X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-bw0-f226.google.com ([209.85.218.226] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.3) with ESMTP id 4155793 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:20:06 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.218.226; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by bwz26 with SMTP id 26so779937bwz.27 for ; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0800 (PST) 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=3d/aZZNEmIistMmXcAnqefUroj0C13+uVu33GokfpQw=; b=kss3DmuUSPk8Mt86xOpU+oXfTd8+tFaSWrAtXXU9o0Mc/PKaOoZzI6S5IoAqb0i5oH rDym8fNCiIb24bF+QvFebkWfFgmJBgFPsh85xq0PORCLPWxSXjIi5yQzXGN960clafMZ K57YEMSmJI+w/JS7XVjkZl37Mn7iZHpTsrqiA= 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=w/TlXBPxNEEntlaNpsmZfXtx9+2WJNu65voWDz9FXOPty6CcaMMgVSON3xs3GKeLKk L39a8L9vBe2VIccKipRuXoTc5qp+IHdj5g2S9eBtN8TZ9leA9t3DrOAITVscsz+LOy03 6vsC9xutcALWQmeKYylwOkso2mKCZNyrcAZfw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.38.65 with SMTP id a1mr4226127bke.168.1268018370013; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:19:29 -0600 Message-ID: <5cf132c1003071919m32ba85dhc4c9b256f7dd71b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Power failure From: Mark Steitle To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000325559b1e836b590481418895 --000325559b1e836b590481418895 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jon, Wow, what a cool-headed pilot you proved to be. Glad you got it down safel= y and uninjured. Let us know what you find as I'm sure we would all prefer t= o leave that "one nut" out of our airplanes. I think we all fear everything going silent right after takeoff. Good job! Mark On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Michael Silvius wrote: > This from John Finley on the Fly Subbie list. > > RWS ECU > > > http://www.finleyweb.net/JonsStuff/Q2AircraftInfo/EJ22Conversion/EFICurre= nt.aspx > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D > > http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/small-plane-lands-on-i-25 > > http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1452711.shtml?cat=3D504 > > Yes, I had a bit of excitement yesterday (Saturday 3/6). We have one sma= ll > runway at the airpark (Mid Valley =96 E98) at which I live but Interstate= 25 > parallel=92s our runway (separated by about 2-3 miles). I took off to th= e > north heading to breakfast at Double Eagle airport (AEG). I got 2-3 miles > north, was over the village of Los Lunas, and everything got really quite= , > real quick. No missing, hesitation, nothing =96 just dead. I made a tur= n > for > the Interstate and made a radio call to let folks know (a number of us > heading to breakfast at the same time). I have a bunch of redundancy so > switched everything over but no change. The tach showed 270 rpm > (windmilling > prop) and nothing I tried changed that. There appeared to be less > southbound traffic on the Interstate so I turned southbound over the Los > Lunas interchange and got lined up. There was one truck on the road righ= t > below me and I am fairly sure that I just BARELY cleared him =96 I bet he= had > nightmares last night about that UFO dropping out of the sky right in fro= nt > of him!! The landing was pretty normal and I let her roll for quite a > while > so the automotive traffic behind me had a chance to figure out what had > happened and slow down. I stopped in the middle of the two lanes, jumped > out and pulled her off to the side. That Interstate is REALLY smooth!! I > wish our runway was as nice! J > > It wasn=92t very long before the whole state showed up. State police, Lo= s > Lunas police, fire, ambulance, tow truck, media, everyone=85 The only peo= ple > I > was really happy to see were the folks from Mid Valley!! Though, if I ha= d > been injured I am sure I would have been very happy to see these other > folks. Of course, law enforcement called the FAA in spite of the fact tha= t > there was no damage and no injuries. So, we had to wait until they showed > up. By the time that was taken care of, my truck and trailer and a BUNCH = of > people from Mid Valley Airpark were on site to load the plane up. We > tossed > it onto the trailer and tied it down. The state police agreed to escort = us > back to Mid Valley so we could leave the plane together (very wide load = =96 > about 17=92). We hauled it down the Interstate to the next exit and back= up > a > state highway to Mid Valley. No problems, no damage. > > So, by noon, she was back in the hangar and not a scratch on her =96 she = just > won=92t start. Initial troubleshooting indicates that the problem was du= e to > a single nut coming loose (in the cockpit) and getting into some > electronics > (circuit boards) and rendering all of my redundancy useless. However; th= at > hypothesis has not yet been proven. I will report back on that when I kno= w > for sure. > > Jon Finley > > N314JF - Q2 - Subaru EJ-22 > > http://www.finleyweb.net/Q2Subaru.aspx > > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > --000325559b1e836b590481418895 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jon,

