> Hi all! Back from my trip away. Wonder if anyone miissed me?
>
> I'm fascinated with this strand since I once witnessed a runaway
> engine.Itwas feeding from the sump we concluded as someone here
> suggested, and it was
> a truly terrifying sight, the engine accelerating on itself to the
> point that it threatened to totally disintegrate. The crisis was
> brought to an end by a (mad) friend who ran into the shed where the
> engine was housed and somehow succeeded in stopping it by means I
> never discovered.
It actually happened to me a few years ago in Felis Catus II (powered by a
BMC 1800), a fw minutes after setting off (single-handed) for home from the
Milton Keynes "National". It was a truly terrifying experience. The clouds
of white smoke were immense - so much so that a passer-by called the fire
brigade. The only control I had was to put the gearbox into neutral so that
the boat at least slowed down to a stop. The damage to the engine was such
that it would probably have been cheaper to buy a replacement engine than
have it rebuilt.
Mike Stevens
nb Felis Catus III - currently at the Brookwood rally
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
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