Originally Posted by
opjose
....... answer your question last year I saw five seize, including ironically one on a small pylon racer.
I had one of mine sieze the year before too.
I had the same question. I have background similar to Gray Beard's, and I have never seen an engine seize. I once test flew a Q40 pylon plane that went extremely lean after takeoff - I could not shut it off and had to fly it around until the tank ran dry. All of my friends stood next to me and joked about ruining an expensive Nelson engine on the first flight. When it landed, it smelled like hot brakes. The glow plug and head were both blue, but the engine never seized.
Kurt