23.02.2009, 10:58
Yes,
I had to deadstick an ultralight in from pattern altitude. Powerplant failure on downwind. Being the draggy creature that it was, coupled with a pretty stout headwind, when I made my turn to final the runway was most definitely moving up in the windscreen. I opted for a cornfield, luckily this was in the fall so the corn had already been harvested. Chose the spot added some airspeed to give me adequate elevator authority for the round out. The only other minus was that I was going to be perpendicular to the chopped off corn rows. It worked out well ,as I could use the airplane again. Ah the wonder of the two stroke powerplant! I must add that I had quite a bit of time in gliders and various other fixed wing ac when this occured so all past experiences came into play. KC are you familiar with Chryslers first hemi powerplant. It was a V-16 I believe and slated to power a variant of the Thunderbolt, I think they only built two or three of them. There is one at the Garber Facility. btw Happy Birthday.
I had to deadstick an ultralight in from pattern altitude. Powerplant failure on downwind. Being the draggy creature that it was, coupled with a pretty stout headwind, when I made my turn to final the runway was most definitely moving up in the windscreen. I opted for a cornfield, luckily this was in the fall so the corn had already been harvested. Chose the spot added some airspeed to give me adequate elevator authority for the round out. The only other minus was that I was going to be perpendicular to the chopped off corn rows. It worked out well ,as I could use the airplane again. Ah the wonder of the two stroke powerplant! I must add that I had quite a bit of time in gliders and various other fixed wing ac when this occured so all past experiences came into play. KC are you familiar with Chryslers first hemi powerplant. It was a V-16 I believe and slated to power a variant of the Thunderbolt, I think they only built two or three of them. There is one at the Garber Facility. btw Happy Birthday.