Mark, glad you are OK! There are several lessons to be learned here. Enjoy your stay in "meiner Heimat"! Joachim
> [Original Message] > From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> > To: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft <corvaircr...@mylist.net>; KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 1/28/2006 2:04:51 PM > Subject: KR> prop strike! > > NetHeads, > > First, you've gotta see the photo at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flights/06012837m.jpg . Then I'll tell you > how it got that way. > > When I checked weather at 9AM this morning, it was only 6 or 7 mph, although > a direct crosswind. As I was driving up to the airport, it was kinda gusty, > but I didn't think it was anything I couldn't handle. Once the plane left > the ground, I knew I was WRONG! That thing went all over the place. Upon > checking the AWOS at a neighboring field (I can't pick it up on the ground > at my airport) it was reporting 18knots with 25 mph gusts, in a direct > crosswind. I knew I was in trouble, as if the turbulence wasn't enough. I > flew up to a friends' house in southern TN to take a few pictures and then > came back. If I didn't have a plane to Germany to catch at 4:00, I'd have > landed at nearby MDQ on their huge runway, and waited for things to calm > down at sundown to return. > > But I pretty much needed to put my plane on my runway and in my hangar in > the next hour, so I did. I really did pretty good at navigating through the > stuff on the way down, but I deliberately landed a little fast, and gave it > a "little" too much down stick when I had it planted, because my runway is > short and I didn't want to run off the end of it. This is the result. > Unfortunately there's a long lead time on these props, but I'll see if I can > get WW to expedite another 54x54 Sensenich for me. I also have a crank on > the way from the nitrider, so it'd be a snap to swap cranks. I'll have to > think on whether I want to tear it down right now or wait for the 3100cc > engine that I'm in the process of getting all the pieces for, but the fire > just got turned up on the new engine... > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
