Ed,

Hopefully, those with cameras will post some pictures for those of us that were unable to attend. 

 

Progress Report:  I moved my 20B Lancair ES project out to the Lockhart airport two weekends back.  I was out there most of the rotary fly-in weekend, getting things organized and hoping to make some good progress.  Well, it seems that the word traveled fast amongst the ole-timer RV builders around the Lockhart airport and it wasn’t long before there was a nonstop parade into and out of my hangar.  (Forget getting any work done)  If I’d charged admission, I could cover the cost of a really nice custom paint job.  These are the typical certified engine bunch, but they all seemed very impressed with the 20B FWF package, especially when I reminded (which I did often) that it only has 4 moving parts.  And when they asked about the horsepower, I would tell them it easily puts out 275-300 hp, more if I wanted to peripheral port the engine.  The typical response was, “wow, that should really make this baby go”.  They’re all anxiously looking forward to hearing it run.  I’ll be able to do that once I get the EC-2 & EM-2 back from getting the latest upgrades by Tracy.  Also, I need to install the prop so I can open the throttle and add some real power.  Reminder to self… HOOK UP BRAKES.

 

Glad the fly-in was a success.  Hope to fly down next year in my own rotary-powered bird.

 

Mark S.    

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Mark R Steitle

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:29 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Shady Bend Report

 

Ed,

Thanks for the great report.  Did anyone take pictures? 

 

Mark S.

 

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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