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Tracy, you should take most of the credit,
with much credit also going to Ed and everyone else on the list,
flying or not. It's hard to believe how well things have gone for a
roll-your-own instillation. Well, it is only partially roll-your-own
considering all the available off the shelf components such as the RV kit,
13B engines, the EC2, and the RD1-B.
I say the following not to tout my own
accomplishment, but to illustrate what you have done for rotary
aviation. I have never built anything of significance in my
life. I am not an engineer or mechanic, but a physician. Before this
project the most I ever did was change my own oil. As
part of this project, and almost exclusively from the info I gleaned on
this list, I have a flying airplane. I built the engine and engine mount
myself, and designed and build the cooling system - because of what I learned
here. It has flown great from day one! I have made no
significant changes to any system except temporarily removing the
turbocharger (which only took 2 hrs.). After 8 months of flying I now
have 110 hrs and the confidence to fly 500 miles into Baja or into IMC
conditions. While improvements are always being planned, none are
really needed. And its been that way since right out of the
gate.
Thanks Tracy, Ed, and everyone else
- keep up the good work!
Dave Leonard
> Tracy and me both! I think part of it was we didn't know for
certain
> whether things would work as expected as they were not
modeled after any
> flying rotaries - whole cloth so to speak. Using
something that you know
> has been shown to work can lessen the angst
level for sure.
[Ed]
Why do you guys think there are so many people following in
your footsteps?
Thanks for clearing (most of) the minefield!
John
(25 hrs and relaxing a bit more each flight)
Can't take full credit for the success of the rotary but
I still feel a rush every time I see (or hear about) someone
else's rotary taking to the air. Keep'em coming guys!
Tracy (Testing EC2 auto programming mode
today)
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