I understand your point, Finn, but just don't necessarily feel that we should keep quit about these incidents - I know you didn't mean that anyhow.

 

See you at Shady Bend

 

Ed

 

I agree, Ed.....as a side note, regarding your engine out glide, I have a confession to make as well.  After completing my Lycoming powered Long EZ, with about 20 hours total time on the aircraft, I heard a loud vibrating sound coming from either the airframe or the engine compartment.  

 

SNIP 

 

 Turned out that the new vinyl tape that I adheredd to the bottom of the wing which covered the wing bolt access holes started coming off, and vibrated much like a playing card in a bicycle spoke, like we did as kids.  SNIP

 

 Thanks for sharing your experience.  Paul Conner, 13b powered SQ2000 almost finished.

 

Morning, Paul

 

Yes, its amazing how anything different is so quick to get your attention when in the air.  In a car, we often tend to ignore it - at least for a while {:>)

 

Don't see how it can hurt to land as soon as possible to find out what's happening.  I guess there cases you could possibly put yourself in more risk by landing (say in a off-airport field) than the problem would have caused.  However, if you don't really know what the problem is do you dare risk continuing flight?

 

Despite the article in FLYING about rotary powered aviators being the"Hairy chested heros of today aviation", I'm rather chicken when it comes to strange happenings in my aircraft {:>).

 

Best Regards

 

Ed Anderson