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About me: 62 years old. Flying for 7 years. Own a Airborne 912 XT with Streak 3 wing. Made a perfect engine out landing in a field with no damage while flying a 582 engine that seized in flight. Have a nice video system of...
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Comment on "white eagles first engine out in soaring trike at elk river fly in"
I couldnt agree with you more monty.we used that engine on the eagle xl when i worked for a hang gliding co....h it in the 80s and switched to the cyunna.iam currantly switching that engine out for a kaw 440 upright eng...- ...ystem problems, electrical system failure or mechanical engine failure, the only thing to deal with that is a second engine. My (first) lottery plane is...trike. The second engine was merely a 15 hp sustainer engine. It could maintain level fli...
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At the Hirth engine Booth- an Aircooled 80HP engine, designed for trikes originally
This one is a 4 cylinder boxer engine. Weighs a lot less than Rotax 80hp and costs about half. They also have a water cooled 80hp Hirth with inline 3 cylinders.- With no GA traffic on Sunday evening, I had to practice a few engine off landings. In this case I cut power on down wind for several landings. I am a big believer in the importance of practicing engine off landings quite often.
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- Something made a hole to my engine block today. I flew with m...only. I looked back and check the engine and prop but I didnt see noti...il tube is broken. All my darling engine and back seat and my overal a...ll not be crankshaft, because the engine is not be able repaired. ...a...
- ...lying the coast yesterday, one of our group of three pilots suffered an engine-out and landed on a nice stre...ng it across the channel using it's own balloon tires for bouyancy. The engine and propeller were removed fo...
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- If you guys haven't read this guy's stuff, you're missing out on great engine info. Blogger Mike Busch writes piston engines should be overhauled only when needed, but in order to do that,...
- Flyabout tells the autobiographical story of Monika Petrillo's journey piloting a small single-engine airplane around the continent of Australia. Her father, a pil...
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- ...k to the sky for an hour and a half in the Tanarg Bionix 13. After doing a few circuits, we then proceeded south and Jagsy conducted two simulated engine failures into paddocks, follo...
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- ...rikepilot mentioned about the HKS engines being discontinued. I am thi...mind. I have few questions. In an engine overhaul, typically what part...have only 80 hours total on this engine so it has about another 920 h...I would think with all the HKS engines out there, the spare parts w...
- ...oil leak in the intake channel. There is a possibility of small machined through holes, which can increase the oil consumption which may result in engine stoppage. http...
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- ...ng Checklist Question: "I had an engine failure on downwind and a for...y. I spent too much time trying to restart the engine and neglected other critical...hat point is it useless to try and restart the engine?" The rest of the ar...
- ...or camera, before I start up the engine and taxiing away. I intend to...tern. ALWAYS. If your engine is going to give you proble...for just one touch and go, his engine would have died in the patter...You should be prepared for an engine out at any moment your flight...
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- Trike Pilot: Tower, Experimental Trike 16Alpha, request priority landing due to my engine running rough. Tower: Trike 16 Alpha you will be number two, behind a B-52 that has one engine shut down. Trike Pilot: “Ah, the dreaded seven-engine approach.”
- ...the flight, the captain announced "One of the engines has failed and the flight wi...an hour longer. But don't worry we have three engines left".Thirty minutes later,...two hours longer. But don't worry we have two engines left". An hour later th...
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...across this kawasaki 440lc liquid cooled 60 hp engine. I currently fly a ppg but I...ifice the project. You can get this same engine from www.vortechonline.com fo...r jbird online for similar This engine has about ten hours running t...- N numbered SLSA trike 315 hours on Rotax 912 80hp engine with carb heat. Engine TBO of 2000 hours. Trike has Microair Avionic...ways been meticulously maintained by certified mechanic. Detailed Engine & Aircraft logs. Included...
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- ...ng various 912-powered aircraft as a Rotax trained light sport aircraft repairman. He will discuss; six common Rotax engine myths and how to operate your engine for optimum efficiency, relia...
- ...scenic Mulberry River. Our 2,500-foot strip is suitable for many single-engine airplanes, while our short ru...west of Grand Junction Colorado BBQ SAT EVE, SPOT LANDING from 10000ft engine out, GEO POKER, BOMB DROP ON...
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- I did the engine oil leak test. It was first flight after repair engine. The owner of LZDV airport told me: You are crazy! You did the engine test and you used it at full throttle with 45°climbing... How else could I do the test?
- When I returned from USA I picked up my engine from Verner company and this is its first flight.
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Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?
Found an article posing a question I often wonder about. Not a great article, and offercs inconclusive advice, but I think it might spawn interesting conversation. I had an engine out due to fuel pump in my first trike. Opted for dirt road, and suffered NO damage. Anyone else out there got an exp...Tags: engine out, landing, field, road
- Two blondes were flying to Miami from Cleveland. Fifteen minutes into the flight, the captain announced "One of the engines has failed and the flight will be an hour longer. But don't worry we have three engines left".Thirty minutes later, the captain announced "One more engine has failed and the...
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