Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:14 pm
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Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:35 pm
DB2 wrote:.
I have flown a lot of different planes, from gliders to floatplanes to Pitts Specials in competitions to L-39s to King Airs out of short strips, and will say that the flying I most enjoyed was in the Tiger Moth.
My first solo in the Tiger Moth I did a loop directly over a road. I had done a loop a few times with an instructor, and the engine sputtered a little. When I came over the top alone, the prop just instantly stopped dead. No sputter, no cough; it just stopped.
The instructor had told me you needed a 120 mph indicated for an air start of the prop (it was a hand-prop only model...). I pushed the nose down straight down, and for an eternity the needle was stuck on 110 mph as the wind whistled through the wires. Literally a split second before I was going to pull out and try to land it somewhere, the prop started to just barely move
Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:18 am
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:19 am
mightyauster wrote:It's quite possible that the Tigermoth that Budd got to fly was out of rig. A Tigermoth can be a real dog to fly if not rigged properly.
BTW Gary, love your post!! NZ is a wonderful place to fly.![]()
They all speak funny there though.![]()
From the WEST Island