Wow, that story got my heart rate up John!  I agree, I like to have my shut down fully ingrained in my muscles (so I don't have to think about it) and I like it to happen right away.  I do it by turning off the flight critical bus breaker (it's a combination circuit breaker /toggle switch) which kills the power to all flight systems.  I do have an emergency bypass switch in case of breaker failure but it is normally off.

 

Nothing wrong with killing the engine via fuel pump shut-down but keep in mind an emergency procedure in case you need it to happen *right now*. 

 

I seem to be inadvertently sending two copies of my messages to fly-rotary after switching to new server and using G-mail.   Sorry for the inconvenience, I'll get it figured out soon.

 

Tracy

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Slade" <sladerj@sbcglobal.net >
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fire was [FlyRotary] Re: Method of killing power??


> >That will of course, drain most of the fuel out of the fuel lines -
> but not all.
> Not very much at all, I'd say, Ed. How much fuel do we inject during three
> or four revolutions? 1/2 cup?
> I think that what you achieve by turning off the pumps is reduction in
> pressure, not removal of fuel.
> My sequence is pumps, injectors, coils, master.
>
> By the way, I once (stupidly) started the engine in the hanger (to show my
> wife how the engine sounded). I think this was my second or third engine
> start when things weren't fully tied down and I didn't know my way around
> the cockpit. As Murphy would have it the throttle stuck 1/2 open. The
> brakes weren't holding, my wife ducked as the wing came toward her and I
> found myself heading across the large hangar toward a very pretty
> Velocity. I hit the master - she kept running. Hit the EC2 off. Kept
> running. Finally I turned he injector, coil and fuel pumps all off with
> one slap of my hand and got her stopped 2 feet from the Velo. I broke one
> of the switches I hit it so hard. I probably only moved 8 feet in 5
> seconds, but it was a scary moment.  One thing I learned from that (other
> than don't start engines in hangars :) was to learn my way around the
> cockpit until I could find things quickly by instinct. I actually
> practiced in the dark.
> See! Rusty isn't the only contender for the "Stupid Rotary Tricks" award.
> John
>
>