X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-px0-f180.google.com ([209.85.216.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.15) with ESMTP id 3792594 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:49:49 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.216.180; envelope-from=wdleonard@gmail.com Received: by pxi10 with SMTP id 10so2189374pxi.25 for ; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:49:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=zFaeZj6nuW6kuwjwdFR+JpuN7ipv/KRpmTFPKoiyLAE=; b=CYaKBz4/E63jENYxauCzBAHjX23qfe8Y/lxBIXljp4+t98SQ6F9GWu/KCrixoORWqx 3AXGll3jt7V2Rbs7yJJYwHt9/z3MNWMpCSpSxawqlW7vvFkJq42+06oFVPHEPntZ8Ku1 tBKCVFhuZCU2xVpmeTsB1HgSdgKrMF0X+Zh8c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=RjYD8SupAb5G0Yx5NLbJxSIVk5YibRPRFpO0zbGjtCo1ZN3KzQj3Ydg6loQ8TdyUuJ U6Y0HEIbkyA9hfjgRre7inDRp6nBB5yG9pFXBvCCU8kzvo6rKSY22rZdExCZZM2XNIFk 4ihcduxVFxfP8dY4oM7ZHHYElGkkdf8V1W+WE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.27.16 with SMTP id e16mr3205752rvj.218.1249249752742; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:49:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:49:12 -0700 Message-ID: <1c23473f0908021449v786055acoe47e49ca3ccbfc9a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] "SALUTE" to Tracy Crook From: David Leonard To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd22e4abf7af104702f9f3b --000e0cd22e4abf7af104702f9f3b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hear Hear, True True, Who cares about the other engines anyway.. I never would have attempted this project without Tracy's products being available. Not even close. Nor without his dissertation and explanation of the rotary. But all that hard work matters little unless you have time to fly. I say: RD-1C only for the rotary and the subau. EM2, EC2 for rotary and subaru only. Otherwise, forgetaboutit. If mazda comes out with a 16B then addapt, otherwise fly, fly, fly. Come visit us here in Cali... Vans Homecoming is at the end of the month... I am going with my wife Anne.... Dave Leonard On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Ed Anderson wrote: > SALUTE!!! > > > > Could not have said it better myself, Kelly. > > > > Ed > > > > Ed Anderson > > Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered > > Matthews, NC > > eanderson@carolina.rr.com > > http://www.andersonee.com > > http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html > > http://www.flyrotary.com/ > > http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW > > http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] *On > Behalf Of *Kelly Troyer > *Sent:* Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:21 PM > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft > *Subject:* [FlyRotary] "SALUTE" to Tracy Crook > > > > Tracy, > > As much as all in the group appreciate your hard work and dedication to > all our special > > needs and requests (I am a recipient of some of those special requests) it > is time for you > > to simplify your business (which you never intended to start) and attend > to the reason you > > retired early in the first place !!............."To built and fly your > Rotary powered airplane" !! > > > > If you had not taken on the leadership of the "Rotary Engine > Movement" and developed > > the necessary peripherals that are necessary to turn the 13B and now the > Renesis into a > > viable aircraft engine very few Rotary Engines would be flying to this > day............Now it > > seems that every few days or weeks someone of our little group is about to > take to the > > air and most will be flying your flight proven products (You fly what you > sell)........... > > > > From one of your early customers (Who has not taken flight because of 3 > years being > > caretaker to aging parents) I would like to express my appreciation for all > your hard > > work and dedication to us with just as much enthusiasm for the > Rotary Engine as you > > but lack your background and skills to provide the necessary parts > !!.............. > > > > All The Best, > > -- > Kelly Troyer > "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine > "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2 > "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold > > -------------- Original message from Tracy Crook : > -------------- > > Thanks Ben, kind of missed going to Oshkosh this year but I feel good about > getting the -8 ready for it's inspection next week. Only about 5 years > after my goal but Oshkosh 2010 should be a no brainer : ) > > Yep, I spend at least as much time trying to talk builders out of auto > conversions as I do 'into' it. Definitely not the fastest way to get into > the air. > > Realizing how little time I've had to work on and fly my own plane lately > brought me to a decision this week. In the past, I've taken on every > request to do custom engine controllers and monitors for virtually any > engine that builders asked for. These end up as one of a kind systems that > take hundreds of hours to develop and support and I realized that is no > longer possible for me to keep up with. Time to simplify. > > Glad there were some of you guys at Oshkosh to fly the rotary flag this > year though. > > Tracy > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Ben Schneider > wrote: > > > All, > > Got back from Oshkosh, talked rotary with several rotary people, and a > few newbies. One thing I have tried to do when people ask about the rotary > installation is not to give people a pair of rose colored glasses. AL tell > them that if they just want to bolt on and go, then the rotary is not there > yet, put on a Lycoming. But if they enjoy tinkering, some problem solving, > and building things by hand, then it may be a good option for them. Don't > want to discourage people from the rotary movement, but also don't want to > paint a false picture only to have them start, then change, and badmouth the > rotaries, we get enough of that the way it is. > > Rotary airplanes on the field were, Chuck Dunlop, Dave Atkins, and one > other fellow, I met on Tuesday that was in homebuilt camping area that I > cannot for the life of me remember his name. (sorry, I know you are on the > list, please chime in if you read this) > > As far as the 11:00 am rotary gatherings, I think I did not do a very good > job of organizing that. Perhaps next year I will try to do better. I was > there Tuesday and we had three guys, Wednesday two, and Thursday I got tied > up somewhere else, and time got away from me. I think there were more that > showed up, but we had no way of identifying each other. I am not sure what > the best way to make it more obvious is, perhaps next year we meet at one > particular airplane at a given time, instead of just in front of the > homebuilt headquarters. There were about 75 to 100 people hanging around > there most anytime I walked buy there. Maybe we can get Tracy to fly his RV8 > next year and that can be the meeting place. Might make for some easier to > tell who is there for the rotary, and who is just sitting in the shade. > (actually, perhaps all those 75 to 100 people were there for the rotary meet > up! ;) > > David Cook - I was hoping to meet you this year, I met a guy last year > that is in your EAA chapter (if I remember right) and he told me about your > project. Sorry we didn't cross paths. > Tracy - you were missed there this year. Just isn't the same without you > there. Perhaps next year with the 8. :) > > Ben > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3267 (20080714) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > -- David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net --000e0cd22e4abf7af104702f9f3b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hear Hear, True True,
=A0
Who cares about the other engines anyway..=A0
=A0
I never would have attempted this project without Tracy's products= being available.=A0 Not even close.=A0 Nor without his dissertation and ex= planation of the rotary.=A0 But all that hard work matters little unless yo= u have time to fly.
=A0
I say: RD-1C only for the rotary and the subau.=A0 EM2, EC2 for rotary= and subaru only.=A0 Otherwise, forgetaboutit.=A0 If mazda comes out with a= 16B then addapt, otherwise fly, fly, fly.
=A0
Come visit us here in Cali...
=A0
Vans Homecoming is at the end of the month... I am going with my wife = Anne....
=A0
Dave Leonard

