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  1. Sapphire
    Women have less serious car accidents, if i remember statistics right. So there are several places they are better than males.
  2. Sapphire
    No flane throwers, just common sense. If your option is to deploy the shute or die, then the answer is there. Quite often there are other better options if you have the skill to use them.
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    If every pilot had a glider endorsement there would be no stalls. I find those kind of accidents incredible. Shows no skill or preparation.
  4. Sapphire
    It's a hard manoever to practice.
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    On my Continental 0-200 I could get extra 200 fpm by just leaning a bit on a hot day. I leaned as if I was on cruise. But you want to be richer than that, so richen the mixture a bit more and listen for detonation. Somebody should come out with a recording of detonation sounds. Might even make the top 10.
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    This might be another example of a commercial pilot getting pulled into a dangerous situation to keep his job. Turns up to do the lift, the guy who is supposed to turn on the crane lights is sick or something, fog is hanging around, and the bosses are counting costs as every minute goes by. If you don't go up, another pilot probably will.
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    You use the the BRS when the situation is out of control, so you gave up nothing in deploying it. The "why did you get in that situation" syndrome applies to all pilots at some time. The last time that happened to me, I was squashed between a tow plane and a glider thermalling on down wind.
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    He had his adrenalin rush for the day, too. I think I'll get one.
  9. Sapphire
    Guess he got out before the plane burnt up and was lucky it didn't happen at 25 feet
  10. Sapphire
    That would cost him a couple grand including labour.
  11. Sapphire
    That engine doesnt have carby heat. One day you'll be able to pick the leaves from the trees.
  12. Sapphire
    During the "climb" he had spent a lot of time looking down fiddling with something. At that stage I already put him in the d--- brain catagory. If he actually did lean the mixture, then of course continuing on was insanity. He had one supporter who congradulated him on how well he crashed the plane, saving their lives. The earth would stop turning before I even had him for a passenger.
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    The procedure in taking off at high density altitude is to use some mixture control leaning. You still want the engine to run rich but not so rich that you are climbing out with very low power. As you gain altitude, your power drops off even more. He probably was afraid to lean thinking he would damage his engine, so he let the plane crash into the trees-good choice
  14. Sapphire
    Pilots usually don't want to spoil their fun by thinking of potential accidents all the time. A famous aircraft designer had a news letter for many years. Each issue started off with accidents that occured with his a/c design and what modifications and flying techniques needed to be changed. Readers complained they did not want to read so much of that. So the newsletters started off with some story about dad taking mom and the kids to see grandma and grandpa and eating some possum pie. Then visiting uncle Bob on his farm................................. and flying back, for "great day" So, anything worthwhile reading had to be found more than half way down, to be rated as uncomfortable reading.
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    The power lines will help you slow down even more-sounds great.
  16. Sapphire
    In car engines even torque is essential because you have to maintain a seal over a large area. The amount of torque is not super critical as I will increase the torque settings depending on circumstances. In an aircooled a/c engine there is no compression seal and only an o-ring to contain oil splash. The hold down bolts just keep the cyl. head attached and aligned on the block. If the torque is a bit less or more that is not problem as long as the head stays attached and does not move. An issue of breaking bolts should be addressed with stronger bolts. Any issue of extra weight is insignificant to one of cyl. head flying off.
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    The first criteria of a company in recommending a product is profit. The financial industry is full of this. Before the big bust, some American companies would promote sale of a financial product then secretly hedge on it's failure. Consumers are taken for a ride every minute of the day on everything from soap to spaceships.
  18. Sapphire
    DP said: My first wife was a singer, sounded great, but she was useless in bed. Guess talking about planes all night wasn't her thing.
  19. Sapphire
    Easy solution-have a look next time your engine is running:roflmao:
  20. Sapphire
    You'll need more than that to get to outer space:smile:
  21. Sapphire
    Makes landing out something to look forward to.
  22. Sapphire
    An engine that uses very little or no oil won't last long. Oil sent to lubricate rings and cyl doesn't flow back into your sump-it meets its maker by being burnt away.
  23. Sapphire
    I understand everything except the part after "Please be careful"
  24. Sapphire
    I think the immediate effect of the lighter oil would be on the hydraulic valve lifters. Sludge is the no one enemy. I've quietened down many car lifters with half hour hot high speed run, which is the same as thinning the oil and that oil moving the sludge along. Hydraulic valve lifters:thumb down:
  25. Sapphire
    To fly Vh you need to cary out the highest standard maintenance by lic mechanic and be suitably trained. Raa number designation can vary from Vh standard to non mechanically minded "greasy Joe" maintaining his own a/c with warning plaquards in his a/c.
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