X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [216.177.160.85] (HELO smtp.gvtc.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with SMTP id 989767 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Jun 2005 07:26:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.177.160.85; envelope-from=n5658z@gvtc.com Received: (qmail 2731 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2005 11:25:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO CALAMOJA) (12.179.227.2) by smtp.gvtc.com with SMTP; 9 Jun 2005 11:25:30 -0000 Message-ID: <012f01c56ce5$f1f34610$796414ac@sales.americas.bmw.corp> From: "James Calamon" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: New kid on the block. Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 06:25:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Actually I live about 12 miles west of BAZ in the hill country, 6 miles from Canyon Lake, on top of a ridge line, elevation is 1,460 feet. Grew up in the area, traveled the world and then came back home five years ago, don't plan to leave again. There is no place line home Toto. Texas, like a whole nother country. Best Regards Jim Calamon N5658Z New Braunfles, Texas (BAZ) "People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else" - Unknown http://gvtc.com/~n5658z/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Barber" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 3:50 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New kid on the block. > New Braunsfels......Greune is my yearly week away from the big bad city > (home) of Houston. We have a great place about one hundred yards up river > of the Gruene River crossing (well, "we" and the folks that rent it the > other 51 weeks of the year. Our week is Aug 8 this year). GAWD I love the > hill country. I am a graduate of SWTSU in Sin City, uh, San Marcos (the zip > really is 78666) and my main destination for my rotary Velocity has always > been the San Marcos/New Braunsfels area. My "dream" is to have an hangar > there and keep a car there and fly in OFTEN from my home field of Ellington > (Nasa's field) in Houston. > > Gee, can you tell I like the area Yeah, I know, life is too short to > live in Houston....and it is home. Just makes going to the Texas Hill > Country even sweeter. > > All the best, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On > Behalf Of Mark R Steitle > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:50 PM > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New kid on the block. > > > Jim, > I see that you're in New Braunsfels. I'm just into Hays Co. off Hwy > 290W. There are a few of us "rotorheads" in the Austin area. You're > welcome to come out and look at what I've been working on for the last > few years. I've got a hangar lined up and be moving my project out to > Lockhart in the next month or so. You can contact me off list at the > following email address, mark.steitle "at" Austin.utexas.edu. > > Mark S. > Lancair ES - N/A 20B > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On > Behalf Of Bob White > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:22 PM > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: New kid on the block. > > Welcome Jim, > > You've found the right place for rotary info. Of course we're both on > the other list (No not THAT other list) for BD-4 info. > > Bob W. (You'll figure out what "the other list" usually means around > here soon enough.) > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 06:48:27 -0500 > "James Calamon" wrote: > > > Hello everyone, I'm the new kid on the block and seriously looking at > rotary power for my BD-4 project (check the link below). I need some > help in getting started on information that I should bone up on before > jumping into the morass of rotary engine building. I ordered the book on > rotary conversions by Tracey Crook as a start, but would like input from > experienced builders as to other recommended reading and reference > material (i.e. books and web sights). > > > > Best Regards > > > > Jim Calamon > > N5658Z New Braunfles, Texas (BAZ) > > "People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they > begin to blame someone else" - Unknown > > > > http://gvtc.com/~n5658z/ > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.bob-white.com > N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 (real soon) > Prewired EC2 Cables - http://www.roblin-photo.com/cable/ > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >