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2010-03-16 -Obits-

The laws of probability had it in for this poor guy

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Posted by Mike 2010-03-16 15:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods...
They kill us for their sport.

Posted by William Shakespeare 2010-03-16 17:10|| 2010-03-16 17:10|| Front Page Top

#2 don't guess that excercise program worked out too good for the poor guy

Posted by chris 2010-03-16 18:22|| 2010-03-16 18:22|| Front Page Top

#3 sometimes running to catch your plane can be dangerous!

/runs for my room

Posted by Frank G 2010-03-16 19:17|| 2010-03-16 19:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Then the propeller came off Just how the heck does a propellor come off? It must be a very bad thing. Whata ya say AP?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-03-16 19:32|| 2010-03-16 19:32|| Front Page Top

#5 That's it, I'm done. No more jogging along the Redneck Riviera for me.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-16 20:05|| 2010-03-16 20:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Oil leaks could be anything on an engine. The Lancair is a high performance pressurized plane, single engine that is in the 300 kt speed range. It is a very impressive kit built plane. Its engine is a Continental TSIO-550, which is a 6-cyl fuel injected and turbocharged gasoline engine, air cooled. This engine is a fairly common one, IIRC, used in the Cessna 402 twin and others. It has a constant speed prop and governor system, hydraulically run through the crankshaft on engine oil.

There may be a good chance that the propeller governing system developed a seal leak and oil started spraying the windshield. Then there was a major failure in the propeller hub and a prop blade came off. There are usually 3 props on an engine like that. I would think that a prop failure like that would require an immediate engine stop, or the unbalance would have the engine tear itself off the engine mounts. A loss of an engine would screw up the balance of the plane and you could not glide it in. You would fall like a leaf.

Too bad the pilot did not ditch the plane in the sea. Flying the coast like that, I would be wearing a life jacket and would ditch it to avoid hitting someone. Sad deal. Very sad.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-03-16 20:15|| 2010-03-16 20:15|| Front Page Top

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