Against my better judgement, I will reply. I fly the same airplane that I have owned now for 21 years, (I am 41 now). When a person becomes a pilot, I believe there is a huge responsibility to do things right. Yes, we are learning all the time, (this is part of the fun of it all)but there are things we learn that may not seem obvious to others that should be passed on. Some are simple mechanical things that those who aren't so mechanical need to understand. If you understand how something works in an airplane, then you might be able to save your hide someday doing the right thing. On a Yahoo site that I belong to, there is talk about leaning out an engine before takeoff. Some say to not do it at all. I will tell you if I hadn't done it, then I would have been in the trees at the end of the runway more than once. I have had some hard lessons with my airplane over the years. Some to do with very well paid and popular mechanics fixing things just to find them literally falling off of the airplane within an hour or two of repair. This mechanic asked me to bring the plane back and he will make it right. I just told him no thank you. Nearly kill me once, shame on you, try to kill me twice, shame on me. This is one of the main reasons for my interest in homebuilts.
Bottom line: If I am responsible enough to do a preflight, go through the checklist before takeoff, and fly responsibly, then I should be able to remember to push in and lock the primer before takeoff. If anyone reading this is not, then lock it down before you start the engine. Happy flying Kevin. -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+kevin.golden=churchdwight....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+kevin.golden=churchdwight....@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Colin Rainey Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:38 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> Priming and teaching 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. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html *The information contained in this message may be confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is for the use of the intended addressee only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of the information in this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message.*
