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Old 04-03-2020, 09:57 PM
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Like many ?This guy I know? has some learning moments.
1st solo cross county did not top off tank, did not lean mixture, landed with about 1 gallon usable.
Robinson R22 smelled something burning while practicing short approaches. ?Probably nothing? want to keep flying. Burned up clutch bearing gave reason to quit flying.
When advancing throttle from run up on aircraft that won?t roll, don?t advance farther until it finally does scrape along the asphalt on wheel pant as a result of flat tire.

Really glad that ?those guys? shared these learning moments. I guess beating Darwin is a lesson best remembered.
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Old 04-03-2020, 10:02 PM
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Lots of these posts make me wish this forum had a 'like' button!
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Old 04-03-2020, 11:35 PM
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This guy I know went up to fly aerobatics in his RV on a day with high cirrus and a little haze. Imagine his surprise when in middle of a loop, the view out the canopy suddenly went all white! It seems that a lower layer of stratus was not apparent due to the cirrus and the haze. Fortunately he continued the loop normally and came back through into the clear on the backside and all was OK! Dumb!

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Old 04-04-2020, 04:38 AM
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One beautiful morning I did my check list, got in my RV, fired up and taxied out to runway. During run up I looked out and saw the oil door flopping up and down. ****, I forgot to secure the half turn fasteners. Within a few seconds my CFI taxied up and keys the mike to ask me if knew my oil door was flapping in the prop wash. That really put the embarrassment to next level.
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Old 04-04-2020, 08:43 AM
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One beautiful morning I did my check list, got in my RV, fired up and taxied out to runway. During run up I looked out and saw the oil door flopping up and down. ****, I forgot to secure the half turn fasteners. Within a few seconds my CFI taxied up and keys the mike to ask me if knew my oil door was flapping in the prop wash. That really put the embarrassment to next level.
Ooh, I forgot about that. A couple of months ago I did that, but the door didn't jump up until I left the runway on takeoff. Thankfully, long enough runway that I just cut the power and landed again, turned off at the end, and secured it.

In hindsight, I should have stayed in the circuit and come around for a "normal" landing instead, as I elected to make a landing from takeoff configuration when I was already 1/3 of the way down the runway... If i'd made that decision 5 seconds later the "long enough" runway wouldn't have been.
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Old 04-04-2020, 10:46 AM
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[quote=erich weaver;1419206]I knew a guy that got distracted during preflight and ended up taxiiing to the runup area with the tow bar still on the nose wheel. Lesson learned. If the tow bar is on the plane, at least one hand is on the tow bar. No exceptions.
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Old 04-04-2020, 10:59 AM
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Ooh, I forgot about that. A couple of months ago I did that, but the door didn't jump up until I left the runway on takeoff. Thankfully, long enough runway that I just cut the power and landed again, turned off at the end, and secured it.
It's just a little bitty oil door. Ummm, just so you know, an RV-8 flies just fine with the front baggage door standing open. Actually, it's AOA sensitive...closes itself on downwind, then opens automatically in the flare so all your buddies can see
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Old 04-04-2020, 11:32 AM
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Not me, but saw a guy taxi, takeoff, fly around the pattern in a Mooney with a concrete block attached to the tail tie down. He got it back on the ground in one piece. Any CG issues there?
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Old 04-04-2020, 11:42 AM
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Not me, but saw a guy taxi, takeoff, fly around the pattern in a Mooney with a concrete block attached to the tail tie down. He got it back on the ground in one piece. Any CG issues there?
Apparently not! I guess they are at least 30 pounds, so i guess that would be about the same as 300 lbs in the back seat, but just pulling these numbers out of my back seat.
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Old 04-04-2020, 11:57 AM
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California Highway Patrol took off in a Cessna 180 with a tug attached to the tail. Briggs and Stratton proved to be a big CG factor. It flew, but the gyrations it took to dislodge it were wild. Interesting note... during the event Cessna design engineers refused to believe it. Said it could not fly that way.
Wish there was a youtube... as lots of officers went out to see it play out.
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