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| Subject: | Re: A very bad day at the airport |
Torque roll would be a good guess (emphisis on guess).
An early Glasair III with a turbine did the same thing many
years ago. I never flew a turbine Glasair or a North
American P-51, but understand the P-51 does the same
thing at full power and with a low speed takeoff (early rotation).
I am NOT saying this IS what happened but it is a known
phenomena. We all can learn or I mean be reminded of is
Takeoffs and Landings are critical because the proximity
to the ground, Use standard procedures and fly the same
numbers every time, at fly-ins and airshows do what you
always do and resist the desire to do an airshow, especially
a maneuver you never have done at altitude much less close
to the ground. (I know I have made my share of mistakes but
been blessed that it did not bite my ass, "fate is the hunter".)
George :-(
>From: "Merems" <merems@cox.net>
>Subject: RV7-List: A very bad day at the airport
>
>Some are speculating it was a high performance takeoff the
>pilot lost control due to the torque effect and the 700+ horse
>power engine. I don't know if we will ever know. 15 years earlier
>an RV-4 pilot decided to do a roll on takeoff at this same airport
>and killed himself and his passenger. I hope I never have a day
>like this again. Paul
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