Out of Fuel

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• An ultralight runs out of fuel right after takeoff!
   
  

 

 

 

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• Watch Now!
   
  

 

 

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Hey looks like a good old Eipper MXL. At least he went straight ahead, not that he had much choice !. You could hear the engine starting to drop RPMs, and I think he could too. Don't think he would not have been able to walk away. He might choose to put fuel in next time if that was the problem.

 

Years ago I did a lot of flying and passenger rides in an MXL 2 (503 DC). If you lost the engine solo, even with the stick full foward instantly, the thing would just about stop in the air, and it sometimes took around 200 ft or so, to get any decent airspeed back again. This is assuming you had the 200 ft I mean. A lot of the private owners would put a weight of some kind on the passenger seat if flying solo....

 

 

[BLA82]

There is another copy of this video floating around and it lists his injuries,

 

1. broken ankles (both)
    
    
   
2. broken leg
    
    
   
3. broken collar bone
    
    
   
4. broken ribs x 4
    
    
   
5. lacirations
    
    
   

 

Did you notice as soon as the fan quits he goes full stick back:loopy:

 

 

[lbarnes]

This is apparently a report from the pilot.

 

Marty Lunsford's Crash

 

 

[BLA82]

This is apparently a report from the pilot.Marty Lunsford's Crash

Thats the video I sore, obviously I didn't remember all the injuries. Dam that would have hurt:black_eye:

 

 

[t83]

I saw this video a year or so ago and wondered how the pilot ended up. I'm amazed he survived!!

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Ah, the dreaded Cuyuna strikes again !!....makes sense to me now.....................................thumb_down..