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Who has had an engine out emergency? What was it like for you?

I have flown quite a few small aircraft and have spent many hours training for the unlikely event of an engine out. The training paid off last year when my small 2 stroke, 2 cylinder engine blew a spark plug out of the cylinder head a few minutes after takeoff. I want to know what it was like for other people. I just looked for a grass field to land in and made an uneventful landing. There was no fear, panic, or anxiety until the media, police, fire, and ambulance got there a few minutes later.... in that order. The interview with the FAA was far worse than the actual incident.

This was just a small experimental tube and fabric 2-seater. What's it like to have the same problem in a larger aircraft?

I dead sticked a Piper Lance into a grass field once. About seven years ago at the beginning of my career in aviation, I was flying for a very low budget, bank check company in Kansas City. It was day-time, VFR thank God, but I only had about 600 hours and less thank 200 in the airplane.

The engine started to overheat, so I richened the mixture and reduced power, and began to look for a nearby airport, but when I looked back up, the engine was already red lined and started to cough and miss. I found a place to land, and as I turned in, it died completely so I feathered it.

I remembered all my training somehow. I carried just enough airspeed to make the field without stalling, but it was close. I wacked a little wisp of a tree with my gear as I crossed the barbed wire fence, I remember. I also remember that it was probably 90% luck, and 10% skill, but I'd rather be lucky than good anyday.

After the landing roll, someone came on 121.5 and asked if somebody declared an emergency. I had to laugh. I gave them my position and a SAR plane showed up in a few minutes. A little old lady on a near by road was kind enough to give me a lift to her house to call my boss and the FAA, but only after I convinced her I really was a downed pilot by showing her my airplane. Heh.

I found out later that a connecting rod bolt that holds the rod to the crank shaft was tightened incorrectly, and sheared off. The piston broke off the piston rod, and the rod swung around on the crank and made a football sized hole in the casing. That was the only damage to the plane. Strange enough, my best friend flying the same airplane had the same thing happen about six month later, but it was caused by something different. Again, no damage to the plane.

Regardless, I wouldn't want to do it again, but it made me a better, safer pilot and gave me some confidence about emergencies and my abilities to deal with them. I fly 747's now, and that story still gets me a beer bought once in awhile from my airline buddies.

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I plan to build a twin engine light aircraft. Choosing the engine?

I don't want to use a Lycoming, but preferably a standard car engine (reliable!). Something like a 100 to 125HP, low RPM (3-5000 max). What do you suggest? What would be the potential problems getting it FAA and CAA approved?
I am an aircraft engineer (CAA approved), a Dr. in Polythechnic Engineering, and a PPL, so the technicalities are definitely NOT a problem. Appreciate your point to the Subaru engine though!
Wow... more answers than expected.
Thought of the single engine "rear pusher": see the idea at http://juliet-romeo-aviation.web2coders.com/
The model flies well!
I want a small aircraft capable of very low speed as well as high speed and long range! Probably a bit of an utopy, but a good enough dream...
Tracy: great articles!

Use a Rotax. lots of homebuilt and even some light sport use them!

http://www.rotax-aircraft-engines.com/

Great little engines and not built for cars!

There are even twin kits out http://www.zenithair.com/gemini/gem-what.htm

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Do read this first! Great article for all "How to Kill Yourself in a Homebuilt Airplane"

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