FritzW
Well-Known Member
I managed to bend our chapter Waiex up a little this afternoon
I lost the engine at about 200' AGL over the departure end on the runway on takeoff. Fortunately I had enough time to pick a pretty decent place to put it down.
At a minimum it's going to need new gear legs and a lot of work on the wings. The motor mount looks good but the engine is going to need a complete rebuild. ...I don't know why it quit yet, we can't dig into it until the FAA is finished looking at it.
...it's good to have a friend with a boom truck and a big trailer (we used the same boom truck to pull the seat cushion out of my butt)
I lost the engine at about 200' AGL over the departure end on the runway on takeoff. Fortunately I had enough time to pick a pretty decent place to put it down.
At a minimum it's going to need new gear legs and a lot of work on the wings. The motor mount looks good but the engine is going to need a complete rebuild. ...I don't know why it quit yet, we can't dig into it until the FAA is finished looking at it.
...it's good to have a friend with a boom truck and a big trailer (we used the same boom truck to pull the seat cushion out of my butt)