Airplane take-off, emergency and landing in a Glasair

[RobRocket79]

well done, kept a level head

[MegaBuckBuck1]

Thanks for posting. You made the call, you were the one flying. I'm sure if you would've had a total, your decision process would've taken you a different route.

[tailwheelflier]

I can't wrap my head around guys putting high revving car engines on airplanes, buying gearboxs, building engine mounts, modifying parts, props, and it actually ends up costing as much if not more than a good old fashioned certified engine/prop,,,,I understand all the "discovery flights", but when you've had as many deadsticks as I in the last 24 years,,,certified starts sounding good, and the Ben Franklins don't hold so much merit!

[POON3345]

Where is this?

[ThrottleUpSVX]

LVJ

[Aeroerotic]

thanks for posting that vid. nice job getting back (and you landed right on the centreline!)

[youngestpilotinGa]

OUTSTANDING WORK

-usafaux

[5xls]

You're VERY lucky you're alive my friend. Poor judgement to turn around at that altitude and airspeed. Even in the video several nice green landing spots can be seen. Save your butt, not the plane!

Paul

ATP B-737 B-757 B-767 CE-500 CFII MEI AGI IGI A&P

[Jazzy78910]

Very lucky power didn't cease altogether when performing a turn back at that height. It'd be a very different outcome if all power was lost during that maneuver.

[Jazzy78910]

@Jazzy78910 Watching again, there was numerous fields ahead of the aircraft that would have been a safer option. As others say however, you're down in 1 piece and that's all that matters.

[zorcher1]

Great skills!!! Congrats on getting down in 1 piece.

[jdhiner1]

Lycs and conts fail to but they are built much mre rugged than auto engines but auto engines go through torture on the road and it was the gear box not the engine.

[docrw]

He's banking the plane WAY to much back and forth, that kill airspeed bad.

[LateNightCable]

Ugh, almost painful to watch. Thank goodness you still had power. Maybe it's just stigma, but I still think Subaru's belong on the street, not in the air, lol.

[N73RZ]

I have a Lyc in my 1RG... don't know how I would feel about flying behind something other than an aviation engine. Nice landing though.

[wrfire]

Fantastic flying!!!! Well handled. BLUE SKIES!!!

[AllenRockwell]

Would you say a Lycoming is worth the extra money?

[av8rdav]

Very nice. I was a little concerned about the bank angle and misalignment but you handled it nicely. I've had 3 complete engine failures resulting in dead stick landings on the runway.

[poohead95]

Nice dude.

You nailed it.

[quickieflyer]

Great job! I've landed on a street with NO power.

[Footay1990]

nice job

[mdebenede]

thanks for sharing

[rwbready]

Well done! Hope I don't ever have to do that in my Glasair. My power-off landing started from 15,000 feet. I had time to think about it. I'll post it to Youtube soon.

[navamerican]

Actually is nose down, then throttle down if you have power. If you cut the power at low speed with nose up, the speed can drop to the stall before you push the nose down. Better nose it down to the landing spot, pick up speed to Vref, then cut the remaining power.

I do this Question Mark, simulating a partial power loss from 400' agl on Pipers. Did two on them at night, before solo. A local PPL did one partial power QMark FOR REAL from 250 agl. CFITOMAHAWK2 uploading his

1995 video nextweek

[bajesus666]

wow, you are an amazing pilot

[elbuzgo]

throttle back, nose down

[navamerican]

Congratulations..Your low level maneuvering training prevented you from pulling to the stall...When you are not used to Low level Maneuvering pilots with thousands of hours doing other things MANY stall during low emergencies..

Your video is a Classic of extreme skill piloting...should be shown In Flight Schools..I also take off with 10 deg flaps all times as taught by CFITOMAHAWK2....

[navamerican]

You did a very marginal Question Mark Turn with power on...I had done them at 400 feet but never that low and without any flaps..If flaps 10 degree you could have climbed faster and safer..Stall warning was telling you to put some flaps..At 1:38 a little ground turbulence could have stalled you and Kaput you..Anyway congratulations and wellcome to the Turnback Team..They can be used also if hitting IFR on take off or any other emergency..that requires a quick landing..Better than crashing out.

[ThrottleUpSVX]

The buzzer during much of the flight is the "gear up" with "flaps extended" warning horn ... the stall horn never sounded. Departure was made with 10 degrees and remained there til landing with 25. Speed did drop but the flight never reached critically low speed. Power was intentionally reduced to keep gearbox temps down. I fly patrol flights at 500 ft or less, often 6 to 8 hrs a day. So, I do have low level maneuvering experience. Happy to be a succesful member of the Turnback Team !!!

[tailwheelflier]

@navamerican , oh please just hush,,,,flight sim doesn't count mr armchair pilot, LOL

[alex0157b]

what Subaru engine mfg/PSRU are you running?

[ThrottleUpSVX]

This was my own firewall forward ... less the PRSU and prop.

[bamasbulldogs]

Good job, kept your head and kept flying the plane!

[spudsmac0]

nm, its single engine....

[spudsmac0]

just stay above Vme :p