X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Ernest Christley" Received: from sonic321-25.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([98.137.66.88] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2c3) with ESMTP id 9797381 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:13:08 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.137.66.88; envelope-from=echristley@att.net DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1496538753; bh=w7f/lT+BILBNw4S17IsDunVIhGlxIWjNOVPW2mxioRw=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=W2h5k1Y94lFsAi/aRcySkPZax4QOEJK+KLH8cW0g0gdyZszrvn5QMzjaehhNzuoXI3lcnECtSyqnUZBZmsj8Rn8sRhMLSLBVZ6BStSKb2BtEI4sEqHLruN1uuYYhqprNusb9WWOR+RbflEvpWuGzhcmorgL9GtDkzTu/RPn8VoQ= X-YMail-OSG: 3_ytjJgVM1kyfbYAsGSO6OWGj_29chV73n6O.lIiqSXMx3lqdVBQuvcTgv5eJbl TbvP8WrAzU5rtEjtVdiU8eg.Q6QpCkziNDp.ImVPO46CAPfpZ6kjf_.PdTg4gxN60q2x9T5.4t6_ 101m7.UUdNFe2fJh2TFLnE64cM.WOTLjwxYhWLP0LyUVPZWoh7ezsog.IeYizXQ_M5bgbMyRRIK8 m2L9SxrvkLPL3cyNzaDA9laoQa2C9yVZ08z3DhzjDT1hR.GNNYSzDZ139VqWSDfq.fZQCOtNKenW eR4jdSPMgnOzCM.6pYlrYBKgMJbFOl2ntVy4drSqdBxN.zSDY1vUrm9auUIUpNi9OPGC99h844RN 8T9UzBx49m8ADfmHUOHp.uqxQeJGQYVI1NSxiKr.swsdTd7iqyulf7CPAD81jqA6Mbww_T0puhxr kxAcfpCwWoGN.E3HKTf9pmHngoe2C3f1oiVAvYlSDW1jhtA3Ta7GnYlVBFX6lUbzDZMg2NnIKVCS rkEjpOPDM9h.ZjzKvYgol9lhlWpDiPjaghHP9bpMYmyX5hCCRuuvfyQX3kQ4cKB4B Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic321.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Sun, 4 Jun 2017 01:12:33 +0000 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 01:12:32 +0000 (UTC) Reply-To: Ernest Christley To: Rotary Motors In Aircraft Message-ID: <1452160901.1627495.1496538753003@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Engine out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1627494_113270947.1496538753000" References: <1452160901.1627495.1496538753003.ref@mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.9778 YahooMailNeo Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/43.0 Content-Length: 9338 ------=_Part_1627494_113270947.1496538753000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm running a Corvair instead of a rotary, but I thought you guys would be = interested in how I seem to be chasing Ed's gliding time. Monday, I started the day with 3 hours of fuel, plus an hour's reserve. The= plane had been down for 2 months while I did some upgrades, and I went out= and did all sorts of interesting flying for 1.7 hours.=C2=A0 The weather w= as beautiful, and the plane was performing better than it ever has.=C2=A0 I= was reluctantly headed in for the day, when the right tank ran dry.=C2=A0 = I tried to switch, but the left tank wouldn't come online. I called an emer= gency on KTTA's frequency, since I had been circling their airspace the who= le time (just in case something happened). It was nice to get that support = from other pilots over the air, even if there was not one dang thing they c= ould do.=C2=A0 I was 12 miles out, with the airport clearly in sight.=C2=A0= I headed straight for it as I continued to play with the selector switch.= =C2=A0 My dual electric fuel pumps make a clackity racket when they're runn= ing dry, so I kept moving the handle back and forth hoping for the noise to= turn into that deep guttural sounds that lets me know fuel is flowing.=C2= =A0 I got nuthin', and TTA kept climbing up my windshield. I turned toward highway US421.=C2=A0 It was covered in cars, and it soon be= came apparent that it wasn't going to happen either.=C2=A0 I looked around,= picked a field, and set up a pattern to it.=C2=A0 Initially, it was a toba= cco field, but I had come in to hot.=C2=A0 I had been afraid of extending t= he pattern to far.=C2=A0 There was a gravel road running beside it, so I sw= ung over, but it took a sharp right about 100yds ahead.=C2=A0 I didn't thin= k I could make the turn, so I banked left into an open field. The clumps of= grass were about 8" high. The nose wheel caught, folded under, and I slid = along on the cowl. I've spent the past week pulling airplane parts out of the farmer's field, = and today I got about the business of determining what happened.=C2=A0 The = gascolator had a few pieces of trash in the bottom, but I'm not sure from w= here it came from.=C2=A0 I took the selector valve apart, and there didn't = seem to be anything going on with it.=C2=A0 It turned smoothly, if not some= what stiffly.=C2=A0 Then I played with the rod that connected the selector = handle to the valve.=C2=A0 It was made from a 9" length of threaded rod.=C2= =A0 An adaptor pinned it onto the valve's post.=C2=A0 Another adaptor conne= cted to the inside of the handle.=C2=A0 Without turning an allen wrench pus= hed through the pin hole, I could turn the selector handle 90 degrees.=C2= =A0 The rod just twisted like bubble gum. Apparently, with two months of si= tting, the valve had gotten sticky enough that the rod gave before it did.= =C2=A0=C2=A0 I was completely unharmed.=C2=A0 I've suffered more damage getting the plan= e out of the field than I did putting it there.=C2=A0 The nose gear, firewa= ll, forward belly and left side skin are trashed.=C2=A0 The rebuild starts = tomorrow with building a stand to hold the engine while I work the aluminiu= m. =20 ------=_Part_1627494_113270947.1496538753000 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
= I'm running a Corvair instead of a rotary, but I thought you guys would be = interested in how I seem to be chasing Ed's gliding time.

