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Pre-takeoff checklist
I was watching a YouTube of a guy that did an outstanding job of getting a Yak 50 down after loosing oil pressure. That got me thinking about a senaro. You are flying along and everything is fine and you have a failure and loose oil pressure. A cracked case or jug or something. Usually the engine will run for a while before running out of oil and seizes up. Would it be of any real benefit if you had a way of adding more oil while in flight in order to buy you some more time to safely land. It would seem to me that a auxiliary oil tank could be added to put more oil in the crankcase. I'm thinking a small pump and a couple gallons of oil or possibly gravity feed the engine depending on where you could mount the tank. Has this ever been done? Is it unpractical or reasonable to think that this may help you? The voyager flew for 9 days nonstop how did Burt add oil? Granted on a certified AC you would need a bushel basket of paperwork to get an STC. I was more wondering about its usefulness if it was available to you?
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