In-Flight adjustable props are really no big deal, but it is one more
control function that is added to the normal mix of things that have to paid
attention to during critical phases of flight, especially during takeoff.
Take an inexperienced pilot, in an unfamiliar airplane, at an unfamiliar
airport, possibly having never used a cockpit adj prop before, you have a
recipe for a situation that can quickly get out of control. But, not
having all the facts in this case, we're just speculating and arm chair
quarter backing. The fortunate thing here is that he walked away from it
and there was no property or people damage, nor much left of that airplane!
Deke Morisse
Mikado Michigan
S5/Subaru/CAP 402+ TT
"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress."
- Joseph Joubert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Brennan" <matronics@bob.brennan.name>
To: <kitfox-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:06 PM
Subject: RE: Kitfox mishap in Colorado
> <matronics@bob.brennan.name>
>
> CAP stands for "Cockpit Adjustable Propeller" for those like me who have
> to
> look it up.
>
> Sounds like the first-time pilot may have adjusted the prop too flat for
> takeoff? Can those props be feathered?
>
> Bob Brennan - N717GB
> 1991 UK Model 2 ELSA Kitfox
> Rotax 582 with 3 blade prop
> Wrightsville Pa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of jdmcbean
> Sent: 26 November 2008 2:11 pm
> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
> Subject: RE: Kitfox mishap in Colorado
>
> <jdmcbean@kitfoxaircraft.com>
>
> NSI with a CAP 140
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Matteson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:10 AM
> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Kitfox mishap in Colorado
>
>
> Well, being that nobody was hurt, and we can have a little fun (with this
> poor guy's mishap), I've already come to the conclusion that it must've
> been
> a Rotax because none of you guys are mentioning it. : ) Hell, if it had
> been
> a "J" engine, you guys would be all over it. : )
>
> Lynn Matteson
> Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
> Jabiru 2200, 593hrs
> Sensenich 62x46
> flying again after rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire ignition
> system;
> also building a new pair of snow skis do not archive
>
>
> On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Bob Brennan wrote:
>
>> <matronics@bob.brennan.name>
>>
>> "The propeller went in reverse, and he realized he couldn't stop the
>> plane before it went beyond the boundaries of the airport," Hauser
>> said.
>>
>> From
>> http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2008/nov/24/plane-crash-reported-
>> boulder-m
>> unicipal-airport/
>>
>> Propeller went in reverse?? Maybe he used a car engine with 4-on-
>> the-floor and shifted wrong... [kidding of course]
>>
>> Bob Brennan - N717GB
>> 1991 UK Model 2 ELSA Kitfox
>> Rotax 582 with 3 blade prop
>> Wrightsville Pa
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
>> [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lynn
>> Matteson
>> Sent: 26 November 2008 11:12 am
>> To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
>> Subject: Kitfox mishap in Colorado
>>
>>
>> Nobody seems to have mentioned the Kitfox that crash-landed in
>> Boulder, Colorado. I got the alert from Google a couple of days ago.
>> They said it was an engine problem that caused the pilot to put it
>> down...he wasn't hurt. Anybody near there know what kind of engine
>> problem, and what kind of engine?
>>
>> Lynn Matteson
>> Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
>> Jabiru 2200, 593hrs
>> Sensenich 62x46
>> flying again after rebuild, and new Electroair direct-fire ignition
>> system; also building a new pair of snow skis do not archive
>>
>>
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