X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.28] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTP id 3581210 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:30:52 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.46.28; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so2277207ywh.7 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:30:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=BBOF0wEy7thKiCTNmvcOZ+VGrYMw8UyZwzzwNduKgd8=; b=PzZuzP/xGLdri9+szPVyjsyTFzp/YGF/A6L13PEAesU7GG5oXi49JAPHGctXDALLNe whQCktG/P0N/A3YfxXXbFaWLMslTpKFSdirVAyk2bsDupO+8RvZcLkOfOGpW7m184ozH pFbWBXgM9GWHB4RpQQf3lfTtuEUGqHbNeARAI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=t1LFP7Nij36mf4CRX47SjfABxoJcmUXGddlr9hTQkThHMYK98V/DgBcZTtzeNsr+tn 9luo1XCP0bAymjgR6tvqv0XBryEfTbrfQ07ZtKizJ9LHDX/aoAWsXz6+Kr/w6tvI1eCy 1e/aF8kUiiTG6aRXGAsbEmH1zzMlRkC7WAL+Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.87.5 with SMTP id k5mr10261724agb.86.1239744614366; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:30:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:30:14 -0700 Message-ID: <1c23473f0904141430p550b090fsed21d2526c5b0f84@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: forced landings From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016362837a85a040a04678a890e --0016362837a85a040a04678a890e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree with John. No one is willy nilly flying around with suspicious engine operations. In the case were my turbo went out and I 'flipped the switch and flew home', I exaggerated to make the point that I could have done that if necessary. In reality, I landed at the nearest airport and spent several hours checking everything out and verifying that I really knew what was going on. I removed the exhaust and spied the broken turbine wheel. THEN, I flipped the switch (and used some tape to hold it in place - verified that it was working, flew a couple test laps around the patten and landed again to check things out) and then flew 1000NM to get home. -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM, John Slade wrote: > Gary Casey wrote: > >There seems to be a tendency to keep going in spite of inflight problems. > I don't believe that's true. In case that was partially in response to my > "aircraft flown to home base" after the turbo blew, understand that this was > during flight testing. My standard test routine was to fly over a triangle > of airports 35 miles from point to point. This triangle was chosen such that > from 11,000 feet I could glide to an airport from the midpoint of any one > side. As it happens, the turbo blew at 11,500', 5 miles from the least > attractive airport in terms of facilities, and 30 miles from home base. At > reduced power and always within glide distance of the field below, I was > able to maintain altitude to the midpoint and was then assured of a safe > return to home base. > John > > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > --0016362837a85a040a04678a890e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I agree with John.=A0 No one is willy nilly flying around with suspici= ous engine operations.=A0 In the case were my turbo went out and I 'fli= pped the switch and flew home', I exaggerated to make the point that I = could have done that if necessary.=A0 In reality, I landed at the nearest a= irport and spent several hours checking everything out and verifying that I= really knew what was going on.=A0 I removed the exhaust and spied the brok= en turbine wheel.=A0 THEN, I flipped the switch (and used some tape to hold= it in place - verified that it was working, flew a couple test laps around= the patten and landed again to check things out) and then=A0flew 1000NM to= get home.
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David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net


On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM, John Slade <jslade@canar= daviation.com> wrote:
Gary Casey wrote:
>There seems to be a tendency to = keep going in spite of inflight problems.
I don't believe that= 's true. In case that was partially in response to my "aircraft fl= own to home base" after the turbo blew, understand that this was durin= g flight testing. My standard test routine was to fly over a triangle of ai= rports 35 miles from point to point. This triangle was chosen such that fro= m 11,000 feet I could glide to an airport from the midpoint of any one side= . As it happens, the turbo blew at 11,500', 5 miles from the least attr= active airport in terms of facilities, and 30 miles from home base. At redu= ced power and always within glide distance of the field below, I was able t= o maintain altitude to the midpoint and was then assured of a safe return t= o home base.
John=20



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