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1. 02:18 AM - Re: Crash Photos (pj.ladd)
2. 03:21 AM - Fw: Super Cub Bear Attack 2009 (pj.ladd)
3. 05:55 AM - Re: Crash Photos (Richard Girard)
4. 09:32 AM - Firefly prop (Ducati SS)
5. 11:34 AM - Re: Firefly prop (JetPilot)
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| Subject: | Re: Crash Photos |
locked up the brakes and just went right over on his snout. Look
at the struts, the channel carry through and the landing gear. The gear
is
almost pristine and the struts don't appear to be bent forward very
much.>>
Hi Richard,
as you say, it is an interesting problem. However, I can`t imagine any
scenario where the fuselage would break with the tail forward except a
sudden full stop with quite a lot of forward motion. No brakes I ever
saw could produce traction like that.Even assuming that they could the
wheels would skid. The only way I can see this damage happening is
driving full chat into a solid wall or diving into the ground.
The struts have not moved forward much because there is nowhere for them
to go. The wing is buried in the tarmac halfway to the main spar so the
struts maximum forward movement could only be around 18 inches or maybe
2ft.
Did no investigaton take place?. Here there would be a CAA report
somewhere and probably available on line.
Pat
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| Subject: | Fw: Super Cub Bear Attack 2009 |
Not Kolb but very interesting. John H where are you?
Cheers
Pat
The pilot had not yet cleaned out the inside of his Super Cub
after a long fishing trip, and a passing bear had a to have a look
inside.
The guy had 2 new tires, 3 cases of Duct Tape, and several rolls
of cellophane delivered, and then went about repairing the plane so he
could fly it home. Have a look at this .....
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| Subject: | Re: Crash Photos |
I don't know how the man listed his name or how discriminating the FAA
database is when doing a name search, but just using the name from the news
report, Gary Fender, no registration record is returned. None of the
pictures show an N number, but the area where it might be is obscured by the
horizontal stab. If he was operating as an ultralight any NTSB investigation
is unlikely since ultralights aren't considered aircraft, they're a sporting
device with no covering federal agency. That was the logic by which FAA got
out of controlling ultralights in the beginning, I don't know if that's
their rationale these days. If they weigh the wreckage and find the owner
was in violation then some sort of enforcement action might take place,
otherwise there was no passenger involved and the only property damage done
was to his own so he'll most likely not be hearing from the feds.
Rick Girard
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:17 AM, pj.ladd <pj.ladd@btinternet.com> wrote:
> locked up the brakes and just went right over on his snout. Look
> at the struts, the channel carry through and the landing gear. The gear is
> almost pristine and the struts don't appear to be bent forward very much.>>
>
> Hi Richard,
> as you say, it is an interesting problem. However, I can`t imagine any
> scenario where the fuselage would break with the tail forward except a
> sudden full stop with quite a lot of forward motion. No brakes I ever saw
> could produce traction like that.Even assuming that they could the wheels
> would skid. The only way I can see this damage happening is driving full
> chat into a solid wall or diving into the ground.
> The struts have not moved forward much because there is nowhere for them to
> go. The wing is buried in the tarmac halfway to the main spar so the struts
> maximum forward movement could only be around 18 inches or maybe 2ft.
>
> Did no investigaton take place?. Here there would be a CAA report somewhere
> and probably available on line.
>
> Pat
>
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>
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I am new to this list, and in the final stages of building a Firefly. I am using
a 3 blade Ivoprop. I expect to start and break in the engine in the next week
or so. What would be a good initial setting. I know I will need to fine tune
it later but I would like to have a reasonable load on the engine at start up.
Standard Firefly engine gearbox package.
Tom
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| Subject: | Re: Firefly prop |
Do not prop for full RPM on the ground, if you do your EGT's will most likely be
too high. My setting for a 447 on the ground is around 6100 - 6200 RPM. If
you look at the power curve, you get very little more power at higher RPM's and
just shorten the life of the engine hugely by trying to get every last HP out
of it by running a high RPM...
Mike
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"NO FEAR" - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could
have !!!
Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S
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