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Ed,
"HOT-BED" is right, in more ways than one. Did you see the heat waves coming up off the taxiway? There are two of us at Lockhart, which is a very small municipal airport. Then there is Dennis H. in N. Austin, Bob Darrah in Spicewood (west of Austin), Bill Eslick and Patrick (S. of Dallas/Ft. Worth), and Steve in Houston. I've possibly missed a few others. So, you're correct. Sounds like we'll have to organize a Texas-sized Rotary fly-in before long. ;-)
Mark
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Mike Wills < rv-4mike@cox.net> wrote:
In the San Diego area there is Al Gietzen, Dave
Leonard, Ryan S. Ryan (formerly George Graham's E-Racer), and myself. There are
also a couple of guys I know who are considering rotary installs. Maybe not a
hot bed but certainly a decent showing.
On the other hand Ryan is planning on replacing the
rotary with a Subaru 6. I've been working on him to at least make an effort to
resolve the issues he has before giving up. The E-Racer install is very crude.
Biggest shortcomings are no muffler and the crude carb install which gives him
erratic mixtures and high fuel consumption.
For some reason he has gotten the impression its
impossible to install a muffler that will survive. What is the consensus choice
on an off the shelf muffler these days? Has anyone tried Borla?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:52 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Lancair ES - 20B
Takeoff
Great show, Mark! Liked the way it climbed
out. Yes, nothing like the $$ incentive to get the old dyed in the wool
believers to switch to the rotary - try not to rub it in too much
{:>)
Just got back from Mid-Atlantic Flyin
where my rotary was very, very lonely {:>). Seems like Texas is the
current hot-bed of "successful" rotary activity.
ED
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 6:28
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Lancair ES - 20B
Takeoff
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=UiSSGU7wmMA#GU5U2spHI_4Mark
S.
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