There was a thread on another message board a couple days ago talking about the safety rating of EAB's. Unfortunately it quickly devolved into the usual, what had the potential of being a good conversation, wasn't.
However, two things that came out of the conversation that stuck with me. Supposedly the two major causes of EAB crashes are, Pilot Training, and fuel system failures.
In my mind at least, Pilot training is an easy one to fix (for me at least). Make sure I'm flying enough while I'm building to keep up my skills (I co-own a Cardinal), and go get some type training before first flight.
The more interesting comment was the fuel system failure. I'm getting ready to build the fuel tanks for my RV, and I'm looking at MOGAS, Fuel Injected, all of the other things folks generally look at as they decide what to build.
So my question is, what is it that causes the fuel system to be the failure point on so many EAB crashes, and what can I personally do to make sure I don't have an issue with my fuel system.
Thanks,
-Dan
However, two things that came out of the conversation that stuck with me. Supposedly the two major causes of EAB crashes are, Pilot Training, and fuel system failures.
In my mind at least, Pilot training is an easy one to fix (for me at least). Make sure I'm flying enough while I'm building to keep up my skills (I co-own a Cardinal), and go get some type training before first flight.
The more interesting comment was the fuel system failure. I'm getting ready to build the fuel tanks for my RV, and I'm looking at MOGAS, Fuel Injected, all of the other things folks generally look at as they decide what to build.
So my question is, what is it that causes the fuel system to be the failure point on so many EAB crashes, and what can I personally do to make sure I don't have an issue with my fuel system.
Thanks,
-Dan
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