Harmon Rocket II questions

Jason Grass wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:37:37 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Jason Grass" wrote


You guys are dangerous, you're writing checks your body can't cash!

So since by your admission, you are not "one of us," why don't you take
your **** and get the puck out of here. You are a complete and total
dumbass, with out full comprehension of the issues involved.



I admitt nothing. You make your own assumtions. What's the term for
someone that only wants to hear what he wants to hear. I think they
have a name for that. ....So what this is, is a discussion group, as
long as you stay within the strict confines of what a certian small,
narrow minded group want to hear 'eh? NOT!

Jason while I do respect your concern for safety I have to wonder what
it is you have ever built or what it is you fly, or your motive? There
is more to the story about the RV-3 having wing problem than many
accident reports show. Many or may I say all of the RV-3 wing failures
were do to the pilots flying them beyond their design limits. Almost
all, not all airplanes can have a wing ripped off if flown beyond their
design.
It just happens to be that one of the RV-3s that lost a wing was a
neighbor and friend. He was pulling and turning way beyond the limits
of an RV-3. His G-meter was stuck on 11 G's. You also seemed to have
lumped the whole RV line into one lump, the RV-3 was a completely
different wing than the rest of the RV's. Also the accident you said you
talked to Van about was probably the factory RV-8 as that is the only
other RV that has had a wing failure. Trust me Van wanted to find out
what happened to that as it was his airplane and one of his employees
flying it. Also the pilot was my neighbor at the airport his hangar was
next to mine, so I did know a little bit about his flying habits. If you
read the accident report on it you should have a little better idea of
what the witness heard and saw, that should give you some idea about
what they were doing. You also are misleading about the Venture crash
with the owner when the engine quit. You were not in that airplane so
you don't have a clue, as an instructor I find that people have a
tendency to try to stretch their glide in engine out situations to try
to make an airport or a suitable place to land. I have another friend
that had a oil transducer break off his engine and he had to crash land
in the Sierras on his way to Las Vagas and he rolled the airplane into a
ball but came out with a few scratches. Everyone that I have talked to
said it is a very sweet flying airplane and I have never heard anyone
complain about lack of elevator.


As a neighbor of Van's and also as I am flying one of the oldest RV-6's
I could go on but this is getting lengthy.

Jerry