I had a Prop stop on me in a Piper 140 during landing,it did not windmill at about 90 kph indicated (left mag failure). The tower saw this and asked me if I could make the runway,The last thing I was worried about was responding to him or trying to restart the engine. I had the runway made with no flaps, and landed in the first 1/4 of the runway. Tim KR2 N7038V ----- Original Message ----- From: <intrepid...@juno.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:44 PM Subject: Re: KR> Windmilling
> > "Stephen Jacobs" <ask...@microlink.zm> writes: > > I prefer airplane engines for one reason only - they windmill - > > VW's don't, they stop dead if there is a second's interruption > > in the fuel. I presume that Corvair engines also don't windmill > > (if they do please let me know). > > Steve, why do you want the dead engine to windmill ? > > Didn't the CAFE folks find that a =stopped= prop was better > for glide range than one windmilling ? Circa 1991, Kitplanes > &/or Sport Aviation... > > Or, the electric in-flight-adjustable Ivoprops can be feathered > which is the very best for maximum-range glides. They cost > a lot less than even the first airplane-engine part that one will > eventually have to buy. > > Art Cacella 1970 American AA-1 N6155L "Dinkie" > 1972 KR-1 Plans, still not started <sigh> > ( but four metal homebuilts underway ) > Winston-Salem, NC > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
