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
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Would you ditch in water or trees?
QUESTION: Given a choice with an engine failure, would you land in shallow water near a shoreline or go for a tall stand of pine trees? Wally Moran tackles this difficult decision HERETags: Ditching, engine out, trees or water
Testing my "Engine Out" flying skills.
A bit of a boring video I know, and yes it is much easier when the landing site is one that is very familiar and available. But still, a good bit of exercise now and then to learn to judge your descent and distance judging skills.Tags: engine out, clipper, air creation, 582, xp15, big red, south africa, propeller, kiev, red, wing, trike, flying, skills
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Pilots need to understand why piston engines fail
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, pilots need to understand how they fail. Some components, like pistons, cylinders or va...Tags: engine, maintenance, rotax, 912, 582, 503, Hirth, engine out, engine failure
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Where we Flew- latest Conquests
Here's the SkyVector Map for the area we flew last week. When the other guys weren't looking, I took Nate, or Dave G, or someone to go hit as many airports as we could in the area. On my Profile page is the full list & map of airports I've flown to. Nate (@Nwhit...Tags: Picking off Airports, SkyVector, Density Altitude, Engine Out
503 rotax pukes- Engine Out over 2 years ago now
Pistons seized (even 503s die some-time!) the ground was frozen ( 20deg ), and bumpy! my 12 meter wing didn't like slowing down. this happened on 1st january 2011, hell of a way to start the new year! it gets worse! in april my wallet and id was stolen! in july i had my shoulder re-manufactured...Tags: 503, Engine Out, Engine Out landing