X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net ([204.127.203.212] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.2) with ESMTP id 1562574 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:10:38 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.203.212; envelope-from=btilley@mchsi.com Received: from [192.168.1.104] (12-218-75-32.client.mchsi.com[12.218.75.32]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with SMTP id <20061114011014m9200knflle>; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:10:19 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-475817861 Message-Id: <0631DF31-CFAE-4EE4-9C2C-FBB874E77789@mchsi.com> From: Bob Tilley Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Take your time Tracy :-) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:10:11 -0500 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) --Apple-Mail-1-475817861 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Rusty, Congratulations!!! Hope to have the same news in about a year. Bob On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Russell Duffy wrote: > Greetings, > > Just a non-rotary note to announce that my latest RV-8 is now > flying. I flew it twice yesterday, and the only issue was the > rubber channel coming loose at the left wing root seal. Makes a > lot of flapping noise when that happens, but it doesn't hurt > anything :-) > > Total construction time was 1100 hours, over 9 calendar months (7.5 > really, since I was out of town for about 6 weeks). As much as I > like rotary engines, you can't help but appreciate being able to > just bolt on a Lyclone, crank it up, and go flying. It's sure a > time saver, but not quite as interesting. > > The most notable feature of the plane are the Bill Dube' LED > position lights. Everyone who sees the plane stops and stares at > them. I'm not sure how many times I've been asked to turn them on > for someone, so it's a good thing they don't draw too much > current. Everyone stares right at them while I turn them on, which > can be interesting, since they're pretty darn bright. On occasion, > when someone makes negative comments about all the little LED's, I > "accidentally" turn on the strobes while they're watching for the > LED's to come on :-) > > There are a few pics of first flight day, and a very short video of > the first takeoff on my web site. I might actually have some time > to finish the web site now that the plane is flying. Gotta get > back to the ducted fan single rotor gyrocopter planning. > > Cheers, > Rusty (survived 4 "first" flights now) > http://www.radrotary.com > --Apple-Mail-1-475817861 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Rusty,

Congratulations!!!=A0 Hope = to have the same news in about a year.

Bob


On Nov 13, = 2006, at 12:58 PM, Russell Duffy wrote:

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Greetings,
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Just a = non-rotary note to announce that my latest RV-8 is now flying.=A0 =A0I = flew it twice yesterday, and the only issue was the rubber channel = coming loose at the left wing root seal.=A0 Makes a lot of flapping = noise when that happens, but it doesn't hurt anything=A0:-)=A0=A0 =
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Total construction = time was 1100 hours, over 9 calendar months (7.5 really, since I was out = of town for about 6 weeks).=A0=A0 As much as I like rotary engines, you = can't help but appreciate being able to just bolt on a Lyclone, crank it = up, and go flying.=A0=A0It's sure a time saver, but not=A0quite as = interesting.=A0=A0
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The most = notable feature of the plane are the Bill Dube'=A0LED=A0position = lights.=A0 Everyone who sees the plane stops and stares at them.=A0 I'm = not sure how many times I've been asked to turn them on for someone, so = it's a good thing they don't draw too much current.=A0 Everyone stares = right at them while=A0I turn them on, which can be interesting, since = they're pretty darn bright.=A0 On occasion, when someone=A0makes = negative comments about all the little LED's, I "accidentally" turn on = the strobes while they're watching for the LED's to come on :-)=A0 =
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There are a few pics = of first flight day, and a very short video of the first takeoff on my = web site.=A0 I might actually have some time to finish the web site now = that the plane is flying.=A0 Gotta get back to the ducted fan single = rotor gyrocopter planning.
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Cheers,
Rusty (survived 4 = "first" flights now)
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