Below is a message I received off line..
G'day Snake,
Please post this for me if you will. It seems to have gotten stuck in my server
or whatever. Larry Huntley ( Milk stool death wish pilot)
I'm not sure what is so complicated about this subject.
1/ If an engine comes loose from the airframe the tail becomes heavier
than the nose. the plane returns to the ground tailfirst.Wings don't work.
You die.
2/ If the engine is still hanging by a cable wrapped around the airframe,
the front is still heavier, it goes down nose first, wings still work,you
have some control. You have a hell of a rough landing ,but you may well
live.
Of course, #1 will not hurt. #2 may hurt pretty bad. Your choice.
If you are absolutely ,positively and totally confident that your
experimental engine on your experimental aircraft could not come loose under
any circumstances,there is no reason to think about it,but I think it is a
good subject to bring up on a forum like this as some may never have given
it thought.
Thank you to whomever began this thread. Larry
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DO NOT ARCHIVE
Leonard Perry aka SNAKE
Soldotna AK
Avid "C" / Mk IV
582 IVO IFA
Full Lotus 1450
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