Wow, what a cool-headed pilot you proved to be. =A0= Glad you got it down safely and uninjured. =A0Let us know what you find as = I'm sure we would all prefer to leave that "one nut" out of o= ur airplanes. =A0I think we all fear everything going silent right after ta= keoff. =A0Good job!

Mark=A0
=A0=A0

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Michael Silvius <silvius@gwi.net> wro= te:
This from John Finley on the Fly Subbie list.

RWS ECU

http://www.finleyweb.net/JonsStuff/Q2Ai= rcraftInfo/EJ22Conversion/EFICurrent.aspx

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/small-pl= ane-lands-on-i-25

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1452711.shtml?cat=3D504<= /a>

Yes, I had a bit of excitement yesterday (Saturday 3/6). =A0We have one sma= ll
runway at the airpark (Mid Valley =96 E98) at which I live but Interstate 2= 5
parallel=92s our runway (separated by about 2-3 miles). =A0I took off to th= e
north heading to breakfast at Double Eagle airport (AEG). I got 2-3 miles north, was over the village of Los Lunas, and everything got really quite,<= br> real quick. =A0No missing, hesitation, nothing =96 just dead. =A0I made a t= urn for
the Interstate and made a radio call to let folks know (a number of us
heading to breakfast at the same time). I have a bunch of redundancy so
switched everything over but no change. The tach showed 270 rpm (windmillin= g
prop) and nothing I tried changed that. =A0There appeared to be less
southbound traffic on the Interstate so I turned southbound over the Los Lunas interchange and got lined up. =A0There was one truck on the road righ= t
below me and I am fairly sure that I just BARELY cleared him =96 I bet he h= ad
nightmares last night about that UFO dropping out of the sky right in front=
of him!! =A0The landing was pretty normal and I let her roll for quite a wh= ile
so the automotive traffic behind me had a chance to figure out what had
happened and slow down. =A0I stopped in the middle of the two lanes, jumped=
out and pulled her off to the side. That Interstate is REALLY smooth!! =A0I=
wish our runway was as nice! J

It wasn=92t very long before the whole state showed up. =A0State police, Lo= s
Lunas police, fire, ambulance, tow truck, media, everyone=85 The only peopl= e I
was really happy to see were the folks from Mid Valley!! =A0Though, if I ha= d
been injured I am sure I would have been very happy to see these other
folks. Of course, law enforcement called the FAA in spite of the fact that<= br> there was no damage and no injuries. So, we had to wait until they showed up. By the time that was taken care of, my truck and trailer and a BUNCH of=
people from Mid Valley Airpark were on site to load the plane up. =A0We tos= sed
it onto the trailer and tied it down. =A0The state police agreed to escort = us
back to Mid Valley so we could leave the plane together (very wide load =96=
about 17=92). =A0We hauled it down the Interstate to the next exit and back= up a
state highway to Mid Valley. =A0No problems, no damage.

So, by noon, she was back in the hangar and not a scratch on her =96 she ju= st
won=92t start. =A0Initial troubleshooting indicates that the problem was du= e to
a single nut coming loose (in the cockpit) and getting into some electronic= s
(circuit boards) and rendering all of my redundancy useless. =A0However; th= at
hypothesis has not yet been proven. I will report back on that when I know<= br> for sure.

Jon Finley

N314JF - Q2 - Subaru EJ-22

http:/= /www.finleyweb.net/Q2Subaru.aspx



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