N507RV "Sweet Escape" Engine Out - Page 5

A1AVIATON47 · #41 10-03-2015, 03:45 PM

HI BRYON, Glad you are ok and your friend, think about buying the aircraft from the ins. co. take the money they give you and find someone to rebuild it,
it will be a lot cheaper than a new one ,
I am rebuilding a rv6 that went off the airport runway, more damage than you plane, you have to work backwards, and have a plan to put it back together and not lose your alignment, the engine may be ok , but I would still take it to an engine shop for a teardown insp. cheap ins, I am a retired airline a&p and as a hobby , rebuilt several wrecks , nothing like a bus mans holiday.
the trouble with vans nose gear airplanes is the nose gear is weak and tire to small plus design of the nose gear itself, next time at airport look at Cessna's and piper , beech, the anti splatter reinforcement for the nose gear is good, until the airplane flips over , it will cause more damage, the stress has to go somewere. it seems there is a lot of flip over's with the nose gear rv's they dig in real easy, thank you for your time. A1

A1AVIATON47 · #42 10-03-2015, 03:47 PM

P.S. SOUNDS LIKE AFTER THE ACRO , YOU LOST FUEL, ENGINE SPUTERING. MAY STILL HAVE HAD IGN, WHEN YOU FIND OUT , WILL YOU POST IT. A1

luv2flypilot · #43 10-04-2015, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by A1AVIATON47

P.S. SOUNDS LIKE AFTER THE ACRO , YOU LOST FUEL, ENGINE SPUTERING. MAY STILL HAVE HAD IGN, WHEN YOU FIND OUT , WILL YOU POST IT. A1

I had done only a a few aileron rolls. Then level flight and clearing turns for at least a minute with no issues. The first thing that came up on my panel was the electronic ignition going into back-up mode followed by rough engine. I had approximately (9) gallons of fuel per wing. I switched to other fuel tank as well going through my procedures prior to engine finally completely going off with prop windmilling. Not saying it was not fuel, just does not seem the events may have happened the way it did.

luv2flypilot · #44 10-04-2015, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RickWoodall

Glad the outcome was what it was. Nice.

Didnt happen to have the go pro filming did you??

No I did not Rick. I had the cameras in photo burst mode at the time connected to my remote in the cockpit. I did not even think about changing them to video mode then letting them record since I was too busy going through my emergency procedures and looking for a good place to put here down.

luv2flypilot · #45 10-04-2015, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by skylor

I'm curious why you have something that looks like a marine battery switch on your firewall? Can you tell us what this is for?

Skylor

This is a battery disconnect so that my airplane does not draw any current and run down my battery while in the hanger for a period of a month or so during the winter time. I have a Vertical Power VP-200 installed, which always draws off the battery since it has a remote control that allows you to wake up the airplane power and remotely test your strobes, landing lights, etc. Its a millamps draw, however over a period of time my Odyssey PC680 battery would not have enough power to start my plane. The LASAR ignition also requires quite a bit of battery draw on start up.

dlomheim · #46 10-04-2015, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sblack

If you look at the recent video of a 7 dead stick landing near a beach in Europe, following an airshow mid-air, as soon as the gear hit the water and the AC decelerated, the canopy slamed shut.

A number of years ago in VAF I read of an RV-8 that lost the engine and ditched somewhere between Hawaiian islands. I'm pretty sure that pilot opened the canopy (pre-impact) and it slammed violently shut upon water impact. His "lesson learned" was therefore to unlock it, but leave it closed until all motion stopped, and then pull it open and egress.

Doug

Robb · #47 10-04-2015, 08:17 AM

Be thankful that you both walked away. That's really all that matters and you did all the right things nice job saving both of you. I fly an Aviat Husky as well as the RV7 and the protection in the RV definitely concerns me in an engine out failure. Mine is not a slider

luv2flypilot · #48 10-04-2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Robb

Be thankful that you both walked away. That's really all that matters and you did all the right things nice job saving both of you. I fly an Aviat Husky as well as the RV7 and the protection in the RV definitely concerns me in an engine out failure. Mine is not a slider

You are correct Robb. We are both very grateful and blessed. The outcome could have been different and the location of where it happened. I was very familiar with the area near my home airport which helped quite a bit. This could have easily happened on a cross country flight over mountains or rugged terrain.

RV3bpilot · #49 10-04-2015, 07:32 PM

Very good landing! I wish more pilots would land like you did when their engine drops dead.
You did well.
Take care and enjoy life, the airplane is just metal that can be replaced.

ijustwannafly · #50 10-04-2015, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Robb

Be thankful that you both walked away. That's really all that matters and you did all the right things nice job saving both of you. I fly an Aviat Husky as well as the RV7 and the protection in the RV definitely concerns me in an engine out failure. Mine is not a slider

Could you elaborate a little as to why you are not satisfied with the potential protection the rv7 offers or were you specifically speaking in regards to the tip up?