Story: Propeller found miles from crash scene

A quick back-of-the-envelope (unintentional pun) calculation, assuming a
Cherokee/Warrior prop weighs around 25 lb and is 6" back from the datum
shows a shift in CG of about 1.5" aft. Hardly life threatening. OTOH,
without a prop, the glide ability would really be improved, and it might be
very difficult to judge an approach under those circumstances. He might
have just landed really long compared with where he was hoping to set it
down.

My dad used to tell the story of a Corsair prop that departed the a/c during
a runup somewhere in the Pacific. It flew all the way across the airfield
at low level and was found several hundred feet into the jungle at the end
of an impressive swath cut through the bougainvillea. Depending on the
altitude and RPM at the time of loss, I can easily imagine a lost prop
traveling a mile or two before it hit the ground.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

" jls" wrote in message
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To me, losing a prop on a single-engine tractor aircraft means instant
loss
of power, an aft CG outside of the envelope, and a life-threatening
encounter with the earth's gravitational pull.

("Bob Chilcoat" wrote)
My dad used to tell the story of a Corsair prop that departed the a/c
during
a runup somewhere in the Pacific. It flew all the way across the airfield
at low level and was found several hundred feet into the jungle at the end
of an impressive swath cut through the bougainvillea. Depending on the
altitude and RPM at the time of loss, I can easily imagine a lost prop
traveling a mile or two before it hit the ground.


Prop thought fully feathered meant something else.


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
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Prop thought fully feathered meant something else.

Do you leave the prop feathered while doing a runup on a Corsair (or any
other airplane with a feathering prop)? I wouldn't have thought so.

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:37:17 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

Do you leave the prop feathered while doing a runup on a Corsair (or any
other airplane with a feathering prop)? I wouldn't have thought so.

I don't think the Corsair had a full feathering prop. Wouldn't be any
point and would just add more complexity to an already complex
airplane. Never heard any mention of any WWII pilot feathering the
prop on a Corsair, but I don't know everything.

Corky Scott

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:23:11 -0400, Corky Scott
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:37:17 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

Do you leave the prop feathered while doing a runup on a Corsair (or any
other airplane with a feathering prop)? I wouldn't have thought so.

I don't think the Corsair had a full feathering prop. Wouldn't be any
point and would just add more complexity to an already complex
airplane. Never heard any mention of any WWII pilot feathering the
prop on a Corsair, but I don't know everything.

Corky Scott

I don't know everything either (shhh....!!!) but you can't feather the
prop on a Corsair.

Bela P. Havasreti)

Bella

Or any other single engien WWII Fighter.

The P-38 had Curtis Electric Propellers that could be feathered.

Big John
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:10:13 GMT, Bela P. Havasreti
wrote:

Big John wrote:

Bella

Or any other single engien WWII Fighter.

The P-38 had Curtis Electric Propellers that could be feathered.

Yep, two of 'em.

In article ,
"Peter Duniho" wrote:


Do you leave the prop feathered while doing a runup on a Corsair (or any
other airplane with a feathering prop)? I wouldn't have thought so.

I think the "fully feathered" remark was in reference to the
Bougainvillea.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

"Dale" wrote in message
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I think the "fully feathered" remark was in reference to the
Bougainvillea.

Ahh. Okay. I guess it's now no secret that I don't know much about botany.


Now I wonder how many other funny gardening jokes have gone over my head...

("Peter Duniho" wrote)
I think the "fully feathered" remark was in reference to the
Bougainvillea.

Ahh. Okay. I guess it's now no secret that I don't know much about
botany.


Now I wonder how many other funny gardening jokes have gone over my
head...


Fear not Peter. Post was ornithological, not botanical in nature - and yes,
it was painfully lame.

See, the prop overhears *fully feathered props* and thinks to itself,
"Feathers, cool! Fly prop, be free..." That the prop flew off into the bush
at the end of the runway to roost, well, that was just an added bonus g.

OK, now it's beyond lame...

As penance, I will unplug my computer and ship it to Alabama on Monday,
where it will be disassembled, piece by piece, by a manly low wing type.


Montblack