X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.129.170.194] (HELO VIRCOM1.fcdata.private) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5117155 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:53:51 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::697f:d6aa:b87:78d8]) by FCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::809d:a06e:5913:452e%13]) with mapi id 14.01.0323.003; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 22:53:04 -0500 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Thread-Index: AQHMbdloSI/uGc/l5EKRpM1ww9ya8pVC2TuC Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 03:53:02 +0000 Message-ID: <2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D309DA0F7BC@FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [69.148.239.2] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D309DA0F7BCFCDMAIL06FCDATA_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D309DA0F7BCFCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow Richard, to develop and build an engine, put it on a plane and actually= get to fly it....it must be GREAT. Sure wish I knew how it felt (wah wah w= ah...to the tune of a trombone) :-( Chris I do currently have proper oil pressure though...for now at least. ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of = Richard Sohn [res12@fairpoint.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:43 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Hi everybody. I am just plugging along with getting the single rotor, which is back in th= e airplane after all the debugging. Since I do not have a port fuel injecti= on, there is not much of common problems with all you high tech guys. I hav= e an AeroInjector with a fuel pressure of 1.5psi. I can run the engine on t= he test stand at WOT and do a LOP just as if I had a computer. In a few day= s I will do all that in the airplane. Today I did a good brake bleed on the PRAGMA. Also solved an electric issue= . Having redone all the electric wiring and instrument panel on the PRAGMA,= I rechecked everything and found the charge light not coming on when turni= ng on the master switch. After a days head scratching, II looked at my docu= mentation, and, voila, the ignition switch need to be on for the charge lig= ht to come on. I only wish more problems can be solved like that. Now I am heading for the first ground run in the airplane and then getting = ready for first flight with the single rotor. Richard Sohn N2071U www.fairpoint.net/~res12/home.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Schertz To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 9:05 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because suddenly I am = not getting Flyrotary messages. Is it just quiet? Bill Schertz KIS Cruiser #4045 N343BS Phase one testing Completed From: Mark Steitle Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Bill, Thanks for asking. Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles from me. And = Bob Darrah lives up by the lake. He was packing things just in case they h= ad to evacuate. They could see the smoke from their balcony. So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine. A brief summary of this weekend's fires in/around Austin: There is the Bas= trop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 acres. It is 0% = contained at this time. This is by far the worst fire burning at this time= . It is very sad, all the devastation and all. It is quite a ways from wh= ere I live and also from where I keep my airplane. Bastrop State Park has = lots of very large tall pine trees. It is next to impossible for the firef= ighting equipment to get in to where they need to be to fight the fire. Th= ey're using helicopters and tankers to drop water on it. The smoke is very= thick and can be seen for many miles. There's another fire burning in the other direction that has burned 24 very= expensive homes. Again, it is nowhere near where I live. It is 25% conta= ined. The news said that it was caused by overloaded power lines. However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 miles lo= ng that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in the dir= ection of our home. A number of sub-divisions have been evacuated. Fortun= ately, the firefighters now have it 100% contained. So, I think we dodged = another one. There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday that are n= ow out. Again, not close to where I live. But all the fires have the stat= e's resources stretched paper thin. The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central Texas. Hum= idity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months. So, everything is very = very dry. The whole area is a tenderbox. The news anchors are asking, "If you had ten minutes to grab whatever you c= ould and leave your home, what would you take?" That is a sobering thought= . Fortunately, we are OK. Again, thanks for asking. Thanks, Mark On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bill Schertz > wrote: mark,. Is your home/plane safe from the wild fires going on down there? Bill Schertz KIS Cruiser #4045 N343BS Phase one testing Completed --_000_2D41F9BF3B5F9842B164AF93214F3D309DA0F7BCFCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Wow Richard, to develop and build an engine, put it on a pla= ne and actually get to fly it....it must be GREAT. Sure wish I knew how it = felt (wah wah wah...to the t= une of a trombone) :-(

 

Chris

I do currently have proper oil pressure though...for now at least.

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary= @lancaironline.net] on behalf of Richard Sohn [res12@fairpoint.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:43 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire

Hi everybody.
 
I am just plugging along with getting = the single rotor, which is back in the airplane after all the debuggin= g. Since I do not have a port fuel injection, there is not much of common p= roblems with all you high tech guys. I have an AeroInjector with a fuel pressure of 1.5psi. I can run the engine on th= e test stand at WOT and do a LOP just as if I had a computer. In a few days= I will do all that in the airplane.
Today I did a good brake bleed on the = PRAGMA. Also solved an electric issue. Having redone all the electric wirin= g and instrument panel on the PRAGMA, I rechecked everything = ;and found the charge light not coming on when turning on the master switch. After a days head scratching, II looked at my documentation, and, voila, the igniti= on switch need to be on for the charge light to come on. I only wish more p= roblems can be solved like that.
 
Now I am heading for the first ground = run in the airplane and then getting ready for first flight with the single= rotor.
 
 
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 = 9:05 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitl= e -- how close to the fire

Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because suddenly = I am not getting Flyrotary messages.
 
Is it just quiet?
 
Bill S= chertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
 
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire<= /div>
 
Bill,
 
Thanks for asking.  Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles from= me.  And Bob Darrah lives up by the lake.  He was packing things= just in case they had to evacuate.  They could see the smoke from the= ir balcony. 
 
So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine. 
 
A brief summary of this weekend's fires in/around Austin:  There = is the Bastrop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 acres.&= nbsp; It is 0% contained at this time.  This is by far the worst fire = burning at this time.  It is very sad, all the devastation and all.  It is quite a ways from where I live and also f= rom where I keep my airplane.  Bastrop State Park has lots of very lar= ge tall pine trees.  It is next to impossible for the firefighting equ= ipment to get in to where they need to be to fight the fire.  They're using helicopters and tankers to drop water on it.=   The smoke is very thick and can be seen for many miles.
 
There's another fire burning in the other direction that has burned 24= very expensive homes.  Again, it is nowhere near where I live.  = It is 25% contained.  The news said that it was caused by overloaded p= ower lines. 
 
However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 mil= es long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in th= e direction of our home.  A number of sub-divisions have been evacuate= d.  Fortunately, the firefighters now have it 100% contained.  So, I think we dodged another one.
 
There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday that = are now out.  Again, not close to where I live.  But all the fire= s have the state's resources stretched paper thin. 
 
The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central Texas.=   Humidity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months.  So, ever= ything is very very dry.  The whole area is a tenderbox. 
 
The news anchors are asking, "If you had ten minutes to grab what= ever you could and leave your home, what would you take?"  That i= s a sobering thought.  Fortunately, we are OK.
 
Again, thanks for asking. 

Thanks,
Mark
 
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bill Schertz <wschertz@comc= ast.net> wrote:
mark,.
Is your home/plane safe from the wild fires going on down there?
 
Bill S= chertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
 
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