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| Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:30 pm |
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Joined: Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:38 pm Posts: 2541 Location: Atlanta GA area Has thanked: 800 times Been thanked: 1151 times
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Hey Dude... That took guts Bro...
THX for posting what happened... it is a testament to the pilot, as well as the situation! God bless Ben... He (the boss upstairs) seems to have a reason for Ben to be around.... _________________ John Morgan PP-SEL Former member PRA Member PeachState Rotorcraft club Member Sunstate Rotor & Wing Club Owner/builder of The Subinator: Single place Dominator/Subaru EA-81 (currently in full restoration) Soon to offer machine shop services |
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| Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:49 pm |
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Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:35 am Posts: 1755 Location: Aloha, Oregon Has thanked: 54 times Been thanked: 725 times
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I was sure good being able to talk to you today .
And good to see that you posted this . Thank you Sir . P.S. I'm glad to hear your helmet is okay . WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! _________________ Ever notice in life occasionally you'll come across somebody you never should have fucked with ? Well that's me ! |
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| Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:18 pm |
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Joined: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:18 pm Posts: 420 Location: Gilboa, OH Has thanked: 784 times Been thanked: 330 times
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Quote: Henry Bowman: As I had already gone farther than I should have and the throttle didn't shut down I had a decision to make and make it right ****ing now! I could have hit the kill switches but the trees were looming ahead VERY quickly, I wish I had just killed it and took my chances,but instead I firewalled the throttle to try and take off and I could then just sort it out or kill the engine and land. I read your excellent post several times and have come to believe I would have hopefully reacted with the same choice as you. Carb ice on Rotax engine's appears to be more common than I thought....some sort of carb heat now seems warranted on my machine. I did not know that the cyclic stick does a better job of quickly turning an airframe 180° than a pedal turn can (Birdy's post). Thank you for sharing your unfortunate experience.....you have probably helped more people than you'll ever know. _________________ Ed Rosenberger |
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| Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:22 pm |
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I had 2 forced landings from carb ice in my 582 powered Air Command. One of these forced me down in a fresh combined soybean field. After sitting in the field a few minutes, the ice melted and I soon was climbing out of the soybean stubble.
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| Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:30 pm |
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It's not just 2 strokes that are damned with icing. My Lycoming's carb in the Schweizer 269CB iced up. Wasn't cold and wasn't anything unusual. Thank God for collective on helicopters is all I am going to say.
 _________________  A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:43 am |
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Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:35 am Posts: 1755 Location: Aloha, Oregon Has thanked: 54 times Been thanked: 725 times
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I was flying a Navy Chaplin around the Philippines and was clearing some mountains when the carb on the C-172 froze up .
I got it cleared as soon as I pulled the carb heat on . But it got our attention . There was nothing but mountain and jungle to land on . WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! _________________ Ever notice in life occasionally you'll come across somebody you never should have fucked with ? Well that's me ! |
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| Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:32 pm |
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:45 pm Posts: 628 Location: Orbit Has thanked: 197 times Been thanked: 322 times
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I'm so glad that your helmet is ok Ben. Jeeeez was I worried about it.
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| Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:01 pm |
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 Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times
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The day (last year... warm with high humidity )... that I saw a thick coating of frost on my 912 carbs after a practise ..... I began to research getting the water jacket coolant carb-heat like Autogyro supply in their MTO kits. Desmon mentioned he had a set for sale that came with his new gyro ... but not needed due to his installation of his 912iS engine ... YESS .... we installed them a couple of months ago ... one less thing to worry about ...Hopefully!!!!!!
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| Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:25 pm |
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