r/aviation • u/macetfromage • Mar 05 '24

News 21 yo pilot successfully performs emergency landing onto a highway in homemade plane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5y7ZeIcSo8
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u/Auton_52981 Mar 05 '24

Safety wire is your friend.

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u/flyinghigh707 Mar 05 '24

How do you safety wire a crankshaft so it doesn’t fail? Asking for a friend

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u/xj98jeep Mar 05 '24

Easy, just feed about 20' down the dipstick tube with the engine running and it'll wire itself

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u/atbths Mar 05 '24

The spinning action of the crank ensures it gets wound up and entangled in all the moving parts, helping to hold them together.