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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:36 pm

Did anyone else see this on the news this morning? It was about a WW1 plane replica that crashed near Dunedin IIRC. Only caught a glimpse of the crashed plane but I swear i could see a TVIS manifold!

Bluetop 4age WW1 plane! Fck yeah :lol:

Might go have a look on stuff and see if there is any info.

EDIT: this might need to be in multimedia... mods feel free.
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:39 pm

Found it:

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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:39 pm

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Postby MrOizo » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:01 pm

now thats extreme - looks like it came down alright / not too harsh.

isnt it common for the subaru boxers to be used in custom aircraft now?
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Postby GDII » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:01 pm

ODT newspaper said the drivebelt snapped and the propeller lost power.

Never seen this plane before. I live about 5mins drive from where the plane went down and 5mins the other way to the airfield it left from and I see and hear everything that leaves that airfield.

Lucky the guy wasn't hurt.
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Postby touge rolla » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:04 pm

I guess the pilot was caught unaware by the mad Teh-VIS kick in
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Postby Akane » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:25 pm

Good job on the Force Landing With Out Power.

I think that's why it's better to use 6L flat 4 direct drive than a friggin' car engine to power your plane.
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Postby Adamal » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:11 pm

They typically use Rotax flat engines. They're designed for the higher altitude.
Personally, I don't think a 4AGE would be suitable at all for flying, unless it were turbo'ed
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Postby rolla_fxgt » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:22 pm

I think its only a 3/4 size plane & a microlight, and those guys use all sorts of weird and wonderful engines to run their planes, rotaries, old beattle engines, Subaru boxer engines, pretty much anything they can get that's cheap and reliable
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Postby Akane » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:45 pm

got link to the full article?

The thing is that props don't need to spin at 6k rpm, the tips will reach supersonic speeds and all sorts of weird stuff happens.
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Postby Paulio » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:51 pm

lol thats why they invented gearboxes.
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Postby rolla_fxgt » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:57 pm

Akane wrote:got link to the full article?

The thing is that props don't need to spin at 6k rpm, the tips will reach supersonic speeds and all sorts of weird stuff happens.


I think they use some sort of belt and pulley arrangement to run them at low speeds, i remember going to a small airshow last year and they had some guy talking about his homebuilt with a Nissan engine

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/30244/biplane-suffering-power-failure-crash-lands
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:00 pm

or

http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4748769a19756.html
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:00 pm

or

http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4748769a19756.html
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Postby cogent » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:19 pm

Damn I guess it just got too loose wit da tviz.
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Postby 1I1 » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:26 pm

rolla_fxgt wrote:rotaries pretty much anything they can get that's cheap and reliable


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Postby AE86less » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:58 pm

rolla_fxgt wrote:I think its only a 3/4 size plane & a microlight, and those guys use all sorts of weird and wonderful engines to run their planes, rotaries, old beattle engines, Subaru boxer engines, pretty much anything they can get that's cheap and reliable


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Postby repowered » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:26 pm

lol yea i saw that straight way i noticed the TVIS manifold was like YEA 4AGE! wasnt even the motor that crapped out (of course)
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Postby cogent » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:51 pm

~SlideWays~ wrote:Image


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Postby 79rolla » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:19 pm

rolla_fxgt wrote:I think its only a 3/4 size plane & a microlight, and those guys use all sorts of weird and wonderful engines to run their planes, rotaries, old beattle engines, Subaru boxer engines, pretty much anything they can get that's cheap and reliable


HAH boxer... reliabail... :roll:

spose theyr cheep tho haha
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