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From: "BillDube@killacycle.com" <billdube@killacycle.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] The Rotary Powered Flyers Association
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Good idea. I nominate David Staton for president of the RPFA.

	Count me in on this idea.

	Having an separate organization that works closely with the EAA is an 
excellent idea.

	This same concept worked perfectly for a drag racing organization that I 
helped form many years ago. I am the National Technical Director for the 
National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA). We formed NEDRA to 
promote electrics in drag racing. We wrote a set of safety rules that were 
later included in the NHRA rulebook. Now we have no trouble getting 
insurance for our racing events and our cars can participate in bracket 
racing on any NHRA track. I should note that NEDRA started on an email 
discussion list, just like this.

	I think the RPFA can work in a similar way with the EAA. It gives the 
rotary folks a unified voice with the EAA and will help with safety, 
insurance, technical assistance, and general promotion of rotary engines in 
aircraft.

	The EAA does not dictate how you build your airplane. It also does not 
demand that you have a tech advisor inspect your airplane. It offers help 
if you want it. This is the successful model that the RPFA should adopt.

	I think that the rotary engine itself is a nearly ideal aircraft engine. 
Getting the hand-built peripheral systems right is the hard part. I know 
that a club and rotary tech advisors will help builders avoid common 
troubles with these peripheral systems.

	Bill Dube'
	Denver, CO 80207
	Working on my RV-7 wings and Renesis Engine.