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    Default Re: Kitfox IV fatality

    last night I had a problem with my RV on takeoff. The power went down and started runing rough. I continued the best I could until I got to 600ft. I than told the tower I was coming back for the parrallel rwy opposite direction. Sure I could have been all flipped out and such, but I do this stuff all the time in the kitfox. I focused on airspeed and made a right turn first and than left, maintaining airspeed, I didn't give a care about rpm or anything else, except airspeed and the amount of angle of attack, I kept the airspeed up and the angle as little as possible. At the same time I was making sure the prop was flat, the mixture rich, turned on the aux fuel pump and switched tanks, nothing helped. I even tried leaning a little. Now I'm turned around, which was done right over the departing runway, now I needed to get down, full flaps and slipped major and made the left runway. beautiful landing, later found the injectors got plugged up.

    I make practice flights like this all the time, I even had this type of thing happen on the kitfox, did the same thing then also. I tell ya, when it does happen it's like slow motion, any kind of problem will go into slow motion mode. If you practice emergency flying, like returning back for landing, when it happens it will be second nature and just happen. I don't feel I was lucky last night, I just flew the plane.
    Last edited by Slyfox; 06-02-2009 at 07:32 AM.
    steve
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