Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: St. Augustine forced landing

We re engined our Skyhawk with a 180 hp upgrade. It required a test fly off that I think was 15 hours, but may have been more. I spent the first 2 circuits in very close to the field and the next 3 hours circling over the field at varying altitudes above the pattern making power and mixture setting changes till we could be sure nothing would go away. After that we were a little more comfortable with putting a bit more space in between turns.

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Williams" <rkwill@...> wrote:
>
> Fellow test pilots,
>
> We often perform major surgery on an engine.
> The first several flights thereafter are always well within gliding distance of
> the runway.
>
> Even my brother now stays within gliding distance of the runway on early flights
> after engine surgery.
> He learned by launching a ATF trike, with a just re-built engine.
> He turned away from the runway, at a low altitude.
> A sparkplug blew out.
> He 'landed', nose first, in 8' high grass about 200' from the runway.
> The seatbelt saved him from serious injury.
>
> R. Williams

~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^

------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
Sport_Aircraft-digest@yahoogroups.com
Sport_Aircraft-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
Sport_Aircraft-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/