Sonex Down in TX. Pilot Walk Away
Posted:
Sat May 23, 2020 4:33 amby GraemeSmith
Re: Sonex Down in TX. Pilot Walk Away
Posted:
Sat May 23, 2020 9:37 amby WesRagle
I remember when David Clay was building that plane. I flew down to see him (and others) in my old Sonex. His scratch built parts were prettier than my factory parts :-) It started out with a Hummel 2400, was sold, and the new owner swapped to a Corvair. Would be interesting to know exactly what happened. All three prop blades were damaged.
https://www.cannedhamtrailers.com/pdfs/davesbrakeplans.pdfWes
Re: Sonex Down in TX. Pilot Walk Away
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Sat May 23, 2020 10:56 amby WaiexN143NM
Hi all,
Just talked to phil davis who used to own that plane. He indicated that the pilot was very experienced did a good
job with the landing on road. unfortunely didnt see a wire strung across rd., so that took out the prop and spinner.
phil said pilot thinks the alt., and or battery gave out. The corvair needs external power to run.
Good to see not much damage.
fly safe!
WaiexN143NM
Michael
Re: Sonex Down in TX. Pilot Walk Away
Posted:
Sat May 23, 2020 12:46 pmby GordonTurner
To put that in a frame of reference, the ignition system for Corvair per WW requires approximately 0.7 amps at 12V.
Re: Sonex Down in TX. Pilot Walk Away
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Sat May 23, 2020 11:19 pmby WaiexN143NM
hi all,
report now on
www.kathrynsreport.com. It’s using the wrong N number. The correct N number is N195SX.
The report lists phils new airplane, an RV-7 , N877PD.
fly safe!
WaiexN143NM
Michael
