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