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akflyer added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????
Noel, post up the full size pic of your avatar!.. that is looking real nice. hell post up any pics you want.. nobodys gonna get mad about that over here!
Leni
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akflyer added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????
welcome to the dark side...I am not sure I would bet on a stall... in looking at the pics, you can see the terain is pretty rough, and the area is tight. I would lay more on him coming in hot, the small tire digging in and all hell breaking loose after that..
The real question is, was there really an oil problem? So he was or did loose pressure.. did the temps come up? were there any signs other than low oil pressure to tell him that he needed to make an off airport landing.. in a field, with a road running next to it? I would have taken my chances with a fence on the side of the road before I did the rough field..
Had to edit this one... I can say that right now, looking at it from a nice warm office that this is what I would have done,however, having been in an emergency situation where I had but 2 seconds to think and no time to react and with no options on how hard I was gonna hit, I can say that I am 100% sure that he did what he thought he had to do at that time.... now looking back and reflecting I am sure he has asked himself 10,000 times if he did what he should have..
There is a reason they say hind sight is 20/20.
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Noel added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????
What are the bets he did an arival stall??? He wouldn't be the first or the last.
Noel
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akflyer added a post in a topic Stalling talk...makes my head spin.
Bhwaaaaaa on the bold...
Hmm.. gonna have to come up with a good brown noser emo.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Was: flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
Must be where the old saying "wheres the f*^^ing duck" came from
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84KF added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Was: flying hard IFR with only a VFR ratingLeni,
Here is a lifesaving tip I got from an oldtimer instructor:
If IFR conditions are a possibility during a flight, always carry a live duck with you in the aircraft.
If you inadvertently do enter IFR conditions, throw the duck out the window, and, since ducks are smart enough to know not to fly in IFR conditions they will head for VFR conditions.
So just follow the duck.
steve
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84KF added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Stalling talk...makes my head spin.:D Get it?? Makes my head spin...? ;D ?-----? Never mind.
Anyway,
This insight is to good for the "List" and since this is the place where the only true intellectuals meet, I will post it here.
My hero, (I have few.. 'cept for Lenni, ) Wolfgang Langewiesche, states on page 38 in his 1944 book "Stick and Rudder" that:
"With power on, just as with power off, the airplane stalls for just one reason only: because the wings are meeting the air at an excessive Angle of Attack."
In regards to stalls in a turn...page 58, "when an airplane flying at a certain speed, goes into a turn and loads itself down with 'g' load it assumes a larger Angle of Attack and thus gets closer to a stall"...... "At the higher angle of attack, the wings have more drag and thus the airplane will slow up unless the throttle is opened wider. The airplane assumes a still higher Angle of Attack and gets still closer to the stall."
He goes on to describe it in more detail but since you all DO have the book, .........
BTW.. Leni, if there was a icon for asskissing i would have used it instead of the one.
steve
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84KF added a post in a topic Simple problems can be .....bad.
"field mechanics have had their grubby little dick skinners on it....
Hey... I resemble that remark!!
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akflyer added a post in a topic Simple problems can be .....bad.
holy crap... damn goodthing you did not fly through a temperature inversion... that could have been really bad!
on a serious note, that did not take long to rub the fire sleeve.. last cub I put an engine in I was ANAL about tying everything back / down with sleeves so nothing could chafe. Everyone who has seen it said they had never seen an alaskan cub with such a clean install.. I bet it looks like shit now as it has been 2 years of 135 work so I know lots of field mechanics have had their grubby little dick skinners on it....
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akflyer added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
hey man, nothing but the finest redneck engineering for my kids! Daddy dont spare no expense onthe young'uns....
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84KF added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
I also like the slide ya built for the kids at the Beach House.
What a guy!
