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One time while driving my truck in the summer I was hit by a wasp. It smacked the driver side rear view mirror and bounced into the cab and right down the front of my shirt. The mirror impact killed it instantly, but I was in a mild panic until I realized it was DOA.


Had that happen, but the wasp came in the window & hit me in the side of the neck, which killed it.
Definitely stung from the impact, as the car was moving along at something >70mph.

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Not that I'd want to find out, but I wonder how much impact that wing damage has on flight characteristics.


On that airplane, probably not a lot. At slow speeds, it would certainly cause an asymmetrical stall, require extra rudder and aileron (and consequently likely a difference in a stall break unaccelerated, and a higher accelerated stall).

I've seen a lot of damage in wire strikes, inflight hail, etc, and an entire inboard leading edge on a Twin Otter that folded back to form a reverse curve airscoop above the wing, without a significant change or loss of control.

On the other hand, sometimes very minor changes can have significant effects. On a thick slow airfoil like that (in my experience), not a lot of control issue is likely to be had.


Good to know, worst I ever had happen as PIC was the cowl access on a C172 popped open a few seconds after takeoff. Bit of slowflight practice to keep it from ripping off during the circle back to land & resecure.




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Not that I'd want to find out, but I wonder how much impact that wing damage has on flight characteristics.

Lucky the front cowl damage didn't impede gear deployment.


My friend that chatted with them was told it did not want to fly. Lack of lift and drag due to the damage. They did have to cycle the gear 3 times before they got a green light. It belongs to a flight school down at BJC. I'm pretty sure the wings are coming off and it's going away on a trailer.



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At least it appears to have oil in it Smile
 
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At least it appears to have oil in it Smile


Yup, when it grows up it wants to have a radial engine!



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Looks like the pilot goosed it a bit . . . .
 
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Is the goose ok?


Last I heard, he was in the ICU, but the outlook was beak.


What a downer, man.





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I turned a bit to the right to avoid the flock just as one of the birds separated from the group and flew straight into my prop.

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Taxied to a maintenance facility for damage assessment. Other than feathers and bird shit all over, the only damage was a shattered nose wheel fairing (C-182).


So, that's where the phrase "feathering the prop" comes from?

I thought it meant something different.


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Once the goose got involved, the whole thing went south.
 
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That's rough....back in '89 we had a AU student pilot that clipped a deer doing some VFR night approaches at Moton Field in Tuskegee. Had to send the AP down to swap a prop and clean out the venison.....
 
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