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ggower_99(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: wing tank fuel line connection.. (probably not related)

I dont want to be  negative thinking,  but remember that the chain breaks in the weakest link... and the tanks are not "heavy duty". a branch or a fence pole will make a good hole in them...  

   

  I always try to think positive and have the idea firm in my mind, of flying the plane all  the way down as a normal glide/landing  to the most open land in front of me, in case of an engine failure. 

  Another thing I have from all my years in hang gliding:  I never fly over any place I dont like to land in...  Those few times I do...  I realy sweat, even if the engine dont miss a beat.

   

  Spot landing practice without engine, is the best training you can do to save your life (and if possible the airplane).   Here we have a "dedicated" flyin 2 times a year for this emergency training.in the dry lake.  

  Great fun,  The one that lands worse, (farther from the mark) pays a case of bear in the next barbacue...  They come from several clubs around.  "Newbies" even if they have 1,000's of hours flying, practice with engine first, then they "try" without engine.  

  The dry lake is 5 miles wide and 30 miles long, almost all unobstructed,  so is dificult to miss it     But the "Mark" is dificult to touch. 

   

  We made this training contest in our Club, because we lost two good pilot friends in one low altitude stall spin accident, in an off airport landing...  

   

  Saludos

  Gary  Gower.

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"Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" <frank.hinde(at)hp.com> wrote:

  



Hmmm....I think the something extraordinary is having the fuel tanks

punctured as the wings get ripped off!



I don't honestly think the choice of fuel line will make much

difference. Having a firesleeve on the fuel lines under the hood is

probably a good idea though.



Just my humble opinion.



Frank



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Tim Juhl

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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:48 am Post subject: Re: wing tank fuel line connection.. (probably not related)

I for one would be cautious about experimenting too much with the fuel system plumbing.  When you read the NTSB accident reports for the 601's most of the cases of forced landings due to loss of power seem to be likely caused by fuel starvation.



Regarding forced landings.... My first flight instructor learned to fly during WWII.  He told me they were taught that if landing in wooded terrain to try to fly between two trees.  The idea was to slow the airplane down and rip the wings (and the fuel tanks) off to reduce the danger to the pilot.   One of the guys in his class of cadets was washed out when he destroyed his PT19 doing exactly that.  The problem was, he was flying over an area of wide, flat grassland and when the engine quit he maneuvered the plane to put it between the only two trees for miles  



Tim

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