Emergency Dead stick landing

[Snowflake]

Excellent writeup... Thanks again for it.

[airtractor8]

Is the fuel tank in question set up for aerobatics? If so maybe the "flop" tube has had some sort of failure?

[johnf_1]

1991 makes me think slosh. It is post-PR1005, I think, which was the early slosh that I have not heard any flake/peel reports about. Have twice landed without power, so know the feeling! Hope the plane goes together without too much trouble. Best, J N95JF

[DanH]

The RV-1 fuel blockage story here:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...9&postcount=74

For those who don't know about sloshed tanks, there are a few good pictures in this thread:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...d.php?p=750898

You did a good job Ryan.

Please let us know if loose slosh was indeed the problem.

[rvbuilder2002]

Another potential cause for reduced fuel flow is a fuel pick-up tube that is loose (there is a service bulletin for that one also).
Everything will work fine as long as the fuel level is above the level of the fitting (all the pump can draw is fuel), when the fuel level gets below the loose fitting connection, the pump can suck some air along with the fuel it is drawing up the pick-up tube. The amount of air is dependent on how loose the fitting is.

[erikpmort]

Glad you shared. I am about to get my airplane back and if you look back at my thread from march you will see my experience similar. I had a couple scary burps before incident in cruise, and also one aborted takeoff. That was over a months or two period. I thought it was pilot error at the time from a mixture setting or other- and then on final one day I lost my motor. I have been in the dark this whole time and the motor is supposed to be run for the first time in 6 months this weekend. People keep telling me carb ice, mo gas, mixture too rich or other possibilities but I have doubts. You better believe I am freaked out about it and will have someone extensively test this thing before I get back in it. Thanks for your analysis.

[aerhed]

Not to muddy the water, but I'm curious. Everyone does flow checks, but has anyone tried a suction check?

[hydroguy2]

Originally Posted by aerhed

....anyone tried a suction check?

I have. when I had a stumble problem, one of the checks was to put a clear hose on and run it into a bucket. Turn on the boost pump and look for bubbles. none found.
Turns out my stumble problem was idle screw and mixture settings wrong. so the transition on and off idle circuit was causing me problems.

[RV10inOz]

Get it fixed, get your confidence back and keep your RV6. You did a good job.

Just make sure you know your plane.

Right now you do not know the 172 or the cub either, so do not assume they are any better.

The devil you know............

[Frank Smidler]

Ryan,

So sorry to hear about your incident. Glad to hear your OK. In my skydiving instruction days it was important to emphasize to students that if they had a malfunction not to get fixated on fixing it or you may end up too low to deploy your reserve. A lot can happen in 10 sec.