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[FlyRotary] Re: [FlyRotary]2002 crash of Taylor
Coot w/13b
Yes I knew the pilot of that coot
very well and the engine installation was a compleat abortion and the
coot was tail heavy and I knew it by just looking at it despite what
his calculation were.
On the first taxi run that he got the
nose wheel up it jumped in the air and with full stick forward he
could not get the nose down so it stalled about 10 ft off the ground
on landing it folded up two of the gear.
He then repaired the plane and
wanted me to fly it for him and I said no way its tail heavy and he
still refused to believe me.
He then went out and tried to fly it
and right after liftoff the engine caught fire and quit, then the coot
stalled and pancaked in and went up in a ball of fire.
What I suspect the fire was from was
a cheep ass piece of crap oil cooled that he got at a local auto parts
store in which I told him would not holed up to the high oil pressure
and volume out the Mazda.
Another thing was that the oil cooler
was mounted in the cowl ahead of the cheep exhaust system made from
standard exhaust pipe and muffler from Napa which I told he
would not hole up to the Mazda temps.
This is really just the tip of the
iceberg as I could go on and on, just say this plane was an accident
looking for a place to happen.
Ken Welter
Tom, as best I recall, Ken Welter
reported that the Taylor Coot had an "aft
cg problem" before it flew and Ken had warned the pilot that the
aft cg
could produce an unrecoverable stall condition. I believe he was
also
warned that if the engine ever quite with that rear CG - an
unrecoverable
stall would immediately happen. So with that initial aft CG
condition and
the subsequent engine stoppage and resulting rearward drag caused by
a
stopped propeller precluded any recovery from the induced
stall. The
cause of the engine stoppage was reportedly due to an oil cooler (not
stock
Mazda) that burst which led to a loss of the oil and the engine
eventually
seizing - from which there was no recovery.
Unfortunately the NTSB knew nothing about rotary engines, so they went
to a
local Mazda dealer (who probably did not know much more) and because
the oil
injection lines had been removed from the engine (and the side
housings were
reportedly "blued" from the heat of no lubrication) the NTSB
quickly jumped
on that as the cause of failure. Of course no injected oil
might cause
your apex and possibly your corner seals to wear faster than normal
but
would not cause the engine to seize. So the NTSB missed it on
this one.
Unfortunately, here was an accident that did not have to happen.
But, when
a person disregards well intended warnings - there is little anyone
can do.
Ed Anderson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <tomtugan@yahoo.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft"
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:38 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: [FlyRotary]2002 crash of Taylor Coot
w/13b
> Perry, now that you describe it, seems that I did read something
about an
> incident like that somewhere. Yes, I noticed the hole in
the NTSB last
> paragraph.
> Tom
>
> --- Perry Mick <pjmick@viclink.com> wrote:
> > If Ken Welter is still on this list, he can fill you in.
Basically the
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