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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Schmidt"
wrote:
>
> > Word of warning......
> >
> > Caution the laws of Gross Tonnage are always in effect !!!!!
> >
> > Yes a KLR will fly... (see above) however its the landing that
> could
> > kill you.
> >
> > Thought I broke a foot once, bit too much air, with a woefully
slow
> > speed = pretty much a crash landing.
> >
> > Even a Helo can crash land softer.. Right Rev (forgot what its
> called)
> >
> >
> > Dooden
> > A15 Green Ape
> >
>
> Still rather see the rev take his chances catching some big air on
a
> KLR than have to do an Autorotation landing in a helo. As with
the
> balancer chain - timing is everything!
>
> -Camo
>
Hi Camo,
I was thinking this very thing last night, what it would like to
have to do an 'auto', RIGHT NOW. Can't say I cared much for the
thought.
I got a call out at 2108 to a rural South Dakota hospital 38 miles
to the SW of Aberdeen. Fortunately, you could actually see the city
lights almost immediately. All that sounds good, no overcast, good
visibility...until you realize that the only illum out there was the
stars. zero point nothing moon illum. So when you start thinking
single engine helo or airplane, at night, and it has an engine
failure, you pray that after you turn into the wind for the
emergency landing, that landing that is coming very soon to the
cockpit near you, that you don't catch a power line or rock pile or
a ditch while executing the flare for the landing.
I suppose that is why they make life insurance, and why pilots pay
more for it.
Last night was 2.7 hours of flying in some very dark places, but oh,
what a sky! I saw a meteor that looked like a military flare. It
was huge.
revmaaatin.
on duty, 911 Aberdeen, SD