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Thanks Ed, There is no doubt that you had it worse than the rest of us, because you came along first. I remember reading your article in Contact! and all the work you did to tune your first EFI and thinking “Thank God for Tracy’s stuff!”

If there is one thing that always makes me feel better about my situation, it’s thinking about how bad some other poor guy has it. J

David Leonard

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:28 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: C mounting on a B plate?? Renesis & RD-1Cdrivetesting

David,

If its any consolation (probably not), I have concluded that if you wait until all the conclusions about what is best is reached, you will be as old and grey as I am before you finish (if you ever do). I just, last fall, purchased a new 2.17 from Tracy convinced that the 2.85 while it would produce more power (rpm), that the slower turning prop would off set that so that all I would get for the switch was higher fuel burn but very little difference in performance (except maybe for climb). Clearly, Tracy has found the right combination (for his bird) with that prop that makes the 2.85 a more attractive option. Besides, perhaps he will find a way to machine out the innards of the 2.17 so we can drop in the 2.85 internals saving at least some money {:>)

Don't you love progress??

Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC