On 28 Sep 2006 18:22:47 -0700, "Grumman-581"
wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
I was thinking on having the engine quit on roll out, but one is just
a foolish as the other. :-)) The amount of adrenalin might be
different though.

One could argue that having the engine quit when you're 2000 ft over
the center of the runway is preferable to having it quit unexpectedly

You could but I was climbing out at something like a 100 MPH and 30 to
50 feet above a 3800 foot runway.

while you're trying to fly a normal pattern and trying to get that last
drop of fuel out of the tank by making your turns "just right"... At
least you *know* what is about to happen and you don't have to consider
much in the way of alternatives...

If I ever do make such a mistake I can guarantee I'll not be flying a
normal pattern:-)) However being paranoid about fuel it's highly
unlikely I'll face such a situation unless a tank or fuel line breaks.

Oh! I forgot about the day it quit on a missed approach at roughly 400
feet. Before the instructor could holler, "Left tank Rog! LEFT TANK!"
I had already switched.


Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com