X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao106.cox.net ([68.230.241.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2927674 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:38:17 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.40; envelope-from=rv-4mike@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080518153736.TWDB28729.fed1rmmtao106.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:37:36 -0400 Received: from wills ([68.105.85.56]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id T3da1Z0031CvZmk043dcWY; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:37:36 -0400 Message-ID: <001c01c8b8fd$17c3be40$38556944@wills> From: "Mike Wills" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Lancair ES - 20B Takeoff Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 08:37:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0019_01C8B8C2.6B0C8D10" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C8B8C2.6B0C8D10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark, Re your comment about the "flying chainsaw"... Met a guy yesterday at = EAA Chapter 14 with a pretty nice RV-8, IO-360, CS prop, blah, blah, = blah. Nice military paint scheme and good construction. Pretty typical = RV-8. I've seen the airpalne and the guy around before and have always = gotten a pretty snooty, aloof vibe from him so havent ever spoken to him = before. Yesterday it was the only really interesting plane there so I struck up = a conversation. He was relatively talkative and I mentioned that I had a = flying RV-6A and an almost ready to fly RV-4. Him: "The -4 is a great flying plane - you are going to have a blast = flying it! O-320?" Me: "Uh, no - Mazda rotary out of an RX-7." He scrambled away like I had plague mumbling something about stupid = people screwing up perfectly good RVs. I saw this coming which is why = I've never really talked with the guy before. Still torques me off when = I meet some close minded jack ass like this who is supposedly an = Experimental aviation supporter. Mike Wills RV-4 N144MW=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark Steitle=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 6:57 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Lancair ES - 20B Takeoff Thanks Kelly, The old-timers at the airport call me "the flying chainsaw". ;-)=20 But that's ok. 100LL is $5.10/gal and I'm burning mogas at $3.62/gal. = While nowhere near cheap, it is $1.48/gallon less than 100LL. I've = noticed a newfound interest in the rotary engine amongst the airport = bums lately. =20 Mark On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Kelly Troyer wrote: Mark, You sure do not have anything to apologize for !!..........Flying = that thing has to be a thrill every time........Awesome !! -- Kelly Troyer=20 "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine=20 "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2=20 "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold=20 -------------- Original message from "Mark Steitle" = : --------------=20 If anyone is interested, I posted a video of my 3-rotor Lancair on = Youtube. I apologize in advance for the photography (my son-in-law took = the video). ;-) And no, it isn't out of focus, it was 94* the day it was taken and = what you're seeing is the heat coming off the runway. Check it out = at... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUiSSGU7wmMA#GU5U2spHI_4 Mark S. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C8B8C2.6B0C8D10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mark,
 
 Re your comment about the "flying = chainsaw"... Met a guy yesterday at EAA Chapter 14 with a pretty nice = RV-8,=20 IO-360, CS prop, blah, blah, blah. Nice military paint scheme and good=20 construction. Pretty typical RV-8. I've seen the airpalne and the guy = around=20 before and have always gotten a pretty snooty, aloof vibe from him so = havent=20 ever spoken to him before.
 
 Yesterday it was the only really = interesting=20 plane there so I struck up a conversation. He was relatively talkative = and I=20 mentioned that I had a flying RV-6A and an almost ready to fly=20 RV-4.
 
Him: "The -4 is a great flying plane - = you are=20 going to have a blast flying it! O-320?"
Me: "Uh, no - Mazda rotary out of an=20 RX-7."
 
 He scrambled away like I had = plague mumbling=20 something about stupid people screwing up perfectly good RVs. I saw this = coming=20 which is why I've never really talked with the guy before. Still torques = me off=20 when I meet some close minded jack ass like this who is supposedly an=20 Experimental aviation supporter.
 
Mike Wills
 
RV-4 N144MW 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Mark = Steitle=20
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 6:57 = AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = Lancair ES - 20B=20 Takeoff

Thanks Kelly,

The old-timers at the airport call = me "the=20 flying chainsaw".   ;-)
But that's ok.  100LL is = $5.10/gal=20 and I'm burning mogas at $3.62/gal.  While nowhere near cheap, it = is=20 $1.48/gallon less than 100LL.  I've noticed a newfound interest = in the=20 rotary engine amongst the airport bums lately.  =

Mark


On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Kelly Troyer = <keltro@att.net> wrote:
Mark,
   You sure do not have anything to apologize for=20 !!..........Flying that
thing has to be a thrill every time........Awesome !!
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine=20
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold=20



 
--------------=20 Original message from "Mark Steitle" <msteitle@gmail.com>:=20 --------------

If anyone is interested, I posted a video = of my=20 3-rotor Lancair on Youtube.  I apologize in advance for the=20 photography (my son-in-law took the video).  ;-)
And no, = it isn't=20 out of focus, it was 94* the day it was taken and what you're = seeing is=20 the heat coming off the runway.  Check it out at...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUiSSGU7wmMA#GU5U2spHI_4<= /A>

Mark=20 = S.

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