X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.101] (HELO ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c7) with ESMTP id 800136 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:26:48 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.101; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-024-074-025-165.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.25.165]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id j9V4Q14p011799 for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:26:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000b01c5ddd3$379f1e60$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Shady Bend Report Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:26:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Looking forward to seeing you and the bird you flew in on next year, Bob. Its a great gathering - enough to keep your battery charged for almost a year {:>) Yes, having an uneventful flight has become an event {:>) Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob White" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:57 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Shady Bend Report > Thanks for the report Ed. I sure hope I can join the group next year. > I have a good shot at the longest flight if I can just get this project > finished up. :) I sure like hearing all these "went flying and nothing > went wrong" reports too. > > Bob W. > > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:34:55 -0500 > "Ed Anderson" wrote: > >> Great weekend at Shady Bend Rotary Round up. Had 4 rotary powered RVs - >> well, 5 if you count the remnants of Finn's RV-3 hanging in the tree. >> Fin was there and gave his take on what happened, his mind set and why he >> was so determined to land. Still awesome to see the crash site and see >> Finn standing there taking about it. Laura conducted a guided tour of >> the site and added the ground perspective of the incident. >> >> Monty demonstrated his muffler experiment on Tracy's test stand engine - >> I think he is on to something - but will take some more experimenting to >> sort it all out. >> >> Richard Shon showed casting patterns and castings for his one lunger >> motor very impressive his design for the side housing. >> >> Kelly presented the result of his interaction with Creavy? and the TES >> "O" rings. >> >> Tracy gave a great presentation on the Ec2 setup - I even learned >> something {:>) >> >> Bill Eslick MCed a panel discussion - question/answer session. >> >> Some of the old regulars and some new folks there, including a couple of >> current Air Force flying types - flying F4's, but can't wait to get >> their Rvs flying. >> >> Richard Nagle? flew Rusty's RV-3 there - Great looking aircraft Rusty, >> can't imagine you letting it go. >> >> Bill Eslick and his lovely wife Linda flew in from Texas and won longest >> Rotary flight to SB. >> >> Bill Schertz came from Illinois and had photos of his meticulous >> workmanship of his KIS project. >> >> The gang from OK, AR, MS drove in, great to see Kelly, Monty, Ken and >> Charlie - >> >> >> Buly and his wife Doris was there, Buly reported on the devastation that >> Wilma did at his airport - but, fortunately Buly's project was undamaged. >> Bernie Kerr did not make it - we believe because power had not yet been >> restored to his area. >> >> Many others were there and all helped make it a great event. >> >> And of course the Crooks were great hosts as always, food, drink, >> lodging, transportation, you name it and they provided it. Laura was >> organizational director (always a good thing). >> assisted by Tracy's Daughter Sandy (who flew her Cessna 150 in - must >> make a Dad Proud!). A sign was posted on the cowl of the Cessna 150 " >> all I want for Christmas is a Rotary engine ". Tracy's mother handled >> registration and Laura's father cooked Hamburgers and dogs - a real >> family affair. >> >> Many other things, but will let others fill in the blanks. >> >> Had a headwind, going and coming so fly was uneventful, brakes worked >> fine and arrived back here in NC around 1215 today. Absolutely a >> beautiful week end for flying. >> >> Best Regards >> Ed Anderson >> Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered >> Matthews, NC >> eanderson@carolina.rr.com > > > -- > http://www.bob-white.com > N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 (projected engine start in November) > Custom Cables for your rotary installation - > http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/ > -- > http://www.bob-white.com > N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 (projected engine start in November) > Custom Cables for your rotary installation - > http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/ > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/