X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao104.cox.net ([68.230.241.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3860987 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:42:33 -0400 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.42; envelope-from=glasair2@me.com Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20090921144157.KERG14181.fed1rmmtao104.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:41:57 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.201] ([70.177.24.126]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id jShx1c00D2jEC4N04ShxiN; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:41:57 -0400 X-VR-Score: -100.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=pFm1DC4Pu-kA:10 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=-QMIzdE51DVw9a7ZS2sA:9 a=4z-GXSOvTRDochjbTZfZCzQGcSYA:4 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=Xs4rem6vGrHxwlxAEukA:9 a=ZRv8w2Jt3xhWFpGp5dYA:7 a=iEua9JVeA0zeXrsAQDEWzB0YC4YA:4 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: Steve Thomas Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-27-359010596 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: nothing to report... Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:41:57 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: Rotary motors in aircraft References: Message-Id: <20C58A4E-6678-4B1C-841E-A2B593125E36@me.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) --Apple-Mail-27-359010596 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mark, Which ANR do you use? Best Regards, Steve Thomas _______________________________________________________ On Sep 21, 2009, at 5:26 AM, Mark Steitle wrote: > Good report Mike. I know what you mean about a quieter muffler. My > ANR headset does a good job of killing the low frequencies, but a > poor job on the higher frequencies. The rotary has both. So take > your pick, turn the ANR on and listen to the high frequencies, or > turn it off and listen to the low rumble. If I could only find an > ANR that can do both I would be a happy camper. > > Mark > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Mike Wills wrote: > I added another 1.3 hours to my total flight time today. And for the > first time I landed and was completely satisfied with the flight. > I'd still like to quiet it down a little, but this was the first > flight where I didnt feel like there was anything that had to be > fixed before the next flight. Even the landing was pretty decent. > > I've got just over 9 hours of flight time and about 40 hours of > engine run time now. So far all of my flight time has been directly > over the airport because to venture away requires flying over about > 50 miles of mostly unlandable mountainous terrain. But I'm starting > to think seriously about stretching the legs a little... > > Mike Wills > RV-4 N144MW > --Apple-Mail-27-359010596 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

Best Regards,

Steve = Thomas

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On Sep 21, 2009, at 5:26 AM, Mark Steitle wrote:

Good = report Mike. I know what you mean about a quieter muffler. = My ANR headset does a good job of killing the low frequencies, but a = poor job on the higher frequencies. The rotary has = both. So take your pick, turn the ANR on and listen = to the high frequencies, or turn it off and listen to the low = rumble. If I could only find an ANR that can do both I would be a = happy camper.

Mark

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Mike Wills = <rv-4mike@cox.net> = wrote:

I added another 1.3 hours to my = total flight time today. And for the first time I landed and was = completely satisfied with the flight. I'd still like to quiet it down a = little, but this was the first flight where I didnt feel like there was = anything that had to be fixed before the next flight. Even the landing = was pretty decent.

I've got just over 9 hours of = flight time and about 40 hours of engine run time now. So far all = of my flight time has been directly over the airport because to venture = away requires flying over about 50 miles of mostly unlandable = mountainous terrain. But I'm starting to think seriously about = stretching the legs a little...

Mike Wills

RV-4 = N144MW

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