X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-px0-f190.google.com ([209.85.216.190] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.0) with ESMTP id 4072304 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:14:57 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.216.190; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by pxi28 with SMTP id 28so4551732pxi.7 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:14:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ofhGy4qzHghnyH8qlIE9xesDh1+wKxp6YhhJTDzk+S0=; b=Wi9fa9qkcjw+3xjg7D9966gkYNrky0JHFZROaKmTZ6H+7QvACpu6JdWhqJtGQ6+7Hy U0tReNrL6HpGALzoCZjsNREdanbDOglM7lblqiYEJPB/D/NkpOqAdH52Kg1TvSz+Su/k 52mLeWeAUQs6B1H+p5A7QHx4c5Zl6r/whhIrM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=YVjvH7HR2mGR3pOK5I/r9dXNk2b8ZCQlxEG74TdpF8Hy+6n3e30C4R98vAxF0CuO/Z 89VQwWHZCWygiZeqqj6R0GV9p1yeicG+T543Xp11NchnY8WOWq7t0aB0xKPCb7ctRrb5 MU/tMLib6s/BcQ+ELy89JJveD3B1vB6mVW7EQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.55.20 with SMTP id d20mr2594452wfa.37.1263219261828; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:14:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:14:21 -0800 Message-ID: <1c23473f1001110614q76c067e5ya3504c6b05fd36ca@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Cable airshow From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0050450296255fee91047ce42703 --0050450296255fee91047ce42703 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 No, I'm not the fastest there, but i keep up just fine. The group includes (slowest to fastest best I can recall - there very well may be some inaccuracies and this is just a guess because I have not actually raced most of them): a 160 hp fp RV-6 (the only other fixed pitch prop except for myself) -schoolmom (white paint with minimal blue trim) a 160 hp c/s -6 -Rosie (white with green and yellow trim a 180 hp c/s -6 - Condor (white with blue and red trim a 180 hp c/s -7 -JP (unpainted... a.k.a "The Chino Paint Scheme" me a 180 h/p -8 -Hog (the beautiful red plane in the pics - has been on the cover of both Kitplanes and Sport Aviation) a 200 h/p -7 -Forrest (unpainted a 220 h/p -7 -Debris (unpainted a 200+ h/p -8 -Special Ed (white with yellow a 200+ h/p RV-4, Wingnut (unpainted I have set my turbo to give me less than 5psi of boost over ambient. I have another turbo ready to install that would give me much more power and move me near the top of that list... but I just don't trust myself - things are running too well right now. Some of those guys I put as being slower can still out accelerate/climb because of their c/s props. I may be faster than Hog in level flight - not sure. Really though, except for Schoolmom, Special Ed and Wingnut; all those aircraft are VERY similar in performance. There was a time that I was flying home from Oregon with Rosie and he was pulling away from me, while my speeds were much slower than usual.. I later discovered that my inlet duct had become dislodged and was partially blocking the air inlet to the turbo, and then I discovered that the muffler that I was trying out was costing me quite a bit of power, I am very sure I am faster than Rosie but that is still the only time we were flying together. -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:01 AM, wrote: > Dave: > > Great pictures and a lot of fun no doubt! I showed my dad the formations > shots (since he is a retired Naval Aviator) and he said it definitely looked > like a formation of Air Force guys (aka a "Thunder-chickens" type routine). > :) It's great that you have such a large group of fellow RVer's to fly > formation with as well! > > Didn't you once mention that your rotary "6" is the fastest of that bunch? > If so are any of them 200 hp variants (7's or 8's?). > > Blue skies > > Doug Lomheim > RV-9A, Electrical (finally starting to crimp big wires to battery > contactors...) > OK City, OK > --0050450296255fee91047ce42703 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable No, I'm not the fastest there, but i keep up just fine.=A0 The group in= cludes (slowest to fastest best I can recall - there very well may be some = inaccuracies and this is just a guess because I have not actually raced mos= t of them):
a 160 hp fp RV-6 (the only other fixed pitch prop except for myself) -schoo= lmom=A0 (white paint with minimal blue trim)
a 160 hp c/s -6=A0 -Rosie (= white with green and yellow trim
a 180 hp c/s -6 - Condor (white with bl= ue and red trim
a 180 hp c/s -7=A0 -JP (unpainted...=A0 a.k.a "The Chino Paint Scheme&= quot;
me
a 180 h/p -8=A0 -Hog (the beautiful red plane in the pics - = has been on the cover of both Kitplanes and Sport Aviation)
a 200 h/p -7= -Forrest (unpainted
a 220 h/p -7 -Debris=A0 (unpainted
a 200+ h/p -8 -Special Ed=A0 (white w= ith yellow
a 200+ h/p RV-4, Wingnut (unpainted

I have set my turb= o to give me less=A0 than 5psi of boost over ambient.=A0 I have another tur= bo ready to install that would give me much more power and move me near the= top of that list... but I just don't trust myself - things are running= too well right now.=A0 Some of those guys I put as being slower can still = out accelerate/climb because of their c/s props.=A0 I may be faster than Ho= g in level flight - not sure.=A0=A0 Really though, except for Schoolmom, Sp= ecial Ed and Wingnut; all those aircraft are VERY similar in performance.
There was a time that I was flying home from Oregon with Rosie and he w= as pulling away from me, while my speeds were much slower than usual..=A0 I= later discovered that my inlet duct had become dislodged and was partially= blocking the air inlet to the turbo, and then I discovered that the muffle= r that I was trying out was costing me quite a bit of power,=A0 I am very s= ure I am faster than Rosie but that is still the only time we were flying t= ogether.

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David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:01 AM, <dlomheim@aol.com> wrote:
Dave:
=A0
Great pictures and a lot of fun no doubt!=A0 I showed my dad the=20 formations shots (since he is a retired Naval Aviator) and he said it defin= itely=20 looked like a formation of Air Force guys=A0(aka a "Thunder-chickens&q= uot; type=20 routine).=A0 :)=A0=A0 It's great that you have such a large group=20 of=A0fellow RVer's to fly formation with as well!
=A0
Didn't you once mention that your rotary "6" is the fast= est of that=20 bunch?=A0 If so are any of them 200 hp variants (7's or 8's?).
=A0
Blue skies
=A0
Doug Lomheim
RV-9A, Electrical (finally starting to=A0crimp big wires to battery=20 contactors...)
OK=A0City, OK=A0=A0



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