Single-Seat Accident Records (Was BD-5B)

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:53:33 -0600, - Barnyard BOb - wrote:


BOb U/RV-3 95 hours

530/40 = 13.25 hr/mo x 12 = 159 hr/year

My apologies, BOb...guess I misinterpreted your previous post.

Not necessarily, but...
very nice of you to put it that way. g

Well, Geeze, BOb, I've *seen* what happens when people tick you off....:-)

Ron "Deflagration Rate" Wanttaja

In article , - Barnyard BOb -
says...


Average annual flight time since first flight = 42.94 hours

Well done, BOb...if my fingers and toes don't deceive me, you must be
flying about 90-95 hours per year.

How about it? Any other homebuilt owners want to chime in with their
approximate average annual flight time?

Ron W/Fly Baby 40 hours
BOb U/RV-3 95 hours


Ron Wanttaja

This year 38.5 in my CGS Hawk a bit lower than usual but weather was crappy a
lot of the time.

Chuck(chiming in) S

BOb U/RV-3 95 hours

530/40 = 13.25 hr/mo x 12 = 159 hr/year

My apologies, BOb...guess I misinterpreted your previous post.

Not necessarily, but...
very nice of you to put it that way. g

Well, Geeze, BOb, I've *seen* what happens when people tick you off....:-)

Ron "Deflagration Rate" Wanttaja
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Compliments will get you everywhere. but --

WATCH IT, dear friend....
You're getting close to 'that' edge. )

WARNING:
Your fine gracious style will....
NOT protect mouthy wannabies.


Barnyard BOb -- 159 hr/year
Saving $1280 year burning mogas

The more people I meet,
the more I love my dog...
and George Carlin humor.

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
Without knowing the number of flight hours involved,
accurate safety details and analysis are destined
to remain shrouded in much fog, mystery and hype.

Certainly. But of course, we'll probably never have that sort of
data,
unless the EAA does a membership survey. We can't fully rely on the
online
NTSB accident reports, either, because they only mention the engine
type
when engine-related problems were a factor in the accident. Unless
we pay
for and analyze the hard-copy reports, we don't know how many of the
other
2200+ homebuilt accidents since 1990 involved auto-engine
homebuilts.

Download the NTSB database files. There are fields for engine
make/model, airframe hours, and a bunch of other useful stuff.

F--

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:58:04 -0500, "FF" wrote:

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote
Unless we pay
for and analyze the hard-copy reports, we don't know how many of the
other 2200+ homebuilt accidents since 1990 involved auto-engine
homebuilts.

Download the NTSB database files. There are fields for engine
make/model, airframe hours, and a bunch of other useful stuff.

Cool! Hadn't looked into those, before. Looks like my evenings are shot
for a while.... :-)

Ron Wanttaja

"Morgans" wrote:

"Snowbird" wrote

Sydney (but wasn't the walk to the hangar kind of...blue?)
?????????????????????????

It would have been a short, small........
walk. g

Reminds me of a sign over an airport urinal...

"Pilots with short stacks taxi close and hold"

Mark Hickey

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:12:24 -0600, - Barnyard BOb -
wrote:


Saving $1280 year burning mogas


that is one thing I value about living in Australia.
I still use 100/130 leaded avgas.
smells so wonderful I'm never fixing that tank leak :-)

Stealth Pilot

Saving $1280 year burning mogas


that is one thing I value about living in Australia.
I still use 100/130 leaded avgas.
smells so wonderful I'm never fixing that tank leak :-)

Stealth Pilot
++++++++++++++++++

I absolutely love the aroma, too.....
ever since I first smelled it in 1945.

For $1280 tho, I can put up with a lot of stink --
almost as much as I do here,,,,,, for free. g


Barnyard BOb

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
...

Reminds me of a sign over an airport urinal...

"Pilots with short stacks taxi close and hold"

Or, for those with the proper endorsement in their log, "Pilots with short
pitot tubes and low manifold pressure taxi close and hold".

Rich S.

So did your data lead you to any conclusions?

The one I'm getting is:
Don't fly an airplane with a high stall speed and unreliable power configuration.