X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 3750895 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:11:10 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.217.104; envelope-from=keltro@att.net DKIM-Signature: v=1; q=dns/txt; d=att.net; s=dkim01; i=keltro@att.net; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1247155869; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Date:Subject:To:From; bh=4uLYBv dGW9a7XSj867HgNnH2x8KXndHYxfzKStJ9ubE=; b=mpNR67UnjLoBrUcMR6iYKNdEf H98H/xbKxd4MKPZBerQbW5NyQCfhF1NL4lt7jSH6nWQdh15PeSdXPva72McwA== Received: from fwebmail17.isp.att.net ([207.115.9.157]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc04) with SMTP id <20090709161033H0400hfjque>; Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:10:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [207.115.9.157] Received: from [65.255.66.226] by fwebmail17.isp.att.net; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:10:33 +0000 From: "Kelly Troyer" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Accident - Oly Olson Down but Alive and well!!!!!!!!!!! Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:10:33 +0000 Message-Id: <070920091610.15520.4A561678000CB52900003CA022228869349B0A02D29B9B0EBF019D9B040A05@att.net> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Mar 2 2009) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_15520_1247155833_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_15520_1247155833_0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Group, There were some real fighter pilot reflexes at work here !!.............= I would say that 20 years of flying high performance jets (and a treetop + much luck) were the = biggest factors that allowed Oly to walk away..............The majority of us (myself inclu= ded) would be in the obituary column today................Will be interested to hear if c= ause of the engine stoppage is determined............Hope Oly will share what he finds out and= cares to share with you Ed................... -- Kelly Troyer=20 "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine=20 "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2=20 "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold=20 -------------- Original message from "Ed Anderson" : --------------=20 I am posting the contents of a report of an accident involving my friend Ol= y Olson and his rotary Vari-Veggan that was posted on Van=E2=80=99s 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 bo= th 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 prob= lem. I have no further details at this time and no indication of what th= e cause of engine stoppage might have been. He had flown several times wit= h the Ellison. Oly and his wife had stopped by to visit me last year, a gr= eat couple.=20 =20 I think it clear that having the right =E2=80=9Creflexes=E2=80=9D are neces= sary in such a situation =E2=80=93 because there is no time to think =E2=80= =93 just react. Even so Oly clearly is a great stick man to get the aircra= ft oriented up right before striking the trees. =20 The body of the report follows: =20 Ed =20 REPORT =E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6 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 s= uddenly 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 Oli= e.=20 Olie is one of the guys in a local group messing around with experimental a= irplanes, he was trying to get the one and only metal built VariViggin to f= ly with a Mazda rotary engine. This was the second or third time Olie had a= ttempted 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 Ca= nada 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 w= alking around the wreckage which was up in a tree. I said, this is the best= phone call I have ever received, wow!=20 I had Olie's cell phone number and called him. Sure enough, he was alive an= d well, and I said man am I glad to hear your voice. He said things happene= d 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. (h= e may not have been aware of it, but there was quite a traffic jam developi= ng 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 abou= t 90 knots on down wind leg and the airplane pitched up immediately, probab= ly due to a high thrust line, speed dropped off to about 70, and the machin= e rolled nearly inverted about that quick. Olie said "some basic instinct k= icked in - I pushed the nose down trying to recover some speed and kicked r= udder 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....=E2=80=9D __________________ =20 Needless to say so are we. I sent Oly an e mail asking that when he got th= ings sorted out to provide any information he could about what he though th= e cause of the engine stoppage was. One thing from this incident shows tha= t regardless of whether using and EFI system, a Carburetor or other means o= f providing fuel =E2=80=93 they all require sorting out and you can encount= er 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 =20 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_15520_1247155833_0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_15520_1247155833_1" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_15520_1247155833_1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Group,
   There were some real fighter pilot reflexes at work here = !!.............I would say that 20
years of flying high performance jets (and a treetop + much luck) were= the biggest factors
that allowed Oly to walk away..............The majority of us (myself = included) would be
in the obituary column today................Will be interested to hear= if cause of the engine
stoppage is determined............Hope Oly will share what he finds ou= t and cares to share
with you Ed...................
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_1= 3B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifol= d



 
-------------- Original message from "Ed Anderson" <eande= rson@carolina.rr.com>: --------------

=

I am posting the contents of a report of an accid= ent involving my friend Oly Olson and his rotary Vari-Veggan that was posted on Van=E2=80=99s R= V List by David Domeier. Oly &nbs= p;was using an Ellison Throttle body rather then EFI and was working on sor= ting 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 thinkin= g of going to a different size Ellison to see if that cured the problem.&nb= sp;   I have no further details at this time and no indication of= what the cause of engine stoppage might have been.  He had flown seve= ral 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 =E2=80=9Cr= eflexes=E2=80=9D are necessary in such a situation =E2=80=93 because there = is no time to think =E2=80=93 just react.  Even so Oly clearly is a gr= eat stick man to get the aircraft oriented up right before striking the tre= es.

 

 The body of the report follows:<= /SPAN>

 

Ed

 

REPORT

=E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6

I received a cell phone= call from a friend at KSUS (<= st1:place w:st=3D"on">St. Louis Spirit) this afternoon at about 1:35 pm. He was upset and could hardly sa= y 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 w= e 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 m= etal built VariViggin to fly with a Mazda rotary engine. This was the secon= d 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 b= y 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 f= eeling 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. I= t was the same friend calling to say local guys were reporting Olie was wal= king around the wreckage which was up in a tree. I said, this is the best p= hone 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 gl= ad to hear your voice. He said things happened real quick and he would brie= f everyone as soon as possible, meanwhile he was waiting for the FAA and al= so looking for a ride back to the airport. (he may not have been aware of i= t, 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, a= ll 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 tr= ying to recover some speed and kicked rudder real hard trying to get the ai= rplane to roll back up right" - it did just that before it hit the trees. H= e climbed down with hardly a scratch.

We are thankful our friend Oli= e is with us tonight....=E2=80=9D

__________________

<= o:p> 

Needless to say so are we.  I sent Oly an e = mail asking that when he got things sorted out to provide any information h= e could about what he though the cause of the engine stoppage was.  On= e thing from this incident shows that regardless of whether using and EFI s= ystem, a Carburetor or other means of providing fuel =E2=80=93 they all req= uire sorting out and you can encounter difficulties with any of them.<= /o:p>

Ed Anderson

Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered

Matthews, NC

eanderson@carolina.rr.com

http://www.a= ndersonee.com

h= ttp://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html

http://www.flyrotar= y.com/

http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW

htt= p://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm=

 

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