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MX2 Loses Engine In Flight!!!

Pistolera

HEY!..GET OUTTA MY TREE!
Check this out...Nigel Hopkins MX2 loses the engine, which tore away most of one wing.

https://www.facebook.com/AviationSA...28228483636/10153565084523637/?type=1&theater
He safely bailed. This was during a practice session for the upcoming World Aerobatic Championships in France.

Report says the engine mount tore out of the carbon fiber fuse structure. Many pilots have a piece of cable securing the engine to the fuse, just in case of such a failure....it may keep the mass of the engine with the plane. Although it also may not o_O.

Good thing the engine/prop didn't come back on the cockpit during its exit. Very happy he made it out OK.
 
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