X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 982425 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:38:05 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.64; envelope-from=kenpowell@comcast.net Received: from 204.127.205.148 ([204.127.205.148]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2005060219372101600rkkaoe>; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 19:37:21 +0000 Received: from [68.51.45.41] by 204.127.205.148; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:37:19 +0000 From: kenpowell@comcast.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First flight airports Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:37:19 +0000 Message-Id: <060220051937.28478.429F5FEF000A1C9300006F3E220073544604040A99019F020A05@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Dec 17 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VucG93ZWxsQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_28478_1117741039_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_28478_1117741039_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Perry, thanks for sumarizing runway requirements for all to see. We talked some about this last weekend at Slobovia (or at least Monty and I did) and identified airports in our area that met this very requirement. Ken Powell Bryant, Arkansas 501-847-4721 RV-4 -------------- Original message -------------- snip...... > BTW, I've mentioned this on other lists. When doing first flights and flight > testing of canard aircraft, especially with auto conversions, I think one > should choose an airport to fly out of with multiple, crossing, very long > runways. Have plans on what you will do if your engine quits soon after > takeoff from any runway you will use. You can't expect to just hop in an > experimental plane of this nature and fly it off a short runway as if it > were a certified plane that has been well proven. You have to expect or > assume something can go wrong at any time, even the worst possible time. > > Back to luring... :) --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_28478_1117741039_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Perry, thanks for sumarizing runway requirements for all to see.  We talked some about this last weekend at Slobovia (or at least Monty and I did) and identified airports in our area that met this very requirement. 

Ken Powell
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
RV-4
 
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> BTW, I've mentioned this on other lists. When doing first flights and flight
> testing of canard aircraft, especially with auto conversions, I think one
> should choose an airport to fly out of with multiple, crossing, very long
> runways. Have plans on what you will do if your engine quits soon after
> takeoff from any runway you will use. You can't expect to just hop in an
> experimental plane of this nature and fly it off a short runway as if it
> were a certified plane that has been well proven. You have to expect or
> assume something can go wrong at any time, even the worst possible time.
>
> Back to luring... :)
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