X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp0.av-mx.com ([137.118.16.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5117878 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:36:44 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=137.118.16.56; envelope-from=res12@fairpoint.net Received: from main (unknown [209.105.170.54]) (Authenticated sender: res12@fairpoint.net) by smtp0.av-mx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5941C05B5 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 11:36:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3C5FDA8B92B240438DAB677669936A1F@main> From: "Richard Sohn" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:36:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002E_01CC6E13.31EF1D90" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01CC6E13.31EF1D90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Right Charlie. I am old but certainly not bold. I my not fly before Paducah, and is addition, I have to fly 5hrs off = before going out anywhere. On top of that, I have to feel real good with = it before making any long trip.=20 Richard Sohn N2071U www.fairpoint.net/~res12/home.html ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Charlie England=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 11:06 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Way to go Richard! Are you flying it to Paducah? Charlie (Yes, I'm kidding about the trip to Paducah. Get some hours on it & = we'll see it soon enough.) On 09/07/2011 10:43 PM, Richard Sohn wrote:=20 Hi everybody.=20 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.=20 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 -----=20 From: Bill Schertz=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 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=20 Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Bill,=20 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. = =20 So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine. =20 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. =20 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. =20 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. =20 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.=20 Again, thanks for asking. =20 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 ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01CC6E13.31EF1D90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Right Charlie. I am old but certainly = not=20 bold.
 
I my not fly before Paducah, and is = addition, I=20 have to fly 5hrs off before going out anywhere. On top of that, I have = to feel=20 real good with it before making any long trip.
 
Richard Sohn
N2071U
www.fairpoint.net/~res= 12/home.html
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Charlie=20 England
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, = 2011 11:06=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark = Steitle --=20 how close to the fire

Way to go Richard! Are you flying it to=20 Paducah?

Charlie
(Yes, I'm kidding about the trip to = Paducah. Get=20 some hours on it & we'll see it soon enough.)


On = 09/07/2011=20 10:43 PM, Richard Sohn wrote:=20
Hi everybody.
 
I am just plugging along with = getting the=20 single rotor, which is back in the airplane after all the = debugging.=20 Since I do not have a port fuel injection, there is not much of = common=20 problems with all you high tech guys. I have an AeroInjector with a = fuel=20 pressure of 1.5psi. I can run the engine on the test stand at WOT = and do a=20 LOP just as if I had a computer. In a few days I will do all that in = the=20 airplane.
Today I did a good brake bleed on = the PRAGMA.=20 Also solved an electric issue. Having redone all the electric wiring = and=20 instrument panel on the PRAGMA, I = rechecked everything and=20 found the charge light not coming on when turning on the master = switch.=20 After a days head scratching, II looked=20 at my documentation, and, voila, the ignition switch need to be on = for the=20 charge light to come on. I only wish more problems can be solved = like=20 that.
 
Now I am heading for the first = ground run in=20 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:=20 Bill Schertz
To: Rotary=20 motors in aircraft
Sent: Wednesday, September = 07, 2011=20 9:05 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = Mark Steitle=20 -- how close to the fire

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

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

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