On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 03:00:05 GMT, Dave S
wrote:

The glide distance has since been re-evaluated, but overall everyone is
glad it worked out ok.. and on a secondary personal note its refreshing
that the engine itself was not the point of failure

Dave

Dave, my feeling is that it does not matter that the engine did not
fail, the PSRU did and the result is the same: No engine and a forced
landging.

I wondered about using a transmission for a PSRU instead of a PSRU for
a PSRU. The problem with using a transmission is that the all the
gears except for fifth, are designed for light usage. In otherwords
they weren't designed to be used continuously with the engine pulling
50% or more power. George's transmission is not the first to fail
because of this.

Using the transmission for a PSRU is not necessarily a bad thing, but
the gears that will be used and the bearings that support the gears
may need to be re-evaluated.

Corky Scott