Thread: DIY Two-Stroke Engine Construction Methods
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Old March 10th 10, 11:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.ultralight,rec.crafts.metalworking,rec.models.scale,uk.rec.models.engineering
Jim Wilkins
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Default DIY Two-Stroke Engine Construction Methods
On Mar 10, 5:50*pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:
Jim Stewart wrote:
That's a given. *The problem is an engine out on takeoff
climb. *With an ultralight, it's very difficult to
impossible to get the nose down and airspeed up fast enough
to avoid a stall. *

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Surely there are ultralights that don't exhibit this problem!

There a Powered parachutes.[1]

Engine failure at takeoff has claimed a lot of aces and test pilots:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCudden

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