Return-Path: Received: from out001.verizon.net ([206.46.170.140] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2751092 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:38:41 -0500 Received: from [65.239.57.206] ([65.239.43.243]) by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20031119073839.CAO29384.out001.verizon.net@[65.239.57.206]> for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:38:39 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: res0c5l1@incoming.verizon.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:39:54 -0800 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Ken Welter Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: inline twin engines? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1142894892==_ma============" X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [65.239.43.243] at Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:38:38 -0600 --============_-1142894892==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" It can't be all that bad as I know someone that lost an engine in Mexico and landed and then he loaded his passenger and baggage into his friends plane and then fueled it up and flew it back rather than leave it in Mexico as it would have been nothing but bones by the time he got back. Ken >s. The OV-10 was a very bad airplane, but the 337 was >a death trap. The guys I talked to universally hated it. Lose an engine and >you're going down. No if's and's or but's. > >If you're totally committed to push-pull, Defiant merits some serious >consideration. If all you're looking for is safe SE operations, a Cozy or >Velocity twin pusher would fill the bill. You'd have more than enough rudder >authority to fly it safely and even comfortably in any engine out conditions, >and have an airplane that performs pretty good too (particularly with a couple >of good rotarys). > >Just a theory - except about the 337 being a piece of shit :o) .... Jim S. --============_-1142894892==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" [FlyRotary] Re: inline twin engines?
  It can't be all that bad as I know someone that lost an engine in Mexico and landed and then he loaded his passenger and baggage into his friends plane and then fueled it up and flew it back rather than leave it in Mexico as it would have been nothing but bones by the time he got back.

 Ken


s.  The OV-10 was a very bad airplane, but the 337 was
a death trap.  The guys I talked to universally hated it.  Lose an engine and
you're going down.  No if's and's or but's.

If you're totally committed to push-pull, Defiant merits some serious
consideration.  If all you're looking for is safe SE operations, a Cozy or
Velocity twin pusher would fill the bill.  You'd have more than enough rudder
authority to fly it safely and even comfortably in any engine out conditions,
and have an airplane that performs pretty good too (particularly with a couple
of good rotarys).
Just a theory - except about the 337 being a piece of shit :o) .... Jim S.


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