X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao07.cox.net ([68.230.241.32] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 983267 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:51:04 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.32; envelope-from=ALVentures@cox.net Received: from BigAl ([68.7.14.39]) by fed1rmmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060213194912.RXAO3131.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@BigAl> for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:49:12 -0500 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Another rotary failure Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:50:24 -0800 Message-ID: <002601c630d6$bb7eecf0$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0027_01C63093.AD5BACF0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C63093.AD5BACF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On the subject of failures in general, am I the only one who thinks = there have just been way too many of these in the last couple years? =20 =20 Of course you are not the only one. High on my priorities for selecting = an engine was RELIABILITY. It seemed to me a rotary installation could be = made more reliable than a Lycoming. I would hate to be proven wrong. We had = a lengthy discussion some months ago about peer review, inspections, etc.; = but nothing came of it. Apparently the majority feels the record is OK. =20 Al G ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C63093.AD5BACF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

On the subject of = failures in general, am I the only one who thinks there have just been way too = many of these in the last couple years? 

 

Of course you are not the only = one.  High on my priorities for selecting an engine was RELIABILITY.  It = seemed to me a rotary installation could be made more reliable than a Lycoming. =  I would hate to be proven wrong.  We had a lengthy discussion some = months ago about peer review, inspections, etc.; but nothing came of it. =  Apparently the majority feels the record is OK.

 

Al G

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