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flat spin anyone?

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NutmegCT

NutmegCT

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It was *supposed* to be a normal spin recovery. And an electric starter would have helped.

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gor.

I see a LOT of not-clever input in there.
 
doc, me thinks he has/had an elect. starter, perhaps the "tone" was the low fuel warning, i hate when datt happin. great way to test ya seat belt function though, "ah-uhh" :crazyeyes:
 
It doesn't have a starter. The engine is an 1834cc VW engine, none of those engines on that airplane have starters. The accident was last year, the airplane has since been fixed and is flying.
 
aerog, oh great! ya mean theres another nut that gets in front of that thing and spins the prop so ya can start it??? thanks for the info.
 
Yup :smile: There's a video floating around of one that the guy has to use a squeeze-bottle to suck fuel out of the tank, then he injects it into the cylinders somehow. Unless they put some kind of primer port on the intake(s) I don't know how he's accomplishing that - but he does.
 
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