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Folks, I'm certainly far from being an A&P, but my sweetie is and I have helped him with planes. I do have the interest and am constantly learning all I can. Also I sometimes have a gut instinct about things that usually turns out to be correct. I had a nagging sense about that prop, although I couldn't have verbalized it at the time. Just some thoughts. OK, so I don't know what I'm talking about here, but like I was saying to the group, I did hear Wright and his crew talking about the prop. It was very important to Wright to be as authentic in every detail with the H-1 as he could possibly be. I understand that attitude to be a purist and accurately reproduce history. On the other hand, Hughes didn't fly the original all that much or that long and so, perhaps all the design problems, if they exisited, didn't have time to show up. My feeling is that if the prop Wright was using was questionable at all, it might have been better to do something else, even though he would end up with a plane that wasn't a 100% reproduction. If NTSB discovers that the prop was the problem, I will not be at all pleased that there was some validity to my apprehension. Spook --- Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > Greg wrote: > > Lesson from EC and Mr. Wright...if you have a > chronic > > problem, fix it before it fixes you. > > In the ultralight/sport world, Tom Olenik, an engine > overhauler/dealer > who is very highly respected, is a regular on the > weekly > http://www.ultraflightradio.com web "radio" program. > > Today, Tom told a similar story about a pilot who > had an engine problem > that he couldn't duplicate on the ground after his > forced landing. The > engine just insisted on working correctly. He took > off and the failure > happened again resulting in damage to the airplane > and injury. > > Tom said very firmly that airplane engines don't > heal themselves. If > you've got a problem, solve it on the ground and > don't fly till you have > solved it. > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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