ON FIRE - Red Bull Air Race Pilot Michael Goulian

[PhotoShopChannel]

hes like, yepp... i just blow this put..fixed.

[childsca]

@shess0501

It did. Fires like that, while not common, aren't really a big deal. Once the engine starts it get blown out and everything is fine.

[Embxingu]

hot start !

Am'i right ????

[KayakMike1963]

Humorously, there was an ad for the new Blackberry Torch at the bottom of the screen...

[thefsxandREALpilot]

Fake.

[gonets13]

I saw him race today!!!

[pianomansas]

@gonets13 were u at the red bull airrace new york?

[Aviator1111]

thats exactly what your suppose to do in the event of an engine fire on startup. Keep cranking and draw the fire back into the engine where combustion is controlled.

[flightsimace]

@Aviator1111 i did not know that

[DiaMentor087]

and O stands for opposed ;)

[slickjimmy76]

Most use the lycoming IO 540, I stands for Injected

[BadIdeas101]

little too much fuel in the stack huh?

[wavefool]

Stack fire, big deal, quick way to cure fresh paint.

[unclesara]

Too many primer shots. Noob mistake.

[hangarrat101]

overprimed. simple as that.

[bobbyricey]

they arnt fule injected engines, that is against the rules

[VMFA115Starloric]

Extra 300L, S, D, Z, and Edge 540A, D, and F all have fuel injection.

Fuel injection is practically encouraged

[BrandonLeo3]

carburator fire

[Cammyrg]

fuel injected engines dont have carburettors

[aescobar32]

descriprion says rio de janeiro but video says adu dhabi

[Redbullairrace]

That's a typo. Changed it. Thanks!

[tulaconalas]

you mean Abu Dhabi???

[getagrip0524]

It's not oil catching fire, it's the fuel. He did the standard technique which is to rev the engine up. It actually puts the fire out.

[N444HM]

he continued with the startup. if he were to have stopped, the fire would have been sucked back into the carburator and would've ended fatally

[Navinajr]

No, continuing to crank the engine will suck the fire into the fuel injector servo and extinguish it which is a good thing. If he stopped cranking, the plane would have continued to burn.

[Navinajr]

But, this is a fire coming out of the exhaust and not the intake, so starting the engine just blew the fire out, either way, he did the right thing

[mart229]

it cause of the choke on the plane with overloads the cylinders with fuel to make sure it fires up first time , it just excess fuell burning,

[getagrip0524]

Fuel injected - no choke

[mart229]

fuel injected is done by pressure valves

and yes there is still a choke ,  allways has

[getagrip0524]

A choke on fuel injectors?

I'll inform Mike next time I talk to him.........

This is cute.

[mart229]

yup :)

who mike ? :S

[getagrip0524]

Goulian

[MGB1977Red]

Looks like residual smoke oil catching fire. As long as the engine catches the prop should blow out the fire and clear the oil.

[SmiertSpionem]

Hehe once the guy notices the fire the plane decides to stop flaming ;) Caught in the act.

[1944george]

Nice firefighting technique

[1944george]

Nice firefighting technique