X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from bay0-omc2-s25.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.190.100] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.0) with ESMTP id 4072479 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:15:06 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.54.190.100; envelope-from=thomphy@msn.com Received: from BAY139-W15 ([65.54.190.125]) by bay0-omc2-s25.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:14:30 -0800 Message-ID: Return-Path: thomphy@msn.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_16c6fe88-648a-4c35-8e4b-7f2cc9947027_" X-Originating-IP: [67.204.168.234] From: THOMAS PHY To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Cable airshow Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:14:29 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jan 2010 17:14:30.0097 (UTC) FILETIME=[8938AC10:01CA92E1] --_16c6fe88-648a-4c35-8e4b-7f2cc9947027_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So=2C where do I go to see the pictures?=20 An update from a lurker=2C My Partner and I opened up a maintenance shop to= work on turbine "Epic's" in Bend Or. and now I can bring my RV-7 out of st= orage as I have the space (still working on the time) and all my tools in t= he same location! My Renisis will be moving to the shop also so hmmm=2C I'm= almost outta excusses to NOT be working on her! Thomas=20 =20 To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Date: Mon=2C 11 Jan 2010 06:14:21 -0800 From: wdleonard@gmail.com Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cable airshow No=2C I'm not the fastest there=2C but i keep up just fine. The group incl= udes (slowest to fastest best I can recall - there very well may be some in= accuracies 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) -schoo= lmom (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 c= over 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=2C Wingnut (unpainted I have set my turbo to give me less than 5psi of boost over ambient. I ha= ve another turbo ready to install that would give me much more power and mo= ve me near the top of that list... but I just don't trust myself - things a= re running too well right now. Some of those guys I put as being slower ca= n still out accelerate/climb because of their c/s props. I may be faster t= han Hog in level flight - not sure. Really though=2C except for Schoolmom= =2C Special Ed and Wingnut=3B all those aircraft are VERY similar in perfor= mance. There was a time that I was flying home from Oregon with Rosie and he was p= ulling away from me=2C while my speeds were much slower than usual.. I lat= er discovered that my inlet duct had become dislodged and was partially blo= cking the air inlet to the turbo=2C and then I discovered that the muffler = that I was trying out was costing me quite a bit of power=2C I am very sur= e I am faster than Rosie but that is still the only time we were flying tog= ether. --=20 David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net On Mon=2C Jan 11=2C 2010 at 5:01 AM=2C wrote: Dave: =20 Great pictures and a lot of fun no doubt! I showed my dad the formations s= hots (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! =20 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?). =20 Blue skies =20 Doug Lomheim RV-9A=2C Electrical (finally starting to crimp big wires to battery contact= ors...) OK City=2C OK =20 =20 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/= --_16c6fe88-648a-4c35-8e4b-7f2cc9947027_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So=2C where do I go to see the pictures?
An update from a lurker=2C My Partner and I opened up a maintenance shop to= work on turbine "Epic's" in Bend Or. and now I can bring my RV-7 out of st= orage as I have the space =3B(still working on the time) and all my too= ls in the same location! My Renisis will be moving to the shop also so hmmm= =2C I'm almost outta excusses =3Bto NOT be working on her!
Thomas =3B
 =3B

To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Date: Mon=2C 11 Jan 2010 06:14:21 -0800<= BR>From: wdleonard@gmail.com
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Cable airshow
<= BR>No=2C I'm not the fastest there=2C but i keep up just fine. =3B 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 r= aced most of them):
a 160 hp fp RV-6 (the only other fixed pitch prop ex= cept for myself) -schoolmom =3B (white paint with minimal blue trim)a 160 hp c/s -6 =3B -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 =3B= -JP (unpainted... =3B a.k.a "The Chino Paint Scheme"
me
a 180 h/= p -8 =3B -Hog (the beautiful red plane in the pics - has been on the co= ver of both Kitplanes and Sport Aviation)
a 200 h/p -7 -Forrest (unpaint= ed
a 220 h/p -7 -Debris =3B (unpainted
a 200+ h/p -8 -Special Ed&= nbsp=3B (white with yellow
a 200+ h/p RV-4=2C Wingnut (unpainted

= I have set my turbo to give me less =3B than 5psi of boost over ambient= . =3B I have another turbo ready to install that would give me much mor= e power and move me near the top of that list... but I just don't trust mys= elf - things are running too well right now. =3B Some of those guys I p= ut as being slower can still out accelerate/climb because of their c/s prop= s. =3B I may be faster than Hog in level flight - not sure. =3B&nbs= p=3B Really though=2C except for Schoolmom=2C Special Ed and Wingnut=3B all= those aircraft are VERY similar in performance.

There was a time th= at I was flying home from Oregon with Rosie and he was pulling away from me= =2C while my speeds were much slower than usual.. =3B I later discovere= d that my inlet duct had become dislodged and was partially blocking the ai= r inlet to the turbo=2C and then I discovered that the muffler that I was t= rying out was costing me quite a bit of power=2C =3B I am very sure I a= m 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=2C Jan 11=2C 2010 at 5:01 AM=2C <=3Bdlomheim@aol.com>= =3B wrote:
Dave:
 =3B
Great pictures and a lot of fun no doubt! =3B I showed my dad the = formations shots (since he is a retired Naval Aviator) and he said it defin= itely looked like a formation of Air Force guys =3B(aka a "Thunder-chic= kens" type routine). =3B :) =3B =3B It's great that you have su= ch a large group of =3Bfellow RVer's to fly formation with as well!
 =3B
Didn't you once mention that your rotary "6" is the fastest of that bu= nch? =3B If so are any of them 200 hp variants (7's or 8's?).
 =3B
Blue skies
 =3B
Doug Lomheim
RV-9A=2C Electrical (finally starting to =3Bcrimp big wires to bat= tery contactors...)
OK =3BCity=2C OK =3B =3B
<= /DIV>




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