KR>Re: Engine failure video

2022-03-01 Thread Phillip Matheson
Well done mark. I thought I was going ok with 3 forced landings Two PSRU gearbox both made runway 1 on take off at about 250 into a feet field and took out a water channel, with nose wheel and left main collapsing and two of the 3 prop. Blades. It’s all fun as long as you walk away. So practic

KR>Engine failure video

2022-03-01 Thread Oscar Zuniga
John Bouyea wrote- >After seeing this graceful example video, I need to spend more time climbing >to altitude... With a turbocharged engine, you're leaving speed and efficiency on the table by not​ flying up in the thin air, amigo. Let those ponies loose! Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR

KR>Re: Engine failure video

2022-03-01 Thread Mark Langford
I wrote: > I know I sound like a broken record, but engine failures like this are > the reason I usually either fly at 9500' or 10,500'. Here's my (checkered) record of deadstick landings: broken crank - put it on a runway broken crank - put it on a runway flywheel bolt broke - put it on I-65 b

KR>Re: Engine failure video

2022-03-01 Thread Mark Langford
I know I sound like a broken record, but engine failures like this are the reason I usually either fly at 9500' or 10,500'. And I don't do the "standard" 500 fpm descents, I wait until I know exactly where the airport is, and as anybody who's flown with me will tell you, I chop the throttle, d