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I hate it when that happens
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:03 pm
by Colonel
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Keep an eye out for Spencer's prop, ok? They're expensive.
Re: I hate it when that happens
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:44 pm
by Slick Goodlin
Lucky guy that it didn't hit anything important on the way out.
Re: I hate it when that happens
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:17 pm
by Colonel
I think it was Rick Volker that told me about a guy who beat the shit
out of a Stearman, and when the crankshaft broke, the prop laid down
and decapitated him.
A friend of mine lost a (metal) blade in his Christen Eagle, and when
it ripped the engine from the mounts, it punched quite a dent in the
top wing. Then the aircraft started tumbling, of course. His C of G
was a tad aft. Somehow he got out and pulled the D-ring. He's a
four-bar, actually.