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Hi Bob,
Good to hear from you. Nice looking installation,
neat turbo set up. Should make the Mustang exceed Ve going straight up
{:>)
But, I do have a question - the engine + Turbo seems
to be pretty far out from the firewall, what does that do to your
CG?
The reason I ask is I have a 13B in my RV-6A and the
water pump pulley is approx 8" from the firewall and that put me a tiny bit
nose-heavy. Well, at least until I took out 30 lbs of battery and painted
the aircraft. I did build a bit stout which of course added to the weight
FWF.
But, must admit, I'm not familiar with the engine
installation in a Mustang II. So how far out is the water pump
pulley from your firewall? and is that approx where a 360 lycoming would sit? in
a Mustang?
Ed
I
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:58
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Logbook
Question
Yes, it has an
aftermarket Turbonetics 60-1 turbo with external wastegate and 1.15 A/R. I can vary the boost by 10 psi from the
cockpit with a manual control regulator.
It remains to be seen how
well it all works.
Bob
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Mark Steitle
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:25
AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Logbook
Question
Look'n good Bob. Best I can tell you've got a
turbo 13B under the cowl. Is that correct? Looks like we should
have quite a showing at the next Rotary Roundup and/or Sun-n-Fun.
BTW, one nice thing that Ron Gowan did was to write a
letter to the FAA stating that I built the a/c and recommended that I be
granted a repairman's certificate. Not sure if it is necessary, but it
sure won't hurt either.
On 7/16/07, Rogers, Bob J. <BRogers@fdic.gov>
wrote:
Thanks
Mark,
Yes, I live in
Plano, TX and
have a hangar at the McKinney municipal airport. You can see
and read about my project at http://www.eaa1246.org/projectsnplanesdisplay.asp?id=10
I am currently
working on the engine baffling. Everything else is pretty much done.
But as you know, it is all the remaining little details that take
forever.
Bob
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:
flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mark Steitle
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:24
PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Logbook Question
His phone
number is 817/975-2138. Email is rongowan@yahoo.com. I take it you live in the
Dallas/Ft.
Worth area?
On
7/12/07, Rogers, Bob J. < BRogers@fdic.gov> wrote:
Mark,
I would like to use
Ron Gowan as my DAR when the time comes to have my rotary powered Mustang II
inspected (within the next year, I hope). Do you have a phone number for
Ron that I could call to contact him?
Thanks,
Bob
Rogers
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday,
July 09, 2007 8:08 PM
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Logbook Question
The
only thing he asked me to do was pay for his gas to fly down. He
indicated that $10 would suffice, but we both know that that wouldn't hardly
get him to the runup area. Due to all the heavy rains and overcast
skies, we had trouble getting things coordinated. He flies for Delta
out of Atlanta from Thursday through
Sunday. He normally flies back from Atlanta on Sunday or
Monday. Instead, he flew into Austin, rented a car and drove down to Lockhart,
then drove north to Dallas afterwards. I gave him $150 to
cover the car rental and gas. I had planned on taking him to
have BBQ, but he was in a hurry to head home. He said that he
does it as a service to the EAA community. It sure beats the
local DAR's prices.
On
7/9/07, Christopher Barber
<
CBarber@texasattorney.net > wrote:
Thanks for the update, success
and the report on Ron Gowen. He is who I plan to call first as I have
not only met him, he let me fly from the back seat of one of his Vari-EZ's
when I was up in Denton visiting Alex a few years ago. I think he
either has or had a rotory powered EZ (even though the one I flew in had a
Lyc). The day I was there, he had just recieved a new Marconni
PSRU. He was very pleased with it.
If you don't mind, would you
please share the details of his cost and expectations as to come for a
visit?
Congrats on turning your piles
of fiberglass, metal and foam into a real honest to goodness flying
machine.
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Monday, July 09, 2007 3:59 PM
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Logbook Question
Thanks for the words
of encouragement. The rains have stopped here in
central Texas, the sun is once
again shining, and the doves returned to the ark with twigs in their
mouths. The DAR came out to the airport today in his kayak and did
the final inspection on my Lancair ES/20B project. And he
actually signed it off!!! So, it is officially an "airplane" and no
longer a "project". How about that? Its been a long haul,
but now the fun begins... as soon as I get some recurrency training to
bring me up to speed. He said I did a good job with much
attention to detail, then he took my money and left. ;-)
I'll should get the paperwork in the mail in a few
days. Soon I'll be starting the 40-hour testing phase. I
had asked for a 200 mile radius, but that would have put me over the
Houston
area, so he cut it down to 100 miles. He said that the FAA frowns on
more than that, especially with auto conversions. So, I'lll have
to make do with a 100 mile radius.
If
anyone wants/needs a DAR with rotary experience, and you're in the
Dallas/Ft.
Worth area, I would highly recommend this inspector. His name is Ron
Gowan. He has 500 hrs PIC flying a rotary. He also has
composites experience. I felt that he would be a good choice
even if he didn't have extensive composites experience.
He
said the two biggest areas to pay very close attention is the psru and the
cooling system. He said that the rotary engine is rock solid. (That
really impressed the old timers at the airport.)
So,
all you guys working away month after month, keep the faith, there is a
glorious day coming. ;-)
On
7/7/07, Kelly Troyer < keltro@att.net> wrote:
Pulling for you !!
You will certainly have one going
and
beautiful aircraft........Will absolutely be
a plus for the Rotary
movement in general and a worthy addition to the
somewhat
rare
20B engine group.......
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY
Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
-------------- Original message from "Mark
Steitle" <
msteitle@gmail.com>: --------------
> Mark Steitle
wrote:
>
>> Here's a non-rotary question for the
group. The DAR will be
>> coming out Monday morning
to inspect my project. Hopefully it
>> will qualify
as an airplane once he's done. He mentioned to me
to
>> be sure to have my airframe logbook so that he can make
his
>> required log entry. (Here's the
problem.) I don't have a logbook
>>
yet. But according to an A&P on the Lancair list, the
logbook can
>> be done in 3-ring binder format, or even on
computer. I would
>> like to make one up in the
3-ring binder format, but don't have
>> any idea of what's
required. Anyone on the list been through thi s
>>
and have a page format they are willing to share? Mark S.
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