> It must have frightened me because subsequently I formulated a mental
> emergency procedure for what I'd do if similar should ever happen to the JP3
> - an engine, remember, governed by a single, frail regulator spring. The
> emergency drill starts with manual adjustment and finishes with a
> last-resort attempt to asphixiate the engine by screwing the exhauist cap
> back onto it! Somehow I don't think the last would work if it was really
> steaming!
We nearly had that on the Intrepid (SR3), when a broken fuel pipe was
filling the sump with diesel. I'm told that the correct procedure for
a runaway engine is to run like f***. Engines can be replaced. Do you
really want to be close to an engine that's heading for self
destruction?
Terry Streeter
NB Arun - Wendover Arm Festival
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