Another of those unreliable AC engines stalled on approach

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"Kev" wrote in
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I sometimes think the aviation community should come up with an
alternative description for a wing "stall", so that the layman doesn't
confuse it with engines. Anyone care to propose a nice short
descriptive phrase?

Why should we have to change our use of the term? I think the new term for
an
engine stall should be an engine shutdown, and stall should relate only to
loss of lift over a wing or other airfoil.



The problem is the word stall means something to the general public. When
they hear the word stall they associate with something they understand in
this cas, the engine stopping.

I like the term used in a Recent Lycoming AD: "Uncommanded
engine shutdown." It was referring to a catastrohic engine failure.
Understatement, huh?

Dan

I like the term used in a Recent Lycoming AD: "Uncommanded
engine shutdown." It was referring to a catastrohic engine failure.
Understatement, huh?

My favorite understatement is "energetic decomposition" for nuclear bomb
blast.

Jose
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probably my favorite was a video posted a few years ago of a Delta IV
launch Vehicle exploding spectacularly a few seconds after liftoff...

And you hear the announcer very calmly respond

"We have an anomaly with the launch vehicle" as fiery debris begins the
rain down...



On Dec 21, 3:48 pm, Jose wrote:
I like the term used in a Recent Lycoming AD: "Uncommanded
engine shutdown." It was referring to a catastrohic engine failure.
Understatement, huh?My favorite understatement is "energetic decomposition" for nuclear bomb
blast.

Jose
--
"There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing. Unfortunately, nobody knows
what they are." - (mike).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K4Ra...elated&search=

The Video for those who care...

still cracks me up.

On Dec 31, 1:17 am, "EridanMan" wrote:
probably my favorite was a video posted a few years ago of a Delta IV
launch Vehicle exploding spectacularly a few seconds after liftoff...

And you hear the announcer very calmly respond

"We have an anomaly with the launch vehicle" as fiery debris begins the
rain down...

On Dec 21, 3:48 pm, Jose wrote:

I like the term used in a Recent Lycoming AD: "Uncommanded
engine shutdown." It was referring to a catastrohic engine failure.
Understatement, huh?My favorite understatement is "energetic decomposition" for nuclear bomb
blast.

Jose
--
"There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing. Unfortunately, nobody knows
what they are." - (mike).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.