Return-Path: Received: from imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.72] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.9) with ESMTP id 712027 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:56:56 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.72; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from [65.11.50.16] by imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050208035525.EICG2021.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[65.11.50.16]> for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:55:25 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:55:22 -0500 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Bad day at the airport From: Bulent Aliev To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3190661726_13061080" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3190661726_13061080 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 2/7/05 9:09 PM, "Paul" wrote: > On Sunday I decided to do a little "tweaking" on the ECU fuel mixtures on my > 13b powered SQ2000. I had the larger 3 bladed Performance prop on, and just > wasn't getting the rpm's I wanted, so I put the smaller dia/less pitch prop on > and took it to the end of the runway and once I was lined up on the runway, > advanced the throttle to wide open. RPM's were only around 5100, but I have > flown it that way before, so I decided to go ahead and try to work with the > mixture programming at 5000 feet. Acceleration was normal, liftoff in less > than 2000 feet, and started my climb. At approximately 250 feet, the engine > started failing rapidly. I tried various throttle positions, with no > improvement. Unable to maintain altitude. I immediately started a left turn, > hoping maybe the engine would recover enough to just get me to 500 feet > downwind so I would have a chance of making the runway. No such luck. I was > now heading back toward the center of the airport at approximately 100 feet > and descending. I wanted to land on the center turn-off section in the middle > of the airport, but that would have me landing straight towards several parked > aircraft and the main hangar. Not the best option. There is a newly paved > area slightly to my left, where aircraft may be tied down in the future, but > it was empty for now. I was out of options and altitude. I crossed the runway > at less than 50 feet. I didn't want to land going across the runway, because > the grass and mud I would encounter after rolling across the runway would > probably flip the aircraft over. I headed for the new aircraft tie-down area, > and attacked it at a 45 degree angle to get as much "runway" as possible. I > held it off until I was over the parallel taxiway, and landed on the parallel > taxiway (the short way, of course) and with heavy braking, began skidding > across the aircraft tie-down area. (See attached photos). I knew I couldn't > stop in that short a distance, but hopefully when I went off the other end of > the pavement, I would not be going as fast. The nose was dipped down at an > angle from all the heavy braking, so I had a nice view of what was coming. > Grass, mud and a ditch. The aircraft kept slowing down, and as I ran out of > pavement, I wasn't going all that fast. I probably only went 10 feet past the > end of the paved area into the grass and came to a stop. Missed the ditch by > almost 5 feet !!! No problem...that was fun !!! Just don't care to do it > again. I restarted the engine and taxiied back to the hangar, pretending > nothing had happened. I don't know what to do at this point. I don't care to > have this much fun again anytime soon. I'm torn between a carburetor and a > Cessna. Paul Conner Sorry to hear about your experience Paul. One question: How did you get the nose wheel to skid :) I hope you are not to scared to test fly mine? Buly --B_3190661726_13061080 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [FlyRotary] Bad day at the airport On 2/7/05 9:09 PM, &quo= t;Paul" <sqpilot@bellsouth.net> wrote:

On Sunday I decided to do a little "tweaking" on the ECU fuel mix= tures on my 13b powered SQ2000.  I had the larger 3 bladed Performance = prop on, and just wasn't getting the rpm's I wanted, so I put the smaller di= a/less pitch prop on and took it to the end of the runway and once I was lin= ed up on the runway, advanced the throttle to wide open. RPM's were only aro= und 5100, but I have flown it that way before, so I decided to go ahead and = try to work with the mixture programming at 5000 feet.  Acceleration wa= s normal, liftoff in less than 2000 feet, and started my climb. At approxima= tely 250 feet, the engine started failing rapidly. I tried various throttle = positions, with no improvement. Unable to maintain altitude. I immediately s= tarted a left turn, hoping maybe the engine would recover enough to just get= me to 500 feet downwind so I would have a chance of making the runway. No s= uch luck.  I was now heading back toward the center of the airport at a= pproximately 100 feet and descending.  I wanted to land on the center t= urn-off section in the middle of the airport, but that would have me landing= straight towards several parked aircraft and the main hangar.  Not the= best option.  There is a newly paved area slightly to my left, where a= ircraft may be tied down in the future, but it was empty for now. I was out = of options and altitude. I crossed the runway at less than 50 feet. I didn't= want to land going across the runway, because the grass and mud I would enc= ounter after rolling across the runway would probably flip the aircraft over= . I headed for the new aircraft tie-down area, and attacked it at a 45 degre= e angle to get as much "runway" as possible.  I held it off u= ntil I was over the parallel taxiway, and landed on the parallel taxiway (th= e short way, of course) and with heavy braking, began skidding across the ai= rcraft tie-down area. (See attached photos).  I knew I couldn't stop in= that short a distance, but hopefully when I went off the other end of the p= avement, I would not be going as fast.  The nose was dipped down at an = angle from all the heavy braking, so I had a nice view of what was coming. G= rass, mud and a ditch.  The aircraft kept slowing down, and as I ran ou= t of pavement, I wasn't going all that fast. I probably only went 10 feet pa= st the end of the paved area into the grass and came to a stop.  Missed= the ditch by almost 5 feet !!!  No problem...that was fun !!! Just don= 't care to do it again.  I restarted the engine and taxiied back to the= hangar, pretending nothing had happened. I don't know what to do at this po= int.  I don't care to have this much fun again anytime soon.  I'm = torn between a carburetor and a Cessna.  Paul Conner

Sorry to hear about your experience Paul. One question: How did you get the= nose wheel to skid :)
I hope you are not to scared to test fly mine?
Buly
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