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Forum: Private Flying
24th Mar 2015, 16:28
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

I had a partial engine failure similar to yours....

I had a partial engine failure similar to yours. It was in cruise flight and all of a sudden the engine started running horribly with high vibration and a great loss of power. As I had the time I...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Mar 2015, 23:23
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

My experience has been different. In the last 20...

My experience has been different. In the last 20 years there have been 7 in flight engine failures that occurred on aircraft based at my home airport.

2 fuel exhaustion ( C 150 , C 172)
2 mis...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Mar 2015, 23:11
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

I think if you ask most GA pilots their opinion...

I think if you ask most GA pilots their opinion on this matter, that is the answer you get. Certainly that is what is generally being taught in flight schools.

Unfortunately it is simply not true....
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Mar 2015, 22:49
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

The sole purpose of this post seems to be to heap...

The sole purpose of this post seems to be to heap ridicule on the premise of my my thread. I find that rather disappointing...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Mar 2015, 19:06
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

A lot of the posts on this thread seem imply that...

A lot of the posts on this thread seem imply that I am advocating ignoring the requirement to be proficient in handling a PFL. If that message came across from what I have written than it was not my...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Mar 2015, 12:15
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

This is IMO an extremely important point and is...

This is IMO an extremely important point and is the reason why it will always be better to chose the crappy field that is close rather than try to stretch the glide to try to make the "nice" field.
...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Mar 2015, 00:54
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

I am struggling to see how procedures appropriate...

I am struggling to see how procedures appropriate to a 2 crew mutli engine flying boat with a disposable load have anything to do with EFATO's in SEP's



Oh yah silly me I forgot the point of...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Mar 2015, 00:51
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

I totally agree with your statement, but this is...

I totally agree with your statement, but this is a case of "what should be" vs "what is". What "should be" is that pilot induced engine failures are very rare, unfortunately "what is", is the fact...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2015, 23:17
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

From what I recall the engine partial failure...

From what I recall the engine partial failure left you with enough power to maintain level flight and re-position for a landing. I do not mean to make light of the fact that you successfully dealt...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Mar 2015, 21:16
Replies: 60
Views: 14,024
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

The Probability of an Engine Failure in a Certified GA SEP

This comment on the EFATO thread got me thinking.



Personally I think flight training spends an outsized amount of time and effort on bad occurrences that are quite rare and not nearly enough...
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