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84KF added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids
Simple problems can be .....bad.Here is a picture of one of my oil lines....that was rubbing against a cowel fastener tip. This happened over about a 2 hr period without the top cowling being removed for inspection. A simple re-route with some tie-wraps cured the potential for more chafing but one can imagine the potential outcome if it hadn't been spotted.....such as slow loss of oil, then increasing oil temps because of decreased oil level and eventual loss of oil pressure.
Oh wait... we already covered that.
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akflyer added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
ya bugger... I told you to stop in for a drink if you were in the area... last time I invite you to my fine dwelling
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84KF added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
Ahh Leni,
Sorry about the *itch
I drove by your Beach House today and snapped this pic....thought you might like it. Nice.
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akflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
flying hard IFR with only a VFR ratingthe outcome is never good....
My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year.
Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern Tennessee because of bad weather. Thank God our kids were with me at the Beach House this weekend.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on the ground was injured.
Photographs below were taken at the scene show the extent of damage to her aircraft.
She was very lucky.
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84KF added a post in a topic What am I missing here??
I started to comment here about the most recent post that includeds the sentence..."It same old story lack of pilot ability and training. I really doubt tail heavy has anything to do with it."...then I said the heck with it.
I can only imagine the original poster (Name withheld in the name of ....whatever.) pictures himself as future astronaut Gorden (Gordo) Cooper, who, in the movie "The Right Stuff" looks over to his wife while driving and says....."Who's the greatest pilot ya ever saw?...... You're looking at 'em."
Damn ...my head hurts.... Oh ya...that's a good thing.
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akflyer added a post in a topic What am I missing here??
thats some funny stuff right there... and it works for me too.
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84KF added a post in a topic What am I missing here??
Leni,
Feel free to cutpaste anything I say here... and put my name with it.
I will take the blame for whatever.
This is how it works..... I have (from the List) a "shooting licence..."
Have you ever read "All Quiet On The Western Front"?
Pg 154 (wounded Soldiers in a hospital ward...)
We were all curious. "But why did you say that you did it? It wasn't you at all!"
He grins. "That doesn't matter. I have a shooting licence."
Then, of course, we all understand. Whoever has a shooting licence can do whatever he pleases.
"Yes," he explains. "I got a crack in the head and they presented me with a certificate to say that I was periodically not responsible for my actions. Ever since then I have a grand time. No one dares annoy me. And nobody does anything to me."
Works for me....
steve
PS...Luv the pic.
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akflyer added a post in a topic What am I missing here??
damn... you gonna post up enough shit for me to smart off about that I am gonna get banned again..
but this is for the poster who does not like slow fun flying planes...
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84KF added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers
What am I missing here??Posted on the "List"...
--> Kitfox-List message posted by:
Odd how the media tries to "distort" things
REad the last 4 lines Sheeeshhhhhhhhh !!!
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2007/10/10292007_Small-airplane-crashes-into-Columbia-River.cfm
The Kitfox Web site says the plane "is a 2-seat side-by-side aircraft that has truly amazing handling characteristics and is just as comfortable in the back country bush flying as it is flying cross country into some of the busiest airspace."
It adds that the plane is a light sport aircraft.
The Web site carries this motto: "It's not how Fast ... it's how Fun!"
The article seems unbiased, factual and informative.
What did I miss?? What is the "distortion the poster speaks of?
steve
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84KF added a post in a topic Hard starting 912's?
The engine had been started a few minutes earlier, but until I addressed the valve issue it still would still take a lot of cranking to get it to fire up.
The video was taken with my cell phone camera...hence the low quality.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Hard starting 912's?
yep, I had to update my quicktime player... looks like she fires right up? was that a hot start? I want a 4 stroke now... sounds better than my ole 582....
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akflyer added a post in a topic Hard starting 912's?
DAmn I knew I was missing something lol.... nope.. I have it installed but maybe I need to update the codecs
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akflyer added a post in a topic EGT temps
That is what happens with our 2 strokes....have to run summer jets and winter jets..
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84KF added a post in a topic Hard starting 912's?
I would guess you need the "QuickTime" media player installed. done that?
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