X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Ernest Christley" Received: from sonic316-14.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([98.137.69.38] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2c3) with ESMTP id 9797473 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 03 Jun 2017 23:42:41 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.137.69.38; envelope-from=echristley@att.net DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1496547725; bh=eJS+/1IyJd9Ui1sumN9a+E8FGd72+vYXJp4rTYBV3kY=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From:Subject; b=n3eaUgBIedpBddvVf+haqA5m0ntxQjqVTlhJVZyGuu9Srqa1Aq5/NlSBG2SmX5sBQQs/0hT0l/JFQ8oKExJjOcrb8oSA9cW14TDizOJAVP+MLc398rreArFTBwkW6kUJPlkWdPf/jQ5tTgw/5tqL9k7v1+mAyX1n3ioU42qb6QI= X-YMail-OSG: 3xfXyfQVM1muM77Tuh7SAxJTIrYtTc6MCaM5MslevLQ6F3l4eHkH8PpU43q0Bhu FjPavlVTLmZ65dw0OVR6pjosN1M750OYD1moK_UITpuXPkBu7iJc5XmtsKkDq.QH1w7ucHRw17bv 3QfrKy3fF._7wPahelf4qf_gSz0n9OTnLFR2vGbXPVqWCzzl6.b6ClMX1it5A5YPaqBymDmFQDMy CgTeM4MMgINwf69XyKLWV2_nNU0YMVNWeAMpiVn4ZyRbTt7uYf4UEipG3EWfkH_108ch9UpJlnZi tSQtqhtjcJ1teJAsIstFT8XQbQiHd_7GVqXw6OE.oFg6UkB4YQdiHcaYKmjKg5pY850oCTO21ppK WyNzV.hbhCUpTfP7TN.H20cUs0S4tlXPr7v0GcAhgdLMrcRqQlor7IrPV3ODwuWevDosNmW0B5Bp ZHCAUbakqljoPYx1To8E6FyU0T.CqJvw6oSbpOZF03qTs2dH.9V9b0CvWlcnBpugBWgXkj_9jd.2 7H7hszhShWx6mH7wpV2.WeF4HVhR_pXgB8uX37nQKNafSRimoSUTKSsX2Pvgw2Pfhx3pf Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic316.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Sun, 4 Jun 2017 03:42:05 +0000 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 03:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Reply-To: Ernest Christley To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: <652318918.1701568.1496547725535@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1701567_1510648869.1496547725533" 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: 11314 ------=_Part_1701567_1510648869.1496547725533 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable George,=20 I sure would love a progress report. =20 On Saturday, June 3, 2017 11:22 PM, GEORGE PUTNAM wrote: =20 Ernst, glad you are in one piece.George Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2017, at 5:12 PM, Ernest Christley = wrote: 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 =20 ------=_Part_1701567_1510648869.1496547725533 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
George,
I sure would love a progress report.
=


On Saturday, June 3, 2017 11:22 PM, GEORGE PUTNAM <flyrotary@la= ncaironline.net> wrote:


Ernst, glad you are in one pi= ece.
George

Sent fr= om my iPhone

On Jun 3, 2017, at 5:12 PM, Ernest Christley <= ;flyrotary@lancairon= line.net> wrote:

I'm running a Corv= air 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 that it wasn't going to happen either.  I looked aroun= d, picked a field, and set up a pattern to it.  Initially, it was a to= bacco field, but I had come in to hot.  I had been afraid of extending= the pattern to far.  There was a gravel road running beside it, so I = swung over, but it took a sharp right about 100yds ahead.  I didn't th= ink 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 happ= ened.  The gascolator had a few pieces of trash in the bottom, but I'm= not sure from where it came from.  I took the selector valve apart, a= nd there didn't seem to be anything going on with it.  It turned smoot= hly, if not somewhat stiffly.  Then I played with the rod that connect= ed the selector handle to the valve.  It was made from a 9" length of = threaded rod.  An adaptor pinned it onto the valve's post.  Anoth= er adaptor connected to the inside of the handle.  Without turning an = allen wrench pushed through the pin hole, I could turn the selector handle = 90 degrees.  The rod just twisted like bubble gum. Apparently, with tw= o months of sitting, the valve had gotten sticky enough that the rod gave b= efore it did.  

I was completely unharmed. = I've suffered more damage getting the plane out of the field than I did pu= tting it there.  The nose gear, firewall, forward belly and left side = skin are trashed.  The rebuild starts tomorrow with building a stand t= o hold the engine while I work the aluminium.
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