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I'm glad Jason got to start his engine.... Now he needs to finish the

rest and get it FLYING!! :) How was the echo chamber he constructed (I 
mean "muffler"?

Chris Barber and I flew in with a rented Cardinal RG, with his sidekick 
Jana and a good friend of ours, Jeff. We came in that morning after a 
first light departure, 45kt headwinds (which you three had to fight as 
well) and having worked the day (and evening before). We hope nobody 
thought we were antisocial by leaving before dinner, but we all were 
tired, and we also were not staying the night.

We got the 45+ kts back, on the tail, and it was nice to see a 200 kt 
groundspeed on the way back, but it still didnt make the cost of the 
rental feel any better.. I will be SOOOO glad when we are up and flying, 
and not having to pay someone ELSES plane, insurance and avgas 
bill...and only MINE...

Dave Staten


Charlie England wrote:

> 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
>
>
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