Comment by bigbadfeline
1 day ago
> It manages to go up a bit, so it's fast enough to get airborne. The normal looking rotation kills too much energy.
Yes, it did get airborne for a few seconds but from the video below, it looks like the left wing was damaged by the fire and could not provide enough lift, then the right wing rolled the plane to the left causing the crash.
https://bsky.app/profile/shipwreck75.bsky.social/post/3m4tvh...
> looks like the left wing was damaged by the fire
The wings and aerodynamics don't really care if air or air with combustion are flowing around them.
Roll is a consequence of the loss of control due to low speed and the yaw of the good engines. Speed up, rudder works, plane might maintain positive climb.
> The wings and aerodynamics don't really care if air or air with combustion are flowing around them.
Not saying it's what happened here, but if the heat is intense enough to deform the wing / control surfaces, it matters.
For skin, a few seconds might be significant. For the spars, not nearly enough time to matter. It's also not at cruise speed slamming into a downdraft or anything. This is about a 1G loading. Negligible for a while. While the fire looks cool, there's a lot of free stream mixing in and the temps won't really get that high beyond the cowling.
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