Talk:Fairey Gannet

Gannet AEW 3 Harness restraint issues
Dear friends, I had placed a short piece under Gannet AEW 3 'Harness restraint issues' a while back which was in fact my Green Endorsement following the ditching of a Fairey Gannet AEW 3. The story is verifiable and appears in a copy of the Naval Magazine Flight Deck. It was in Wkipedia for quite some time and in fact had benefitted from a few small improvements such as changing the abbreviation of Lt to the full Lieutenant, this sort of thing. So it had been read and 'approved' if that is the correct word. Then for some reason it has been removed and I have no idea why or by whom. It preceded the extract from Cockpit issue 65, fourth quarter 1973 which currently sits there. The story is, to my knowledge, unique in aviation history in that it was a night-time ditching from HMS Ark Royal in a military aircraft with no harness restraint and in what is known as the Bermuda Triangle. Would this not be of interest? I would appreciate your thoughts please. Thanks. Keith Jones — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.198.22.229 (talk) 14:35, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

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Gearbox inaccuracy?


Given that this a/c type was known for stopping one engine AND one propeller in flight to conserve fuel, the citation of taylor (1969) p361 appears to be a mistake by author Taylor, and probably should not be repeated here. Filterbob (talk) 17:30, 29 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I have carefully re-read the article and I cannot find the inaccuracy you refer to. Could you please quote here what you think is incorrect? - Nick Thorne talk  23:28, 29 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Apparently, he means this statement:
 * The Double Mamba engine could be run with one Mamba stopped to conserve fuel and extend endurance for cruise flight. The contra-rotating propellers meant that when only half of the Double Mamba was running there were no thrust asymmetry problems. - BilCat (talk) 00:49, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, but there is no inaccuracy there. It is not like a normal twin engined aircraft where if one engine was shut down for some reason there would be a massive assymetrical thrust issue (that is why the S-2 Tracker had such a large rudder with hydraulic assist for single engine scenarios). Because of the contra-rotating props on the Gannet the thrust axis for both engines was on the centerline and so shutting one down does not give any assymetry issues.  I fail to see any problem with the article text. - Nick Thorne talk  01:22, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Perhaps the OP is confusing asymmetry with torque? - BilCat (talk) 01:25, 30 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but if they do not come back to clarify their concern, I guess the issue is moot. - Nick Thorne talk 11:20, 30 August 2018 (UTC)