Aircraft Engine Failure - Dead Stick Emergency Landing 

ANY LANDING YOU WALK AWAY FROM IS A GOOD.ONE..

95% of the time I fly at 1000agl or higher. 2% of the time I fly at over 2500, and 3% of the time I fly at 20ft agl. The 20ft agl flights, although inherently more dangerous, are the most fun.

Are you with the Dharma Initiative?

+Will Hammer Namaste! 😉

Altitude is my friend for the vast majority of my flying, probably somewhere around 98 percent. The only reason I even post these types of videos is because they are highly unusual and account for the tiny 2% of the time the air is dead calm and I am down on the deck. Want me to upload my latest flight where I maintained 1500-2000msl all the way from Independence to Daniels? I didn't think so. My viewers also would not appreciate such monotony.

Well that's his name, so...

glassdogangle ti.

The way you said that reminded me of that state farm commercial "well he's a dude so.."

Well she's a guy, so... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-47cAxRX3aDg.html

lol i freaking love this comment thread..anyways hows flying recently?

+Weary Man --- I actuallt have a different system. A little more labor intensive, but far superior: Deep sink 'em with a soft carpet brush. It took me about 30 minutes of squeezing and wringing by hand before the water started coming out mostly clear. Unbelievable how filthy they were inside from mud pouring in.

Would have landed the same way he did higher. In that field

He hits that dirt and he's gonna have angels wings

And the most useful thing in the event of an engine failure is the nice flat fields we specifically fly over just in case something like this happens.

your flying the hy-tek hurricane _____? i dont know.... how much do they cost?

They don't sell them anymore, but if you do find one on barnstormers.com they usually go for $5000-$7500 depending on the engine.

I've always heard it said that the most useless things are the sky above you, the runway behind you, and the air in your fuel tank.

Don't forget the most useful thing: Miles and miles of flat fields below you...

+Lyrik Tech --- You should pursue it, youngster. You will never regret it. Get out there and get some intro rides in, make friend with people at the airport. Maybe even join the USAF. But whatever you do, don't wait to fly.

+Jack Markee --- Yes, we are allowed to, and you are preaching to the choir.

+glassdogangle Looks Like a lot of fun. Just make sure to keep an eye out for low flying foam.

+Jack Markee --- FPV airplanes don't scare me at all. I have had so many close encounters with birds and other full-size aircraft... so much so that little foam airplanes are the least of my concerns!

But be careful of the big multicopters, they can weigh few kilograms and they are mostly metal.

I fly constantly. Flew for over 4 hours yesterday.

@@glassdogangle I need to get off my fat behind (260) and get my light sport training and get up there with you!!!

Then there's engine failure and quadra flipping

+rotormasher --- Yeah we were! We had the truck, the rope, the trailer, and the manpower! It wasn't expected, no, but ya gotta be ready for anything in this hobby!

My comment was more in relation to your shoes man, crap that was muddy! Looked like minor undercarriage damage to that plane, hope it wasn't too bad! Happy flying

+flying oyvinator --- Flying low is fun! Honestly I am not sure if I would call it an adrenaline rush, though. It's like the joy you get from sailing, or a motorcycle, or jetskiing, snowmobiling, etc.

A trike would do better than a tail dragger at not flipping in a soft field

Kevin Armstrong I have seen this on a grass airfield that had a hill mid runway. He didn't flare enough (actually if memory serves me right I don't think he flared at all!) and the plane tripped over itself, nose first. He was fine, his plane was not.

+Steve “Cougar” Ball --- true...

Can't argue that.

Oh, and by the way, thanks for the well edited video and for uploading it. I'm about to buy a J3 and the video piqued my interest. Your partner made a very good landing. I'll bet the stick was completely in his lap while rolling out.

I am running a 55hp Hirth 3202 2-stroke engine. If I cut the motor off before every landing and glide in dead-stick each time, the engine would be damaged in short order. It is absolutely NOT recommended to kill the engine in flight, which would cause the engine to cool at an extremely rapid rate, causing head warping and seal leaks all over the place. It is best to land while giving the engine a good shot of throttle occasionally throughout the pattern, then upon landing, go through the recommended engine shut-down procedures which is to reduce the engine to idle for 2 minutes on the ground to cool the engine down gradually before shutting it down completely.

