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Video: Dead stick landing at Reno Air Races

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Watch as Thom Richard experiences an engine failure in Precious Metal and glides safely back to the runway. Features a nice gyro cam setup that works properly for 60% of the video. (www.youtube.com) More...

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shootandfly
Land and taxi to parking without engine power. Great energy management!
relmers
relmers 1
Thanks, I missed that in the video.
relmers
relmers 1
As everyone else mentions, nice job of bringing her in. Have you determined what caused the engine failure?
jkudlick
The uploader comments on youtube mention fixing the carburetor before the race, so that was likely the issue.
RickHarrison
Rick Harrison 1
Love this!! great job!!
treehouse4rent
Carlos Bea 1
Grrrrrrreat job!!!!
CaptainFreedom
Great flying....it goes without saying that those 'S' turns need to be timed just.....right.
dtw757
mike SUT 1
Nicely done....
oowmmr
oowmmr 5
Dang, that was quick thinking and flying!!!

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