Mark: I did wat you did on an older 182 that had the mixture knob right above the cowl flaps and I got it by mistake but the engine did not stop completely but it sure got my my attention and an adrenelin going. The wngine did not stop andimmediately recovered when i quickly reversed my actions. I 182 has enough prop that it would windmill and I never let it go that far. Many have said that the KR2 engines do not wind mill, so I guess that explanation is possible.
Don L:ively Mark Langford wrote: > Kenny W wrote: > > > Ignition issues will not lock up the eng > > in flight unless the timing gets so far outa wack that a cyl fires while > > its > > way advanced. > > I'm sure you're not saying that something like a shorted condenser wire or > high voltage coil wire that's come loose wouldn't stop that engine > instantly, but it's sort of worded that way. I once pulled my "throttle" > out on crosswind since I was almost to pattern altitude, and the engine > stopped pretty much instantly. It turns out I'd pulled the mixture out > instead of the throttle, and that's all it took to kill it, and I had no > clue as to what'd happened. Fortunately Bill Clapp was sitting next to me > and leaned over and stuff the mixture in and restarted it while I was still > processing that the prop was dead in front of my face! All of this took > about three seconds, start to finish. With high compression and small > diameter props, if anything happens to the ignition or fuel, the prop's > going to stop pretty quick, in my experience. > > I'm glad to hear that Joe's problem might not be in the bottom end... > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
