X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5117591 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:21:33 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.52; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so1338801fxd.25 for ; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:20:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=2D47f0BXdcWopWZGbk/8whO3AqDCaKhfLq5czM6PjUY=; b=fS8/uNJs6ZlC4OS7shwiRLvJUytv0fcI7U3oeI6PKlQ8z5+Vdr1dvxji9jYwVJ87Lh Xv7EtbCI/UliI0Fv1g8FORDb8P37UIjK3XvMVQezeyG2qzUQbmC41Vdk37d6zFFxXelO iOoZePTB5WVTkXq/gOMGQ+Dc4ZcZFWAuc0JYk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.59.13 with SMTP id j13mr1051401fah.96.1315484455558; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.87.77 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 05:20:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 07:20:55 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire From: Mark Steitle To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001517476312ae5cb304ac6d1710 --001517476312ae5cb304ac6d1710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Please, more pictures Richard. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Richard Sohn wrote: > ** > Hi everybody. > > I am just plugging along with getting the single rotor, which is back in > the airplane after all the debugging. Since I do not have a port fuel > injection, there is not much of common problems with all you high tech guys. > I have an AeroInjector with a fuel pressure of 1.5psi. I can run the engine > on the 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 wiring 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 ignition switch need to be on for the > charge light 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 > had 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 > Bastrop 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 > where 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 > firefighting equipment 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 power lines. > > However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 miles > long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in the > direction of our home. A number of sub-divisions have been evacuated. > 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 fires 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, 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 > could 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 >> > > > --001517476312ae5cb304ac6d1710 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please, more pictures Richard.


On We= d, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Richard Sohn <res12@fairpoint.net> wrote:
Hi everybody.
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I am just plugging along with getting = the single=20 rotor, which is=A0back in the airplane after all the debugging. Since I do= =20 not have a port fuel injection, there is not much of common problems with a= ll=20 you high tech guys. I have an AeroInjector with a fuel pressure of 1.5psi. = I can=20 run the engine on the test stand at WOT and do a LOP just as if I had a=20 computer. In a few days I will do all that in the airplane.
Today I did a good brake bleed on the = PRAGMA. Also=20 solved an electric issue. Having redone all the electric wiring and instrum= ent=20 panel=A0on the PRAGMA, I rechecked=A0everything=A0and found the charge=20 light not coming on when turning on the master switch. After a days head=20 scratching, II=A0looked at my docume= ntation,=20 and, voila, the ignition switch need to be on for the charge light to come = on. I=20 only wish more problems can be solved like that.
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Now I am heading for the first ground = run in the=20 airplane and then getting ready for first flight with the single=20 rotor.
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----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Bill=20 Schertz
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011= 9:05=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steit= le --=20 how close to the fire

Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because suddenl= y I=20 am not getting Flyrotary messages.
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Is it just quiet?
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B= ill=20 Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
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Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the=20 fire
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= Bill,=20
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Thanks for asking.=A0 Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles from= =20 me.=A0 And Bob Darrah lives up by the lake.=A0 He was packing things=20 just in case they had to evacuate.=A0 They could see the smoke from their= =20 balcony.=A0
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So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine.=A0
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A brief summary of this weekend's fires in/around Austin:=A0 The= re is=20 the Bastrop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 acres.= =A0=20 It is 0% contained at this time.=A0 This is by far the worst fire burning= =20 at this time.=A0 It is very sad, all the devastation and all.=A0 It is=20 quite a ways from where I live and also from where I keep my airplane.=A0= =20 Bastrop State Park has lots of very large tall pine trees.=A0 It is next = to=20 impossible for the firefighting equipment to get in to where they need to= be=20 to fight the fire.=A0 They're using helicopters and tankers to drop w= ater=20 on it.=A0 The smoke is very thick and can be seen for many miles.
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There's another fire burning in the other direction that has bur= ned 24=20 very expensive homes.=A0 Again, it is nowhere near where I live.=A0 It=20 is 25% contained.=A0 The news said that it was caused by overloaded power= =20 lines.=A0
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However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 m= iles=20 long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in the= =20 direction of our home.=A0 A number of sub-divisions have been=20 evacuated.=A0 Fortunately, the firefighters now have it 100%=20 contained.=A0 So, I think we dodged another one.
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There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday tha= t are=20 now out.=A0 Again, not close to where I live.=A0 But all the fires have= =20 the state's resources stretched paper thin.=A0
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The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central=20 Texas.=A0 Humidity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months.=A0 So,=20 everything is very very dry.=A0 The whole area is a tenderbox.=A0
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The news anchors are asking, "If you had ten minutes to grab wh= atever you=20 could and leave your home, what would you take?"=A0 That is a soberi= ng=20 thought.=A0 Fortunately, we are OK.
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Again, thanks for asking.=A0

Thanks,
Mark
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On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bill Schertz <= span dir=3D"ltr"><wschertz@comcast.net>=20 wrote:
mark,.
Is your home/plane safe from the wild fires going on down there?
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Bill=20 Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing=20 Completed
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