Thursday, 20 August 2015

How to have an engine failure

The Magni Gyro of Marcos & Celia CHULIA (ESP) suffered loss of power just after take off - caused by a fuel connector not being fully pushed together and shaking loose on take-off. Marcos didn't waste any time in doing absolutely the right thing - putting the aircraft down on the ground again, straight ahead of him.

The result? Well, nothing! The rules allow competitors to return to the airfield within 5 minutes without penalty, just to cater for such an event. Here, Competition Director Anna is working out their new take-off times and informing the marshalling team how to deal with the situation. Marcos was soon in the air again and on course to bag some points.

[edited - thanks for the feedback]




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  1. Chupi Lerendi30 August 2015 at 20:01

    There is a small mistake.
    The team was the Spanish team, Marcos and Celia Chuliá.
    The hard vibrations in the take off did that a fuel fast connection, not enough engaged, was disconnected and the engine stopped.

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