I heard this phrase in connection with this recent plane crash.
2007-03-08 10:07:07 · 12 answers · asked by chieromancer 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It is when an A/C lands at a speed much faster than normal.
Have you heard of the saying: High, hot and heavy?
It means the A/C is too high, too fast and too heavy which usually means your in deep do do.
2007-03-08 13:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by walt554 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Flaps inoperative, so the aircraft descends rapidly at a fast airspeed and has to land using more runway to slow down.
The flaps are like a bird flaring its wings before landing, it allows additional lift for the aircraft by increasing the overall length that the air going around the top of the wing has to go before meeting the air underneath (the top of the wing's air is reduced air pressure, allowing the aircraft to fly).
2007-03-09 00:52:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A landing at higher than normal speed. Since the runway requirement goes as the square of the speed, such landings can be dangerous.
2007-03-09 09:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coming in 'hot' is landing at too fast a speed. I saw that headline myself, but haven't read the article. Usually it's a matter of misperception by an unenlightened non-aviator, but I'm thinking in this case there is some truth to it.
2007-03-08 18:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those who answered "too fast" are correct. Touchdown should occur at or just over the stall speed of the aircraft. Faster than that and you use more runway in the rollout.
2007-03-08 20:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hot landing is when the aircraft is approaching too fast...unlike the first replyer, I think you know what you heard better than any of us!!!
2007-03-08 19:21:55 · answer #6 · answered by Tyler 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what you heard was a "hard" landing...it's almost a crash, but not bad enough to be called a crash, and a landing that wasn't smooth and easy
2007-03-08 18:15:16 · answer #7 · answered by an_articulate_soul 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A fast landing, due to tail winds, or perhaps a problem.
2007-03-08 20:16:02 · answer #8 · answered by Mollie's Daddy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Plane didn't slow down enough before touchdown.
2007-03-08 20:46:41 · answer #9 · answered by pilot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means the approach speed is substantially higher than normal
2007-03-09 11:32:31 · answer #10 · answered by al b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