X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3750732 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:59:36 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.122; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from computername ([75.191.186.236]) by cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090709135857622.WQCY2041@cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com> for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:58:57 +0000 From: "Ed Anderson" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Accident - Oly Olson Down but Alive and well!!!!!!!!!!! Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:59:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcoAl+g/utUmIM+9S/+50LaP/7KLjQABNVbg In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Message-Id: <20090709135857622.WQCY2041@cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com> Bob, I think you may be referring to my good friend, Finn Lassen - Yes, Finn also found a cushion in the top of some tall pines. But as they say any "landing" you can walk away from is a good landing. If the aircraft will fly again, it's a fine landing and if it will fly again without repair it's a GREAT landing. I hope there was not any inference in you question, Bob, about being friends with Ed Anderson and Trees in your future? I think we will see Finn back in the air with us before long. Trying to build a house at Shady Bend and an aircraft also takes a bit of doing. Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html http://www.flyrotary.com/ http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bob White Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:19 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Accident - Oly Olson Down but Alive and well!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! That's a great ending for what could have been a total disaster. I don't know Oly, but I'm tickled pink that he's OK. Ed, Didn't you have another friend that landed in a tree? Bob W. On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:45:57 -0400 "Ed Anderson" wrote: > I am posting the contents of a report of an accident involving my friend Oly > Olson and his rotary Vari-Veggan that was posted on Van's RV List by David > Domeier. Oly was using an Ellison Throttle body rather then EFI and was > working on sorting it out. I was attempting to assist him over the phone > and via e mail. He seem to have a problem getting the Ellison to both idle > well and still provide adequate fuel flow on the high end. He was thinking > of going to a different size Ellison to see if that cured the problem. I > have no further details at this time and no indication of what the cause of > engine stoppage might have been. He had flown several times with the > Ellison. Oly and his wife had stopped by to visit me last year, a great > couple. > > > > I think it clear that having the right "reflexes" are necessary in such a > situation - because there is no time to think - just react. Even so Oly > clearly is a great stick man to get the aircraft oriented up right before > striking the trees. > > > > The body of the report follows: > > > > Ed > > > > REPORT > > ". > > I received a cell phone call from a friend at KSUS (St. Louis Spirit) this > afternoon at about 1:35 pm. He was upset and could hardly say what had just > seen. From his open hangar he witnessed a mutual friend on down wind leg > suddenly pitch up, roll nearly inverted and disappear behind an adjacent row > of hangers in what appeared to be 45 degree dive. He said we just lost Olie. > > > Olie is one of the guys in a local group messing around with experimental > airplanes, he was trying to get the one and only metal built VariViggin to > fly with a Mazda rotary engine. This was the second or third time Olie had > attempted to fly the airplane in the past several years. It was a beautiful > machine copied from original drawings and built by a couple engineers in > Canada and painted like a Blue Angel F-18. Olie bought it and had it trucked > in. We were in total shock and not feeling well at all about this happening > to a guy we knew so well. > > I was really in the dumps when the phone rang again about 20 minutes later. > It was the same friend calling to say local guys were reporting Olie was > walking around the wreckage which was up in a tree. I said, this is the best > phone call I have ever received, wow! > > I had Olie's cell phone number and called him. Sure enough, he was alive and > well, and I said man am I glad to hear your voice. He said things happened > real quick and he would brief everyone as soon as possible, meanwhile he was > waiting for the FAA and also looking for a ride back to the airport. (he may > not have been aware of it, but there was quite a traffic jam developing on > Airport Road as a number of people saw him go in, one said he couldn't > believe he was not killed, all this on a local TV web site) > > This evening I received more info on what happened. The engine quit at about > 90 knots on down wind leg and the airplane pitched up immediately, probably > due to a high thrust line, speed dropped off to about 70, and the machine > rolled nearly inverted about that quick. Olie said "some basic instinct > kicked in - I pushed the nose down trying to recover some speed and kicked > rudder real hard trying to get the airplane to roll back up right" - it did > just that before it hit the trees. He climbed down with hardly a scratch. > > We are thankful our friend Olie is with us tonight...." > > __________________ > > > > Needless to say so are we. I sent Oly an e mail asking that when he got > things sorted out to provide any information he could about what he though > the cause of the engine stoppage was. One thing from this incident shows > that regardless of whether using and EFI system, a Carburetor or other means > of providing fuel - they all require sorting out and you can encounter > difficulties with any of them. > > Ed Anderson > > Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered > > Matthews, NC > > eanderson@carolina.rr.com > > http://www.andersonee.com > > > http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html > > http://www.flyrotary.com/ > > > http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW > > http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm > > > > > -- N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 - http://www.bob-white.com 3.8 Hours Total Time and holding Cables for your rotary installation - http://roblinstores.com/ -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3267 (20080714) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com