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 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 933029 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 May 2005 21:48:45 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from [209.215.61.224] by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050505014800.LFSE1994.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[209.215.61.224]> for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 21:48:00 -0400 Message-ID: <42797B51.2030105@bellsouth.net> Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 20:48:01 -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: Rotary Canard - was home again References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After hearing the plane last fall, I can tell you that both the sound level & 'tone quality' are a refreshing departure from typical rotary sound. If Paul finds that he's making adequate power with reasonable fuel economy, he will deserve credit for an amazing 'find'. Charlie Steve Brooks wrote: >Paul, >Thanks for the photos. You're right, its pretty simple. I'm surprised that >it's not louder. > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On >Behalf Of Paul >Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:48 AM >To: Rotary motors in aircraft >Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Rotary Canard - was home again > > >Hi, Steve and thanks for the reply. I am running what I believe to be the >simplest and most bullet-proof exhaust going. I am using the stock cast iron >manifold, (which does a great job of absorbing engine pulses), with a short >8 inch long exhaust pipe. Total weight is 12 pounds. See attached pics. >Everyone at the flying field tells me that it is no louder than the >Lycomings....just a "different" sound some say. Hope this helps. Paul >Conner >