X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:23:52 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <5zq@cox.net> Received: from eastrmmtao106.cox.net ([68.230.240.48] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2935515 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 23 May 2008 12:03:08 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.240.48; envelope-from=5zq@cox.net Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080523160226.MYQJ10620.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 12:02:26 -0400 Received: from bh1 ([72.209.225.157]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id V42T1Z0013QP3uo0242TAD; Fri, 23 May 2008 12:02:27 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <284F9609E06A4368A8466F0F3AD70B6F@bh1> From: "Bill & Sue" <5zq@cox.net> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] FW: L235 glide data X-Original-Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:02:30 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01C8BCCC.E0725A40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C8BCCC.E0725A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Glad that you decided to post, Bill. Fairly easy and painless, eh?. = Thanks for sharing your experience with us.=20 That's the best part of this list, learning from other's experiences. = Well...maybe Greyhawk's humor is the best part, but I digress. Welcome = to the list and keep us "posted". Bill Harrelson N5ZQ 320 1,500 hrs N6ZQ IV under construction This is my first try at posting, so I don't know if it is as easy as = sending an email but here goes: My Lancair 235, from 8500' MSL over open water in the Bahamas with 2 = 180lb persons and 50lbs baggage lost a propeller tip (wood prop). = Climbed slightly and cut power to idle, was back at 8500' by the time I = stabilized. From that point we glided over 20 miles over open water to = land. We may have had a bit of a tailwind, but if so it wasn't much. =20 I'm not an aeronautica engineer, but at 120mph IAS my ROD was only = about 750-850 fpm - slow enough so that I chose to do a high downwind = entry rather than a straight-in. I'm wondering if the figures below were fully configured? I got gear = on short final.. Story, as told by my passenger, here: http://www.bahamavilla.com/update.html Bill ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C8BCCC.E0725A40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Glad that you decided to post, Bill. = Fairly easy=20 and painless, eh?. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. =

That's the best part of this list, = learning from=20 other's experiences. Well...maybe Greyhawk's humor is the best part, but = I=20 digress. Welcome to the list and keep us "posted".

Bill Harrelson

N5ZQ 320 1,500 hrs

N6ZQ IV under = construction

This=20 is my first try at posting, so I don't know if it is as easy as = sending an=20 email but here goes:

My=20 Lancair 235, from 8500' MSL over open water in the Bahamas with 2 = 180lb=20 persons and 50lbs baggage lost a propeller tip (wood prop). = Climbed=20 slightly and cut power to idle, was back at 8500' by the time I=20 stabilized. From that point we glided over 20 miles over open = water to=20 land. We may have had a bit of a tailwind, but if so it wasn't=20 much.

I'm=20 not an aeronautica engineer, but at 120mph IAS my ROD was only about = 750-850=20 fpm - slow enough so that I chose to do a high downwind entry rather = than a=20 straight-in.

I'm=20 wondering if the figures below were fully configured? I got gear = on=20 short final..

Story, as told by my passenger,=20 here:

http://www.bahamavilla.co= m/update.html

Bill

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