O K Guys, get some dual and fix your landing speeds. With a proper final speed, YOU WILL NOT FLOAT. Prove this to yourself, Virg
On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:23:08 -0500 "Mark Jones" <[email protected]> writes: > FYI: > > Subject: CorvAircraft> another broken crank-? > > > > Sometime just after noon today (Saturday, May 20), my hangar mate > Randy > > Stout's 601 ZenVair went down in an oat field near Temple, TX. > Everyone > is > > OK and only minor damage to the plane. Randy was on his way to > the Zenith > > open house in Mexico, MO with his wife and dog. > > > > At cruise, Randy began to notice a vibration from the engine. He > spotted > a > > good field and set up for it, the engine began to vibrate a bit > more so he > > shut everything off and secured the engine. Everything went > normally but > a > > bit too much float in the flare started to worry him about running > out of > > oat field so he dropped the nose and put the airplane down. That > bit of > > diving, rather than holding the nose off a bit longer, caused the > nosewheel > > pant to crack but it was not the final version of wheelpant that > he wanted > > anyway. > > > > Just minutes ago, Randy and his wife and dog were picked up from > the > > sheriff's office by his brother in law and they are on their way > back > home. > > Early tomorrow morning a retrieval party from EAA Chapter 35 is > headed up > > with a trailer and tools to pull the wings off the airplane and > bring it > > back to San Geronimo. > > > > Randy had not nitrided his crank. He had bought a spare crank > from me a > few > > weeks ago and it is at the machine shop right now, being prepared > (it > passed > > magnaflux and was being polished and cleaned). Once it was ready > and the > > machine work was done, he was going to send it off to Nitron, then > when he > > got it back he was going to do the crank swap all in one work > session. > > Looks like he'll be accelerating the process. Hope there isn't > any damage > > to the cases. Teardown to follow, including a determination of > whether or > > not it was indeed a crank break but it sounds a lot like what > Langford > > experienced and described. Randy had put quite a few hours on his > 601. > > > > News as it becomes available... > > > > Oscar Zuniga > > San Antonio, TX > > mailto: [email protected] > > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > search the CorvAircraft archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/corvairsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from CorvAircraft, send a message to > [email protected] > > Other CorvAircraft list info is at > http://www.krnet.org/corvaircraft_inst.html > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
