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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:49:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Schneider <plumberben@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] New to the list
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Ryan,=0A=0A  Welcome to the Fly Rotary List. Much good information here. Ma=
ny flying rotaries, and much experience with rotary engines. Many times the=
re is too much information to digest in a day, so make use of the archives,=
 they are a wealth of info as well.=0A=0A   I am in Flanagan IL, so just ab=
out an hour and a half south of you. I am building an RV7 with a Renesis en=
gine. Looking for a first engine start very soon. (though I have been sayin=
g that for a while now, I am actually making progress)=0A=0A  Look me up so=
metime if you are headed south of the city.=0A=0ABlue Skies,=0A=0ABen Schne=
ider=0A=0A--- On Tue, 10/20/09, Ryan Wilkins <ryan@deadfrog.net> wrote:=0A=
=0A> From: Ryan Wilkins <ryan@deadfrog.net>=0A> Subject: [FlyRotary] New to=
 the list=0A> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>=
=0A> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 5:36 PM=0A> Hello All.=0A> =0A> I'm n=
ew to this list and wanted to take a (hopefully) brief=0A> moment to introd=
uce myself.=A0 I'm Ryan Wilkins and I=0A> presently live in the burbs of Ch=
icago (near Schaumburg)=0A> with my wife and two young kids.=A0 Flying has =
always=0A> been an interest of mine since very early in life.=A0 My=0A> fat=
her flew Lear Jets, my mother obtained her private, and=0A> my step-father =
is currently a Captain on the 757 / 767 for=0A> Continental Airlines.=A0 I =
followed in the family foot=0A> steps by starting my flight training in 199=
9 and working=0A> gradually through my Commercial Single.=A0 I came within=
=0A> a hair of getting my Multi but the airplane broke on my last=0A> ride =
before the check ride, and it broke hard.=A0 I ended=0A> up moving to Chica=
go from the West side of Cleveland, OH=0A> before the airplane came back on=
line and haven't flown=0A> since.=A0 That was almost 3 years ago.=A0 A flyi=
ng=0A> career was my goal but gradually fell out of love with that=0A> line=
 of work.=A0 How someone can start at the bottom of=0A> the pilot seniority=
 list and expect to be able to live is=0A> beyond me.=0A> =0A> What brings =
me to the homebuilt aircraft industry are my=0A> parent's and my wife's par=
ent's plans to move away from the=0A> Cleveland area and my desire to get b=
ack into flying.=A0=0A> Somehow I have this delusion that flying SouthWest =
will be=0A> really expensive for all of us to go visit relatives and=0A> th=
at it'd be better to fly ourselves.=A0 I was also=0A> intrigued by the abil=
ity to build an airplane the way I want=0A> it and with what I want in it w=
ithout incurring a=0A> prohibitive cost.=A0 Being a reasonably mechanically=
=0A> inclined person, I also really like the idea of being able=0A> to work=
 on my own airplane without investing in an A&P=0A> license.=A0 I feel that=
 building and flying my own plane=0A> opens unique opportunities to me and =
my family that the=0A> majority of the public do not have available to them=
.=A0=0A> In addition, I'm always yearning to learn something new and=0A> I =
feel that undertaking a large project like this will=0A> afford me knowledg=
e and experience that I otherwise would=0A> not attain.=A0 Of course, the s=
ense of accomplishment and=0A> personal satisfaction that will come once th=
e kit flies=0A> can't go without mention.=0A> =0A> The criteria that I used=
 to find a kit started with cruise=0A> around 200 MPH (I've had enough of f=
lying a 172 around the=0A> pattern.. not a bad airplane.. just want to go s=
omewhere=0A> else and faster. <g> ), ability to take 5 people (2=0A> adults=
 + 3 kids), ~1000 mi range (the kids will never last=0A> that long), total =
cost around or under $100k excluding=0A> labor, and the ability to certify =
for IFR flight (mainly=0A> looking to punch through low cloud decks and not=
 kill a day=0A> at an airport waiting for clouds to open up).=A0 The 5=0A> =
seats seemed to really limit my search.=A0 After finding=0A> a number of ai=
rplanes, I've settled on the Velocity=0A> XL5.=A0 Will probably do the fixe=
d gear model because of=0A> insurance reasons.=A0 Also interested in not sp=
ending all=0A> of my budget on an engine so that's why I'm here.=A0 As=0A> =
it turns out, I've got a business meeting in Orlando on=0A> 4-Nov so it off=
ered the perfect opportunity for me to hit=0A> the AOPA Aviation Summit in =
Tampa and also take a demo=0A> flight and tour the factory at Velocity in S=
ebastian,=0A> FL.=A0 Having spent a lot of time researching the=0A> Velocit=
y, it seems that a lot of people are happy with the=0A> plane.=A0 My guess =
is that's what I'll end up buying and=0A> building.=A0 I'm also in the uniq=
ue position to have an=0A> office located on DuPage County Airport Property=
 (KDPA) at a=0A> former heliport.=A0 The previous tenants operated an air=
=0A> ambulance service and did some or all of their maintenance=0A> at the =
facility.=A0 While we don't have direct runway=0A> access, the building has=
 an abundance of climate controlled=0A> space where I can build the airplan=
e and not get in the way=0A> of other work related projects.=A0 I've read f=
rom=0A> numerous people that just the travel time between home,=0A> work, a=
nd building area if not at home or work takes a big=0A> toll on the project=
.=0A> =0A> Well anyway this has turned out to be longer than I really=0A> w=
ant it to be so I apologize for monopolizing your=0A> time.=A0 I look forwa=
rd to interacting with all of you on=0A> the list.=0A> =0A> Cheers,=0A> =0A=
> Ryan Wilkins=0A> =0A> =0A> --=0A> Homepage:=A0 http://www.flyrotary.com/=
=0A> Archive and UnSub:=A0=A0=A0http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyr=
otary/List.html=0A>