IFE in a Lancair audio transcript

[Pugs]

Well, it's not commercial aviation and it's certainly not military but I thought this guys IFE in what I think is a Lancair Legacy was interesting so I stuck it here (http://www.lancair.com/Main/legacy.html)

Can't picture center needed all that info but what the heck, the mishap investigation might have found it interesting if required. :icon_wink

Can't say Seattle Center didn't do a good job either. If you watch to the end you'll see the mechanical cause.

 

[yak52driver]

He did a good job at keeping his head in the game and flying the airplane. I've seen people come unglued for a lot less, like something as simple as a C152 door popping open at rotation.

 

[CumminsPilot]

Newer airplane. Got its airworthiness in May 2010.

Legacy glides at 18:1...roughly 200-300 fpm with the prop feathered. I understand not shutting it down, but with oil pressure good, maybe feather it... ?

 

[BACONATOR]

Nobody ever got reamed for giving TOO much info. All in all, looks like he stayed cool and handled it well. But.... is it me or did anyone else get really annoyed with the typical HORRIBLE spelling/diction on today's internets with the improper spelling or use of homophones (decent instead of descent, loose instead of lose etc)?

 

[ryan1234]

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Newer airplane. Got its airworthiness in May 2010.

Legacy glides at 18:1...roughly 200-300 fpm with the prop feathered. I understand not shutting it down, but with oil pressure good, maybe feather it... ?

What!? I didn't think you could feather a piston legacy

 

[CumminsPilot]

What!? I didn't think you could feather a piston legacy

Looks like an MT prop to me...most of them are full feathering. One customer had a reversible prop on his piston IV-P to get into his 2000' strip...worked like a charm.

The company demo ES has a full feathering MT prop on it. Dead engine sink rate was about 800 fpm. Feathered it was under 200.

 

[ryan1234]

Looks like an MT prop to me...most of them are full feathering. One customer had a reversible prop on his piston IV-P to get into his 2000' strip...worked like a charm.

The company demo ES has a full feathering MT prop on it. Dead engine sink rate was about 800 fpm. Feathered it was under 200.

That's pretty cool - MT has some really cool stuff out there.

Did they ever find out what happened to that IV-P that had the prop disintegration (overspeed /component failure?) (had to land on the beach and hit someone, I think)