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[FlyRotary] Re: Another rotary
failure
A friend of mine has lost
three engines on his Aero Commander, dropped a valve one the first
one, the super charger came apart and went through the engine on
takeoff on the second and a month later he lost a counter weigh off
the crank which cut the engine case in half setting the engine nacelle
on fire, { he said that the engine nacelle looked like the one on the
PBY on the movie Always }
To this all he said was that is why
I have two engines hanging on the wing.
Also as a ferry pilot he has a long
list of certified aircraft engines that he has lost, one of which was
on a brand new Scout while crossing the Rocky mountains, luckily he
was able to hit a farmers field with no damage.
One thing my dad drilled in my head
was that always have in your mind where are you going to land when the
engine quits because its not a question of if it will happen its a
question of when and that was when we were flying certified
aircraft.
Ken Welter
Rusty,
Couple of years ago we lost 3 Cozy's
within few months due to Lycoming engine problems. Not landing with
engine problem, but total lost of all 3 aircraft. Nobody said a word.
Like it was the most ordinary thing?
Bulent "Buly"
Aliev
Ser# 066 / N484BD
http://tinyurl.com/dcy36
On Feb 13, 2006, at 2:03 PM, Russell
Duffy wrote:
On the
subject of failures in general, am I the only one who thinks there
have just been way too many of these in the last couple years?
In virtually every case, the engine has been the victim, rather than
the cause of the problem, but to the casual observer, it looks bad for
the rotary. I'd hate to calculate the number of flight hours per
serious problem for currently flying rotaries. I'd also hate for
the insurance companies to do it. Let's hope this
trend doesn't continue.
Cheers,
Rusty
(one rotor, no prop)
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