X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.143] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c7) with ESMTP id 800354 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:30:37 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.143; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5DE1F.2C081FFF" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Shady Bend Report Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:29:51 -0600 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E02D65B78@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Shady Bend Report Thread-Index: AcXdokDdK16JW5P4SYWJH0MG4B/41AAfMZsg From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5DE1F.2C081FFF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ed, Thanks for the great report. Did anyone take pictures? =20 =20 Mark S. =20 ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:35 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Shady Bend Report =20 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. =20 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. =20 Richard Shon showed casting patterns and castings for his one lunger motor very impressive his design for the side housing. =20 =20 Kelly presented the result of his interaction with Creavy? and the TES "O" rings. =20 Tracy gave a great presentation on the Ec2 setup - I even learned something {:>) =20 Bill Eslick MCed a panel discussion - question/answer session. =20 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. =20 Richard Nagle? flew Rusty's RV-3 there - Great looking aircraft Rusty, can't imagine you letting it go. =20 =20 Bill Eslick and his lovely wife Linda flew in from Texas and won longest Rotary flight to SB. =20 Bill Schertz came from Illinois and had photos of his meticulous workmanship of his KIS project. =20 The gang from OK, AR, MS drove in, great to see Kelly, Monty, Ken and Charlie - =20 =20 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. =20 Many others were there and all helped make it a great event. =20 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. =20 =20 Many other things, but will let others fill in the blanks. =20 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. =20 Best Regards Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5DE1F.2C081FFF Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Ed,

Thanks for the great report. =  Did anyone take pictures? 

 

Mark = S.

 

From: = Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Sunday, October 30, = 2005 4:35 PM
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] = Shady Bend = Report

 

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

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