Return-Path: Received: from [205.152.59.66] (HELO imf18aec.bellsouth.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b9) with ESMTP id 2474082 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:55:33 -0400 Received: from TOSHIBAjhr ([209.215.55.52]) by imf18aec.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with SMTP id <20030714035531.MEPX28413.imf18aec.bellsouth.net@TOSHIBAjhr> for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:55:31 -0400 From: "John Slade" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine Failure Report from Chuck Dunlap Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:55:30 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 > I can maintain level flight in the pattern with 3200 rpm, but that is near > sea level (1600 MSL) which is of course not the same conditions > that Chuck was faced with. So even though the single rotor was not able to maintain > flight, you might consider that it kept him airborn long enough for other > alternatives. Interesting. Perhaps thats another argument for a turbo...