Return-Path: Received: from [199.185.220.220] (HELO priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 547184 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:58:26 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=199.185.220.220; envelope-from=haywire@telus.net Received: from Endurance ([142.179.62.182]) by priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with SMTP id <20041127095751.XMBU8998.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@Endurance> for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:57:51 -0700 From: "Todd Bartrim" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: Rotary - BD4 Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:57:25 -0800 Message-ID: <007b01c4d467$7ff291e0$0101a8c0@Endurance> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Hi Brian; I wasn't aware of anyone on this list building a BD4. Coincidently, just last week an old friend of mine who has been talking about building a plane since we were in high school, finally bought a BD4 project($9500cad). It's a BD4 that was started in 1972 by a couple of teachers, then in 1975 after their final inspection, but before first flight they had a falling out and the plane was dismantled & sold. It has spent much of the last 30 years in a barn and requires allot of work now. The engine isn't mounted any longer and is a Lyc O-290, which is a little underpowered for a BD4. Naturally I immediately suggested selling the Lyc and going with rotary power. The original mount was cut up and a modified attempt was made to make another (very unsuccessfully) sometime over the last few years, so he really is starting the FWF from scratch. If you have a web site or know of any good ones for the BD4/Rotary, I'd like to pass them on to him, to help sway him over to the righteous side :-) Todd Bartrim (defender of the faith) RV9Endurance 13B Turbo Rotary C-FSTB http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm "The world will always have a place for those that bring hard work and determination to the things they do." -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Bryan Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 7:34 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 3-D work Jarrett, Great work! How bout a design for the BD-4. We have several builders including myself working on BD-4 projects that intend to use the rotary engine.