GatorFC
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Link's a TikTok. So, beware of getting sent six ways to Sunday before getting to the actual vid.
Insurance: "You hit What?"
Insurance: "You hit What?"
Link's a TikTok. So, beware of getting sent six ways to Sunday before getting to the actual vid.
Insurance: "You hit What?"
Yea must've been coming in way to hot or some sort of brake failure.... Without an engine issue not sure why you'd circle down to a small 3000ft residential strip with DTO and TKI GYI fairly close by. No idea of the circumstances though.That is a pretty well unobstructed, 3000 ft runway. I'd think that Lancair would be able to get down and stopped in that distance.
We must pass each other often haha. That home Depot always is better stocked with garden stuff then the Frisco onefwiw, I drove past the airport, this exact location, 30 mins prior....crazy!
Yea must've been coming in way to hot or some sort of brake failure.... Without an engine issue not sure why you'd circle down to a small 3000ft residential strip with DTO and TKI GYI fairly close by. No idea of the circumstances though.
I'm not 100% sure but I think this sort of high end experimental isn't built in peoples garages or hangars anymore. I'm unsure of the regulations regarding this sort of thing but I think this is the sort of thing where the "builder" shows up at the "kits" manufacturing facility for a period of time and "gets their hands dirty" assembling their trusty steed with the help of the skilled folks who've built and flown a number of these contraptions. If the original "builder" spends the time they get a limited Repairman certificate and are able to do "condition" inspections (it's an annual) and sign it off as airworthy. I highly doubt anyone who actually flies and owns one of the airplanes does not employ the assistance of a qualified mechanic, but there are cowboys trying to save a buck and get into the flight levels at 400 mph, but you never know. It's probably a fine airplane as long as everything is working, I can tell you from experience losing pressurization because of a door seal in a Lear at altitude is very unpleasant for everyone on board. The pressurization system instantly goes into emergency mode and starts just dumping unregulated bleed air into the cabin. It never bothered my ears but it did get very hot very quickly. I wonder what a Lancair IV-P turbine does in the same situation? I recall when we got back on the ground after doing this climb, fail and dive repeatedly and realizing the door seal was the culprit I spied with my jaundiced eye that whoever had recently replaced that door seal had not followed the AMM and did not poke holes in the seal that are required for them to work properly. The guy that installed the seal was my mentor. I ended up having to replace the seals and the airplane stopped having issues. If you've ever flown a 20 or 30 series Lear and wondered why there's holes in the door seal it's because they are not connected to bleed air and they use cabin air to inflate and keep the maelstrom outside from getting in.@Boris Badenov - you've talked about getting something like this pressurized, turbine Lancair. I dig that impulse. A plastic plane that burns jet fuel and is fast and can go high has some appeal. Having been raised around antiques and homebuilts - one thing people a lot wiser than me have imparted is to be REAL confident about the building skills of the person you're buying a homebuilt from. Particularly the more complex they are. A Pietenpol or a Pitts or similar is one thing - pretty easy to ascertain the materials and the airplane and workmanship. These more complex things - and particularly the composite (I think that process is not exactly as easy as rag/wood/dope/fabric - and the quality of the build may not be readily apparent?) - this thing sounds like a real POS - multiple squawks and the throttle comes off in the guys hand landing. I'd probably go with a Swearingen SX-300 or a Questair Venture - metal, big recips and they go real fast. YMMV.