mfendley
Senior Heliman
Location: Saint Marys, GA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I had a flameout a couple of IRCHA's ago on an Intrepid that I had bought just a couple of hours prior after installing my trusty YS61ST and all me electronis into it. Nose-in inverted in front of two million people I don't know (did I mention I was nervous anyway?) and the engine died on me. I did a half loop (now that I know better, I do a half roll, uses less head speed) and managed a tail first auto at my feet.
All the time, I was thinking, when I get home, my wife's gonna ask to see the new heli, and all I have to show her was a bag of mangled parts - I lucked out that time!
The more I practice autos, the less of a big deal flameouts are. Of course, there's always those high cyclic maneuvers that bog the engine down - if your engine dies then, your head speed goes to 300 rpm in 0.8 sec.!!! |
Helis in one piece though.
