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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

So, I’m doing my recurrent at TruFlight this week for the Conquest. I’ve seen it before, but this procedure touched my funny bone today. “Moderate groundloop”

Somebody captured it for posterity. https://streamable.com/usuwo

Just..... 47:00 mark to enjoy the finale of this “flight”.

IICR, my last year on the 310 with $200k hull and $2mm smooth coverage was $4700. I only had about 250 multi and 300 retract with that quote.

I think the pop at the 23 second mark in that video is when something on that airframe let go.

JOOC, what in that data leads you to believe you have toasted some valves?

I’m thinking induction, fuel distribution, and possibly ignition issues cause those symptoms.

A long night for my Ohio team. Utility had some malfunction that not only caused an outage, but several pole mounted transformers in the area started on fire. Generator backups spun up with only minor issues due to the cold. 32 generators of 250kw to 1500kw in size keeping things running in...

Are you showing that, while full rich and at cruise power, you have EGT spreads over 300 degrees? Full rich you have EGTs over 1600?

The chickens are relatively easy. It is the generators, trucks, pumps, feed augers, well heads, and most importantly, team member vehicles that are the challenges.

Not a fun time on the farm.

BTW, the Jet-A+ at KAPA was $2.60/gallon all in. :)

A semi-related anecdote. I was departing KAPA(Denver Centernial)last week after stopping for some amazingly cheap fuel. Icing was forecast but not more than light/moderate with no SLD and so I was expecting and prepared for it. I had filed for FL280 going to KDVT(Phoenix Deer Valley). Went...

Side pipes and a solid lifter engine are a marriage made in heaven. I bet Robert will be the only kid in the 5th grade who knows what a feeler gauge is for. :)

Well.... Lets compare a two shots 14 seconds apart from the video. Here we're in a 1000 fpm climbing turn to the left with the ASI at about 130kias and dropping rapidly. Needles right below his TC. He almost has the localizer here but gets full scale pegged through most of the rest of the...

Interesting point about the Conquest. If the autofeather works, losing one is a reasonably benign event. Without the autofeather and the resultant flat prop the Vmc is reportedly more than 135ktas. There is a window from rotation at 90ktas until reaching 140ktas is where you're living in a...

Back to the OP's point, Wagner presents himself as competent and knowledgeable while being blissfully unaware of just how awful he actually is. The uninitiated look at him and are impressed with his ability to "shoot to minimums" while those who have more experience are painfully aware of how...

Anybody following this Air Wagner joker? I think he perfectly exemplifies the attitudes at issue here. He really thinks he flies like a boss. Seriously, just watch these. What?!? Minimums. Crosswind component of what? Ygbfsm. Watch this hot mess. Deice the plane with water in...

I prefer Prague #1 vs. Tender Quick due nitrites vs. nitrates, but there are many thoughts on this subject. https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/salting-brining-curing-and-injecting/science-curing-meats-safely