X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with ESMTP id 967696 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 29 May 2005 23:49:18 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm56aec.bellsouth.net ([209.214.146.66]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050530034833.YRDQ18991.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm56aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 23:48:33 -0400 Received: from [209.214.146.66] by ibm56aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050530034832.ZWHW11957.ibm56aec.bellsouth.net@[209.214.146.66]>; Sun, 29 May 2005 23:48:32 -0400 Message-ID: <429A8D14.2010208@bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 22:48:36 -0500 From: Charlie England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: [FlyRotary]Slobovia Rotary Fly-in References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit jbker@juno.com wrote: >Tracy C wrote: >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. >-------------------------- >Boy, I will 2nd what Tracy has to say about Charlie and Tupper. > >Glad you guys got home OK uncuffed. > >Hope Slobvovia O.N. does it again next year and a lot more rotary powered airplanes show up! > >Bernie, in Memphis tonight in RV with wheels > Boy, that was fun! Thanks for all the kind words from Bernie, Tracy, etc. The credit for planning, logistics & execution goes to my amazing wife, who, like Laura, not only wants to live at an airpark but enjoys having a few dozen people come & visit for the weekend. The real credit for a successful event goes to the presenters: Tracy (Renesis update), Ed (streamline cooling duct study), Bernie (RV-9 early performance numbers & flying impressions), Monty Roberts (report on his 'next generation rotary': a single seat pure jet, complete with homebuilt turbojet engine!), Bill Eslick (RV-6 installation, performance & cooling improvements) & Ed Klepeis (custom radiators & oil coolers). As you can see, we had a really full day before the real fun of watching the high performance of Tracy's RV-4 with the new Renesis engine, 2.85 reduction unit & 'monster prop'. I'm pretty sure that Monty & Ken will be uninterested in flying my Lyc powered -4 after their experience yesterday. Shucks, *I'm* not that interested any more, after seeing him lift off after only 1/2 my takeoff roll & having my neighbors ask why my -4 is so much slower than Tracy's. It's pretty inspiring to see how much information & experience is available at one of these events. Tupper & I are definitely up for doing it again and I'd encourage anyone who's building or even considering a rotary to get in on this type of face-to-face info exchange. Charlie PS: Anyone need a pair of white tennis shoes to replace some they've lost?