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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:54:23 -0600
From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
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Got home around 1:00 PM today after a great day with a bunch of 
rotorheads at Bill & Linda Eslick's Rotary get-together. Lots of great 
people, info, food, camaraderie & other things I can't remember at the 
moment.

Informal fuel flow comparison on the way to Pecan Plantation from 
Slobovia: Tracy burned around 22.5 gal (he can give exact figure); I 
burned 21.8 in my 160 hp Lyc powered RV-4. Loose formation flight, with 
me sloppily flying wing. This was over 3.5 hrs, between cow tipping & 
5500ft altitudes varying due to conditions, at very low (for an RV) 
power settings. Note that I am not afraid to lean a Lyc, so many Lyc 
drivers might have burned more than Tracy on this flight. Hope to do it 
again sometime at 'normal' power levels & normal cruise altitudes.

Got the bad news about Chuck's engine before breakfast this morning. I'm 
really sorry Chuck; let us know if we can help.

Got to see 1st engine start of Jason (?)'s rotary RV-6A & we almost had 
to call the medics to patch up his face after the serious splitting from 
the combo RV & Rotary Grin.

Mark Stietle (sorry if I misspelled that, Mark...) gave us a great demo 
of a very discriminating, light, low power, relatively cheap flame 
detector that seems able to ignore all forms of radiant energy & just 
detect flame. Great idea for the engine compartment.

Ed Anderson spoke about his fuel computer work & the latest product, a 
solid state angle of attack detector.

And of course, Tracy updated everyone about advances to the EC-2. Most 
impressive were 2 modes allowing you to fire the injectors or the spark 
plugs with the engine off, to test wiring, connectors, etc.

Other stuff I'm too tired to remember at the moment.

Bill & Linda, thanks for the great event.

Presenters, thanks for the innovation & for sharing your knowledge & 
experience.

Damon & Donna, thanks for the bed.

Gary, thanks for saving me a fuel stop.

Hope to see you all again soon.

Charlie