+Oregon FPV --- I would have been pissed if I had not recorded this flight, partly to catch the engine failure, but mostly because Alex and I rarely fly together, and I knoew this was going to be a neat little formation flight. I had been having issues with my flight cameras dying right during the best parts of a given flight, so a few days ago I actually purchased 2 extra batteries for my GoPro and 2 extra batts for my Sony ActionCam. I did not have them available this flight, but they did come in the mail just today! So now each time I fill up with gas, my cameras get a new battery before taking off again!

awesome

chrisgast well, he didn't have a lot of altitude to play with, and the last thing you want to do that low is stall it, because you just can't recover at that altitude without an engine, not happening. Seeing that the field was good enough to land on (and he didn't have any other options), I'd take it in a little hot too just to stay at a speed where I'm not pushing that critical angle of attack until I was holding it off for touchdown.

Matthew Johnson I see.

Just watch the very beginning few seconds if you are in a hurry. FFS that's why I put it there.

@@glassdogangle It would be nice to post the critical time in the notes for those that want to skip to it.

@@glassdogangle Except that you fade to black the instant you go UGHAA!!!. No indication of plane damage or if your friend was ok. (doesn't say so in the description either)

Whaa, whaa, blah, blah, blah! His channel... His content... End of!

+ABMNS PRODUCTION --- Alot of my decision to avoid FPV is simply because the public and many politicians are screaming for such incredibly tight control of even the lightest and simplest of R/C aircraft. I mean an 8oz toy now needs registration. Completely absurd. I was on the verge of picking up a $3k DJI a year ago, but the main thing that stopped me was the chess moves the FAA was making. I thought we had a chance when Trappy first beat them in court, but that victory was short-lived, and the FAA is not going to walk away with a defeat, shrugging their shoulders. The backlash was swift and merciless, and now kids have to register Christmas toys. It's absurd.

Oh yes, 14 CFR 91.119 thank you for that. I will remember to review those if I ever fly a "real" airplane. For now, I fly an ultralight, and the rules I follow are contained 100% in FAR Part 103. ;p P.S. Make sure you read 91.119 in it's entirety, especially the part where it says: (d)Helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft. If the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface - (2) A powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section. " This last little bit is a reminder that the ultralight class (not even mentioned under this section) is not even discussed here. That's because ultralights are covered in FAR 103. Looking at it another way: An ultralight pilot doesn't even need to know what is in the whole entire remainder of the Federal Aviation Rules, they are only required to meet part 103. For example, we do not need to read up the rules on how to fly at night, because we can't fly at night. However, I definitely recommend that all ultralight pilots study everything there is to know about aviation, including the rules the "big boys" have to follow. Why are ultralights excluded from CFR 91.119? Not sure. Maybe because they weigh less than half the average weight of a typical dirt bike? Nothing illegal about blasting past a person or structure at 60mph on a dirtbike...

So your bird is less than 254# and can't go faster than 55 KIAS? Didn't think that was the case, but if so, I stand corrected bud.

f0rn1c0n - Yes that is absolutely correct. I can make it go faster than 55 knots but I'd have to put it into a descent. You know the full name of this aircraft is Hy-Tek Hurricane 103 right? Guess what the 103 stands for?

how many times you say "bud" per flight? Hahahahahaha. Probably the weight of the lil aeroplane?

glassdogangle I'm pretty awful at estimating weight. I was thinking at least 400#. I seriously need to buy one of those things. The little valley I live in would be perfect for flying like this.

Damage? To the mud? Lol.

+turdsurfer --- Yes it is allowed as long as we are "over open water or sparsely populated areas".

The field was owned by Donald Trump. It might have been damaged. Not sure. It happened while he was busy campaigning for the 2016 election, so that probably explains why nobody came running out to yell at us. I am sure the field is fine now. Also nobody really cares what little michelle r thinks.

Maximum speed allowed for an ultralight is 55 knots (63 miles per hour) Stall speed may not exceed 24 knots and they can carry no more than 5 gallons of fuel.

+X-FLIGHT101 --- He didn't have any cameras on, and I don't think he has a channel.

We are friends, screen snot! Don't be silly! Wait... unless you unfriended me. Let me go check FB...

Heyyyyy! I see what you did there.

I wonder how*

it's an ultralight not sure the name of it and you don't need a license to fly one

k thx m8

no problem