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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:23:06 -0600
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The muffler actually sounded very good, at the rpms they ran the engine. 
I don't think they went full throttle; if they did that can is a miracle 
worker. It does a great job of rounding off the corners of that square 
wave travelling down the exhaust. Don't forget that both Tracy & Bill 
Eslick flew that basic design with good (audio) results. IIRC, there was 
a bit of a power penalty on the 13B & might hurt Jason, but maybe that 
won't apply with Renesis engines.

David Staten wrote:

> 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
>