X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost03.isp.att.net ([207.115.11.53] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2632222 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:23:20 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.11.53; envelope-from=rusty@radrotary.com Received: from rad (adsl-065-006-194-009.sip.pns.bellsouth.net[65.6.194.9]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc03) with SMTP id <20080105172238H0300i4au1e>; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:22:39 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.6.194.9] From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Another RV-3B (LSA style) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:22:37 -0600 Message-ID: <005501c84fbf$923b8060$6c01a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0056_01C84F8D.47A11060" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6822 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AchPvYzRCj6Yz08AQ3eJAHWz2yYfOwAAVTRg This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C84F8D.47A11060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If you want an interesting project (albeit non-rotary) you could try a Corvair engine. I have two neighbors building with the 100 hp version, = with one putting it in a KR-2S, and the other is taking C-150 pieces and attempting to make a tail-dragger version that is light enough to meet = LSA rules. =20 =20 Seems like it could be an okay way to go if your single rotor experiment doesn't work out.=20 =20 Hi Doug, =20 Thanks for the thought, but I don't have any interest in the Corvair conversions. Some people swear "by" them, and others swear "at" them. = Not much in between. =20 =20 At the moment, it's neck and neck between trying the single rotor, and = just installing an O-235. I'm sure there's far less pain and suffering = involved in the latter, but that may not stop me from trying the former :-) =20 Rusty =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C84F8D.47A11060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
If you want an interesting project (albeit non-rotary) you could = try a=20 Corvair engine.  I have two neighbors building with the 100 hp = version, with one putting it in a KR-2S, and the other is = taking C-150=20 pieces and attempting to make a tail-dragger version that is = light=20 enough to meet LSA rules. 
 
Seems like it could be an okay way to go if your single = rotor=20 experiment doesn't work out. 
 
Hi=20 Doug,
 
Thanks for the=20 thought, but I don't have any interest in the Corvair conversions.  = Some=20 people swear "by" them, and others swear "at" them.  Not much = in=20 between. 
 
At = the moment,=20 it's neck and neck between trying the single rotor, and just installing = an=20 O-235.  I'm sure there's far less pain and suffering involved in = the=20 latter, but that may not stop me from trying the=20 former :-)
 
Rusty
 
 
 
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