Steve Let me first say that my remarks were NOT directed at you but were in response to Kevin Golden in the way that he stated he used the primer to supplement fuel supply. It may work, and he may have the experience to use it that way without consequence, but does he want to be responsible for a low hour pilot taking that information and using it without having the experience or knowledge to do so, and getting hurt or someone else getting hurt. That is my biggest concern about sharing information here on the net. The Net has been very useful for me while learning about my KR2, and hope it will continue to be for all the builders here. If I state something that I was taught, or remember from experience, and it is wrong, 99% of the time it is erroring on the side of safety, and I will always come back and openly admit my error, so that all pilots here can see that I am not an expert, nor infallible, and that all good pilots are ALWAYS learning. Several who know more than me have corrected on more than one post, as you have pointed out, and I sit at home, and go OOOOPPPSSS! I then go look it up, and learn again....
Yes I am a CFI, and yes I do teach a controlled response to an engine failure, or any other problem in flight, and actually teach pausing 10 seconds to actually assess the condition, as your instructor taught. I have been with students who in nervous response, pulled the mixture to cutoff instead of the throttle when the plane's attitude was suddenly upset from a maneuver to a steep spiral. I agree and teach the same. If you will remember I preached using those checklists not long ago, and made sure the links on Dan's site were working for all who wanted them. Your friend is probably referring to ATR as being Airline Transport Rating, and ATP is Airline Transport Pilot rating, which is saying the same thing two different ways. I just caution against disseminating information that is not in the manuals, or backed up with concrete training procedures because so many pilots with such a wide variety of experience are on this list and literally learn a great deal from our discussions, which sometimes are the first time they have heard of such things. I did not intend for it to appear to be a slam or flame and apologize if it came across that way. Colin Rainey brokerpilot9...@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You.
