'll be back in the air in no time at all.
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But is this a pucker spit, or yet another data plate on a recreated airframe ?
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It's essentially a data plate job, yes.
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Love the dramatic headphone toss onto the wings.
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...and that Spitfire was already having engine runs today, yay! Just a few dented panels, but fortunately, no shock loading of the engine then.
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I haven't seen a video of the incident but, judging by the state of the propellor blades, it appears that it was windmilling rather than under power when the prop struck.
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Meanwhile, they reckon a minimum of 2 years to repair the Sea Vixen; cause was a seized hydraulic pump that fractured the quill shaft at the design weak spot.
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Re: The Vulcan XH558 & General Aviation Thread
We know all about those having had to re-engineer the hyd' pump drive for the Orph' to get our water brake working but surely the Sea Vixen has a pump on each engine and accumulators and all that gubbins? How can a single failed pump cause an accident like that?cause was a seized hydraulic pump that fractured the quill shaft at the design weak spot.
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No idea, but here's what you get when you scrape your auxiliary gearbox down a runway-
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