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A friend took the S-2B out flying this morning, and it cut out in an inverted flat spin when he pulled the power to recover. Weirdly enough, he'd flown an outside loop and a half before this, and spun it inverted right before hand. Afterwards, he rolled it inverted, and it kept right on running. The flop tube was replaced a year ago, and I believe it was replaced with an Aviat sourced tube (I'd ordered one) but can't confirm it, because it was done by a shop. Any suggestions about what might have been the issue? The pilot believed it didn't fire up until he pumped the gas a little. It sure seems like it's probably the flop tube, but he says he didn't watch the fuel flow/oil pressure on this maneuver, but he did before and afterwards when it didn't cut out, and everything seemed fine.
It's been a while since I've visited the forum, but I'd love some second opinions. I'm guessing I'm replacing the flop tube either way, but maybe I missed something.
A friend took the S-2B out flying this morning, and it cut out in an inverted flat spin when he pulled the power to recover. Weirdly enough, he'd flown an outside loop and a half before this, and spun it inverted right before hand. Afterwards, he rolled it inverted, and it kept right on running. The flop tube was replaced a year ago, and I believe it was replaced with an Aviat sourced tube (I'd ordered one) but can't confirm it, because it was done by a shop. Any suggestions about what might have been the issue? The pilot believed it didn't fire up until he pumped the gas a little. It sure seems like it's probably the flop tube, but he says he didn't watch the fuel flow/oil pressure on this maneuver, but he did before and afterwards when it didn't cut out, and everything seemed fine.
It's been a while since I've visited the forum, but I'd love some second opinions. I'm guessing I'm replacing the flop tube either way, but maybe I missed something.
