X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.4.51.81] (HELO hotmail.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 967448 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 29 May 2005 16:29:53 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.4.51.81; envelope-from=lors01@msn.com Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 29 May 2005 13:29:09 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 64.4.51.220 by BAY107-DAV9.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 29 May 2005 20:29:09 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [64.4.51.220] X-Originating-Email: [lors01@msn.com] X-Sender: lors01@msn.com From: "Tracy Crook" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary]Slobovia Rotary Fly-in Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:29:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00AB_01C5646B.88184F60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.10.0011.1703 Seal-Send-Time: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:29:05 -0400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 May 2005 20:29:09.0488 (UTC) FILETIME=[11644F00:01C5648D] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AB_01C5646B.88184F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just got back from the fly-in and if you haven't been to one of Charlie = & Tupper's events you don't know what you missed. They both go the 2nd = & 3rd mile to assure that everyone has a comfortable & enjoyable time - = Laura and I sure did. The tour of David Mars' hangar alone was worth = the trip. The RVotter logged another 7 hours including one short adrenaline = assisted flight with Monty Roberts in the back seat. We were doing a = high speed pass down the runway when one of the prop cuffs decided it = had had enough abuse and started to separate from the spinner. The = sudden vibration had us instantly thinking of wing flutter. Removed = both cuffs and all was well. Cost us a little speed and higher temps on = the way home but all went well as we cruised at 11,000 (Laura's limit) = with a 25 mph tailwind. Eat your heart out Ed! It was great seeing all you fellow rotor heads there & can't wait to do = it all over again somewhere - someday. Thanks again Charlie & Tupper. Tracy ------=_NextPart_000_00AB_01C5646B.88184F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Just got back from the fly-in and if you haven't been to one of = Charlie=20 & Tupper's events you don't know what you missed.  They both go = the 2nd=20 & 3rd mile to assure that everyone has a comfortable & = enjoyable=20 time - Laura and I sure did.  The tour of David Mars' hangar alone = was=20 worth the trip.
 
  The RVotter logged another 7 hours including one short = adrenaline=20 assisted flight with Monty Roberts in the back seat.  We were doing = a high=20 speed pass down the runway when one of the prop cuffs decided it had had = enough=20 abuse and started to separate from the spinner.  The sudden = vibration=20 had us instantly thinking of wing flutter.  Removed both cuffs and = all was=20 well.  Cost us a little speed and higher temps on the way home but = all went=20 well as we cruised at 11,000 (Laura's limit) with a 25 mph = tailwind. =20  Eat your heart out Ed!
 
It was great seeing all you fellow rotor heads there & can't = wait to do=20 it all over again somewhere - someday.  Thanks again Charlie &=20 Tupper.
 
Tracy
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