Monday, I started the day with 3 hours of fuel, plus an hour's reserve. The plane h= ad been down for 2 months while I did some upgrades, and I went out and did= all sorts of interesting flying for 1.7 hours.  The weather was beaut= iful, and the plane was performing better than it ever has.  I was rel= uctantly=20 headed in for the day, when the right tank ran dry.  I tried to switch= , but the left tank=20 wouldn't come online. I called an emergency on KTTA's frequency, since I h= ad been circling their airspace the whole time (just in case something happ= ened). It was nice to get that support from other pilots over the air, even= if there was not one dang thing they could do.  I was 12 miles out, w= ith the airport clearly in sight.  I headed straight for it as I conti= nued to play with the selector switch.  My dual electric fuel pumps ma= ke a clackity racket when they're running dry, so I kept moving the handle = back and forth hoping for the noise to turn into that deep guttural sounds = that lets me know fuel is flowing.  I got nuthin', and TTA kept climbi= ng up my windshield.

I turned toward= highway US421.  It was covered in cars, and it soon became apparent t= hat it wasn't going to happen either.  I looked around, picked a field= , and set up a pattern to it.  Initially, it was a tobacco field, but = I had come in to hot.  I had been afraid of extending the pattern to f= ar.  There was a gravel road running beside it, so I swung over, but i= t took a sharp right about 100yds ahead.  I didn't think I could make = the turn, so I banked left into an open field. The clumps=20 of grass were about 8" high. The nose wheel caught, folded under, and I slid along on the cowl.

I've spent= the past week pulling airplane parts out of the farmer's field, and today = I got about the business of determining what happened.  The gascolator= had a few pieces of trash in the bottom, but I'm not sure from where it ca= me from.  I took the selector valve apart, and there didn't seem to be= anything going on with it.  It turned smoothly, if not somewhat stiff= ly.  Then I played with the rod that connected the selector handle to = the valve.  It was made from a 9" length of threaded rod.  An ada= ptor pinned it onto the valve's post.  Another adaptor connected to th= e inside of the handle.  Without turning an allen wrench pushed throug= h the pin hole, I could turn the selector handle 90 degrees.  The rod = just twisted like bubble gum. Apparently, with two months of sitting, the v= alve had gotten sticky enough that the rod gave before it did.  <= /div>

I was com= pletely unharmed.  I've suffered more damage getting the plane out of = the field than I did putting it there.  The nose gear, firewall, forwa= rd belly and left side skin are trashed.  The rebuild starts tomorrow = with building a stand to hold the engine while I work the aluminium.
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