This reminds me of a task an instructor put me through ( when checking out in the Cherokee 6, I purchased years ago ) he asked if I could make the runway if eng. failed on a downwind just before base turn, I was using the normal pattern procedure of,,, on downwind at the end of runway pull power to reduce speed to add first notch of flaps, then start a slow decent & ready for downwind to base turn, we noted a loss of about 200 ft. by the time we turned to base, we experimented with eng. out at that point,,, no way we would have made runway,,, not even airport,,, so we adjusted the proceedure to stay at patern alt. until turned to final,,, then start decent,,, rechecked our eng. out at downwind to base & we can now make the runway,,, that extra 200 ft. made all the diff. in world. We wrote a paper on the new procedure & submitted to Piper, they were very receptive & printed it in there newsletter ( no longer done by Piper ). I have been using this new procedure with the RV6A Rotary also. David R. Cook RV6A Rotary. starting to warm up in MI.
From: "Jeff Whaley" <jwhaley@datacast.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:13:24 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: [Fly Rotary]: Ed's dead stick club
Chris, good job and glad you made it onto the runway you had … check fuel system (return and venting), oil lines, accessory belts, water pump, alternator,– keep us posted as to findings.
At 100 hours TT, experienced a Lycoming eat an exhaust valve … a very shaky situation; fortunately I had just turned base and throttled back … it pays to fly tight circuits – just in case.
Ed, based on your system, I’ll take ¼ credit for last year’s cornfield harvest … I landed just “anywhere” myself but the airplane didn’t fare so well … progressing with the rebuild.
But being 5 miles away from the runway at 1500’ isn’t the same as 5 miles away at 8000’.
Jeff
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"Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
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Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed's dead stick club
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"Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Ok, Dave
You get 1/2 credit - I mean if you can just pick "anywhere" to land - where's the challenge? {:>)
Ed
From:
David Leonard
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:03 PM
To:
Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed's dead stick club
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