A small hint from the great white north Dan. We have endless forests up = here in the east as well as BIG mountains in the west. Now the following = results in the plane being a write off but 9 times out of 10 the pilot walks = away. Just start your approach as you normally would in any forced landing, = shut off all fuel and electrical and flare just above tree top level and let = her settle in tail first. Now water on the other hand scares me to death as = the fixed gear always results in an inverted position. Something to think = about when designing the canopy. Emergency canopy release that allows you to = get it off when all that pressure is on the outside. I know, break the = canopy but how long can you hold your breath. This is one of the very few objections I have to the tilt and gull-wing designs. Doug Rupert
Those mountains look a little scary. I remember flying to the gathering last year in the 175. We went over the Smoky Mountains. It is scary to think of what you might go through if your = engine quit somewhere among those mountains, with no flat spots.=20 Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: = 12/9/2005 =20
