flyrotary@lancaironline.net Mailing List Archive

Check with Ducarra http://ducarraaviation.com/ for all kinds of aircraft and ground power engine parts. Also Outlaw Aircraft engines

in Plant city Florida. http://www.outlawaircraftengines.com/ Aircraft engines built from all yellow tagged parts

or non certified engines for air boats that use certified parts and ground power unit parts. He does very nice work. I have been in his shop. Check with aviation insurance web sites for totals that have some good engine parts left on them. There is a religious web site that collects and sells aircraft parts to raise money. I lost the hyperlink but look for that.

Also check the airboat news groups for certified and ground power units.

A model plane fellow from Clearwater wants to look at my BD-4. If he is not interested I will post it on the news group. I saw your Youtube movies. Very nice.

In a message dated 6/17/2017 5:04:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, flyrotary@lancaironline.net writes:

Lynn,

I'm currently building/finishing a BD-4. I'm a member of "the" BD4 forum.bd-4.org. There are a couple of guys over there looking for BD's to finish and fly. So if you decide to sell your project it would be a good place to start. Free to post to classifieds over there. I was thinking about powering mine with a rotary but for now have decided to stick with a Lycoming O or IO-360. If anyone here knows of any 360's complete, parts, running, basket case or otherwise I'm interested.

Interestingly I also researched the Dyke before settling on the BD4.

Here's one of my BD4 videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IWQn3wejbU&t=165s

Will

On Saturday, June 17, 2017 12:45 PM, Lehanover <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

I have a set of Dyke Delta plans. Lots of great ideas in them and many I thought of. Probably many thought of by others. A real race car fuel cell will fit in that space and never leak. Ford now makes thousands of small light V-6s that racers turbo up to 600 HP. Same for the BD-4. Add width, Add my method of flap actuation, Add a stretch. Add a skylight. Add some headroom, Add span with Deemer tips.

Perhaps a 3 rotor 20B engine. Conventional gear in a stronger box. Wheel pants with the closing doors.

Burt Rutan did one for Jim Bede that held some FIA records. The BD-4C flys like a dream. Construction and flight footage on Youtube..Jim also liked the idea of a low wing BD-4.........Lynn E. Hanover I am only 74, so I have lots of time.

In a message dated 6/17/2017 12:21:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, flyrotary@lancaironline.net writes