Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #22398
From: John Slade <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Technical Advisor and official rotary association
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:03:26 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

The thought of having a full fledged, tax exempt, card carrying organization that essentially tells the insurance company what's right and wrong just rubs me the wrong way. 
We are clearly too scattered to be effective .....Fuel and ignition systems have a lot in common.

I think both Rusty and Jim have good points. What we need is an on-line, current and ever growing guide to what works and what doesn't. Most of the errors that can bring down a rotary aren't specific to the rotary engine - that's why we use it. It's hard to kill internally.  The basic categories are: fuel, ignition, cooling, lubrication, procedures.....

Being a virtual community, we can best do this using the internet. Personally, I don't have much faith in the wiki thing. Ideally, someone who's "been there and done that" like Ed or Tracy needs to compile the known information into an on-line book, and keep it up to date with the current consensus in each area. This would be a considerable effort which ought to be paid for (and would typically die out if it isn't).

My 2c.

John

 

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