[FlyRotary] Re: complete loss of
coolant?
So some
will run without coolant for some time. Probably better to stay at a
real high throttle setting once you know you're engines screwed. Run
long enough in that state the rotor bearings will fail next. One
failed will not stop the engine unless you close the
throttle.
I doubt
that there will be much power left to help, but a couple of feet may
be enough.
Thanks muchly
Lynn. Leon had a very similar tale (replying from an different
account that isn't on the list).
Hey Ken, was your
engine still running? Sounds like it was. Since we know
that losing oil will seize the engine in short order, and since it
sounds like losing water won't immediately take you out of action, I'd
say losing oil is worse. Again, I don't care about the engine,
just getting to a good landing.
Thanks,
Rusty (wondering
what failure Ken hasn't had)
Yes it was still running and I
taxied in on it and it was pumping green smoke out the exhaust, its a
tossup which is worst but I would say loosing water is worst as the
damage was much worst and I only ran it at full power for less than a
minute and what I would really worry about is a fire if you ran it any
longer as it was hotter than the hubs of hell and I glided in with no
power.
Ken ( Did just about all of them
)
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