In a message dated 4/26/2005 2:58:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
europa-list-digest@matronics.com writes:
> John, Isn't this a case of designing in failsafe mode? Getting the boost
> set
> in max isn't the end of the world as long as you know about it, since
> throttling back should make everything manageable.
>
> I have no working knowledge of the 914, other than what I hear and read
> about. I was just relating a story that happened to one of our club members
> who,
> for a time, owned and operated a 914 powered Katana. He told me the overboost
> and subsequent failure of the crank happened so fast he couldn't get the
> engine throttled back fast enough to prevent damage. The engine case was
> destroyed, along with the crankshaft. I would think that snapping the crank in
the
> event of an overboost and the engine destroying itself is a bit too close to
> the "end of the world" for my taste. Had this happened at say, 200', he might
> not be here to relate his story. The Katana isn't all that great of a
> sailplane. This guy was very, very lucky.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Lawton
> Dunlap, TN
> A-245 (Wheel pants on, working on main gear leg fairings today)
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