X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [199.185.220.220] (HELO priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.3) with ESMTP id 865060 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:22:54 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=199.185.220.220; envelope-from=haywire@telus.net Received: from Endurance ([154.20.245.217]) by priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with SMTP id <20051206072205.ROJK18347.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@Endurance> for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 00:22:05 -0700 From: "Todd Bartrim" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Intersting flight Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:21:37 -0800 Message-ID: <038a01c5fa35$b2850580$0101a8c0@Endurance> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Hi Steve; Glad to see you made it with nothing more than a little excitement. Your experiences reminds us to always remember to fly the damn plane, but also the importance of remembering your check lists and not becoming complacent about it. When I was doing my initial flight testing I'd read my checklists so often I knew them intimately. Unfortunately I can't say that now, so this is a good reminder to get back into that mindset. Todd About 15 seconds later, I lost total electric. The I/P went dead, and so did the engine. This isn't good, I thought. Actually, it was more like, OH SH**. I took a look at the airport, and I was too far to make it there, so I looked around, and a 4 lane highway, which has light traffic appeared to be my best option. I had just started turning toward that highway, when the electric power came back, and the engine picked back up.