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@ca= rolina.rr.com> wrote:

=A0SALUTE!!!

=A0

Could not have said it better mysel= f, Kelly.

=A0

Ed

=A0

From: Rota= ry motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Kelly Troyer
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 20= 09 1:21 PM
To: Rotary mo= tors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] "SALUTE" to Tracy Crook

= -------------- Original message from Tracy = Crook <tra= cy@rotaryaviation.com>: --------------

Thanks Ben, kind of missed going to Oshkosh this year but I feel good a= bout getting the -8 ready for it's inspection next week.=A0=A0 Only abo= ut 5 years after my goal but Oshkosh 2010 should be a no brainer : )
Yep, I spend at least as much time trying to talk builders out of auto conv= ersions as I do 'into' it.=A0 Definitely not the fastest way to get= into the air.

Realizing how little time I've had to work on and= fly my own plane lately brought me to a decision this week.=A0 In the past= , I've taken on every request to do custom engine controllers and monit= ors for virtually any engine that builders asked for. =A0 These end up as o= ne of a kind systems that take hundreds of hours to develop and support and= I realized that is no longer possible for me to keep up with.=A0 Time to s= implify.

Glad there were some of you guys at Oshkosh to fly the rotary flag this= year though.

Tracy

plumberben@yahoo.com> wrote:

=
All,

=A0 Got back from Oshkosh, = talked rotary with several rotary people, and a few newbies. =A0One thing I= have tried to do when people ask about the rotary installation is not to g= ive people a pair of rose colored glasses. AL tell them that if they just w= ant to bolt on and go, then the rotary is not there yet, put on a Lycoming.= But if they enjoy tinkering, some problem solving, and building things by = hand, then it may be a good option for them. Don't want to discourage p= eople from the rotary movement, but also don't want to paint a false pi= cture only to have them start, then change, and badmouth the rotaries, we g= et enough of that the way it is.

=A0Rotary airplanes on the field were, Chuck Dunlop, Dave Atkins, and o= ne other fellow, I met on Tuesday that was in homebuilt camping area that I= cannot for the life of me remember his name. (sorry, I know you are on the= list, please chime in if you read this)

=A0As far as the 11:00 am rotary gatherings, I think I did not do a ver= y good job of organizing that. Perhaps next year I will try to do better. I= was there Tuesday and we had three guys, Wednesday two, and Thursday I got= tied up somewhere else, and time got away from me. I think there were more= that showed up, but we had no way of identifying each other. I am not sure= what the best way to make it more obvious is, perhaps next year we meet at= one particular airplane at a given time, instead of just in front of the h= omebuilt headquarters. There were about 75 to 100 people hanging around the= re most anytime I walked buy there. Maybe we can get Tracy to fly his RV8 n= ext year and that can be the meeting place. Might make for some easier to t= ell who is there for the rotary, and who is just sitting in the shade. (act= ually, perhaps all those 75 to 100 people were there for the rotary meet up= ! ;)

=A0 David Cook - I was hoping to meet you this year, I met a guy last y= ear that is in your EAA chapter (if I remember right) and he told me about = your project. Sorry we didn't cross paths.
=A0 Tracy - you were miss= ed there this year. Just isn't the same without you there. Perhaps next= year with the 8. :)

Ben

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