You're correct Joe, powerless powered aircraft can be gliders, some that don't have any power at all are called sailplanes, trouble is some private pilots apparently aren't aware of this. When the power fails, some of them make big mistakes. hence smokin hole. I've seen the aftermath of a few of them. My point was, the rotary appears to be able to keep pilots from making bad decisions when the power drops off instead of fails totally. And again, ever seen a homebuilt with an AMC powerplant? I've seen or heard of just about everything else, VW, Corvair, Chevy big and small block, Ford small block, two v-6 chevies together to make a V-12, Porsche flat fours, Mazda rotary, model T engines, on and on. Armand ----- > > > From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:47:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Pacer motor mounts oddities > > > > Armand, an airplane that loses power simply becomes a glider or sail > > plane. It > > may have to land sooner than > > if the engine was working, but it can still land safely and they do > > more often > > than not. > > > > > > Joe Fulton > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" > > <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Fri, March 11, 2011 4:43:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Pacer motor mounts oddities > > > > snip > > . When a piston engine aircraft engine fails it's normally > > complete loss of power resulting in a big smoking hole in the ground. > > > > AMC content. > > Has anyone ever seen an AMC powered homebuilt aircraft? > > > > Armand > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sandwich Maker" <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:00 PM > > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Pacer motor mounts oddities > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AMC-list mailing list > > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AMC-list mailing list > > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com