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By: 15th July 2013 at 19:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RIP. Someone may recognize this tail.
By: 16th July 2013 at 06:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It's a Rans S6Moggy
It must have pretty poor glide ratio; http://rans.com/aircraft/kits/s-6es-coyote-2.html
I lost ex-girlfriend in the first ultralite crash 2013 of Finland early this spring. She was a well liked doctor. Hitherto no glue what caused that Eurocub Mark 1 accident. She and her husband burned beyond recognition. Weather was very turbulent.
RIP both of these couples.
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Edit; glide ratio is 9:1 ; http://www.pilotfriend.com/experimental/acft2/34.htm
I think it is less than average of these high wing ULs today ?
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Anybody know the glide ratio of a Eurocub Mk 1 ? http://home.swipnet.se/~w-58590/index.htm
By: 16th July 2013 at 07:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-With a 9:1 glide ratio, a stall speed of just 31 knots and that strong, tubular structure you would think it might be pretty high on the list of aircraft in which a catastrophic engine failure at 2,000 ft is going to be survivable.
Sadly not in this case.
Moggy
By: 16th July 2013 at 09:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-You could be right...original FK-9 had only 1:8.5 ratio but later MKIV 1:11; http://www.lightsportaircraft.ca/FK9MKIV/FK9-MKIV-specifications.html
Also Savannah seem to sport 1:12 glide ratio.
By: 16th July 2013 at 10:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I personally wouldn't get too hung-up on glide ratios. We used to joke that the PA22 I used to part own had a glide ratio of about 1:1 and there are many cases of pulling off a successful forced landing in that type.
Flying from E Anglia helps mind.
Moggy
By: 16th July 2013 at 23:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Tragic, RIP.
By: 24th July 2013 at 15:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-This was not far from my home - in fact I wondered why there were fire engines driving around apparently lost with blues and twos on as I headed home at 7pm that night.
RIP
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By: TonyT - 15th July 2013 at 15:08
Looks like it flipped on landing :(
Blue skies guys... RIP :(
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/killed-light-plane-crash-Witness-describes/story-19520846-detail/story.html#axzz2Z7bHV5kg