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James Maher wrote:
> Ed,
>   I'm not so sure about making the "right" decisions.
>   As it happened I was lucky.
>   When the engine first suffered from diminished power I was only 2-3 miles from an airport.
>   Perhaps I should have headed for that airport right away but;
>   that airport only has a 2500 foot runway
>   the Delta lands hot with an approach of 110-120MPH
>   my shortest landing so far with this airplane was about 3000 feet down the runway
>   I only had one shot at a landing, as there was not enough power for a go-around.
>    
>   
Sounds like you made the right decision to me.  There were probably a 
few driveways around down there that weren't going to do you any good, 
either.  Trying to make a one-shot landing, under stressed conditions, 
at a woefully marginal airport, in a new airplane...that would be 
stacking the deck against yourself.  You made the right decision.


>   All that, and the fact that the engine was still producing some power, went into a split second decision to turn from the airport 2 miles to the east, to my home base, 18 miles to the west. That was a very stressful flight back realizing that the engine could quit at any moment.
>   I may have made a different decision if I had not heard all of the other limp home stories.
>   I don't know if that is good or bad.
>   Still assessing this decision.
>    
>   Jim
>
> Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>           Whew! Jim.   Talk about a bit of suspense!  Clearly you kept your priorities and made the right decisions.  Sounds like a serious problem with the auto fuel cocktail  and fiberglass.
>    
>   Ed
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: James Maher 
>   To: Rotary motors in aircraft 
>   Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 11:15 PM
>   Subject: [FlyRotary] Yet another limp home story
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>
>   N11XD Forth Flight report
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