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Ed,
Thanks for the great writeup. Since I couldn’t be there, I
really appreciate it. Can’t wait for the photos.
Chris
From: Rotary motors in
aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:14 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Belated Paducah Comments
Took some
photos, but figured somebody else had already posted some. Will get some
on the list in the next day.
Sent: Tuesday, September
28, 2010 8:50 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re:
Belated Paducah Comments
Ed,
Good report, but where are the pictures?
Mark S.
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
wrote:
Just made
it back from the great Paducha, KY flyin today.
Yes, delayed
returning several days by the inclement weather covering the east coast.
I mean we went 3 months without rain and the weekend I go flying the bottom
drops out of the sky. However, being "Stuck" in Paducha was not
an undue hardship as Sam Hodges and his delightful spouse, Rose, took me to
their seculded and beautiful log house in
"wilderness". So thanks, Sam and Rose,
greatly appreciated and enjoyed the time spend with you.
Also needless
to say, thanks to Ed and his wife Dora and family for putting on the
show. The Paducha River Walk BBQ festive on Friday night was certainly
fun and interesting - not to mention fattening. Got to see a lot of the
products that Ed produces for a varity of customers - has a novel and useful
motor mount jig for welding up a motor mount for just about any aircraft type.
It's already
been said, but its worth repeating, Steve and Doug presented some very
interesting information that clearly reflected a great amount of data gathering
and analysis. Steve present his alternative theory for SAG which I must
say he supported with gobs of data and facts - He presented an alternative
theory to my theory of Spark Plug Fouling being the cause of SAG and I am
eagerly looking forward to Steve trying out colder plugs. Doug's
presentation on the factors affecting BFSC, power and tuning for the
rotary were clearly interesting, just didn't have enough time to discuss it
with him. Great Job Steve and Doug, keep the data and analysis flowing.
Richard fired
up his superbly designed and crafted single rotor design - clearly needs to be
stuck on the front end of something with wings - I don't care how much he
throttles it up, its just never going to get that pickup airborne
{:>). Amazing what he has done as one individual. Will probably
use it to power my LSA when I can no longer pass my class III.
The Cozy
Girrrls, Chrisi and Randy had some of their products - focused on but not
exclusively for the Canard crowd. They had a beautiful mock up of their
turbo and motor mount product. I'm still awed by their "Red Flyer"
18 wheeler "Motor Home".
Well, after
landing (skipping) downwind at Paducah with 4.4 gallons remaining in the
tanks (30 minutes min reserve required by the FAA) due to very unfavorable head
winds on the way over, I was very pleased to land back home with 13 Gallons in
the tank. Did have help from a bit of a tail wind and made if from
Paducah, Ky to Charlotte NC in 3 hours on the nose with a cruise burn rate of 8
gph
It was
terrific to see the expression on Sam Hodge's face when he poured the coals to
his beautiful Rv-7A with my prop attached and watched his tires slip from
the greater thrust. His spouse, Rose, was doing a bit of a jig of joy
herself. However, next time I fly to a rotary flyin, I think I will bring
a cable to lock down my prop {:>).
For the
record, Sam discussed the prop problem with Cato and everything is going to be
resolved to Sam's expectations (like as in quickly!). So we should be getting
flight reports from Sam within a Month or sooner.
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