X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.200] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 983970 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:34:20 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.233.184.200; envelope-from=russell.duffy@gmail.com Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 37so1163882wra for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:33:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:importance:x-mimeole:in-reply-to; b=r2CfYl1ph0XtRhvTEwMFnpZIoHxrIduZuqqhrG9We1t8szEr6fIFv4EzpjfG3f0wVjhFeDC3LWNx3dLKEUQGhRmTa5uXRNWFkxUbjrK5/2lz5/ZeQ57WWL6zrj64++oRai0rdc1RJ2UcRJC3Rqa8v+uVu5TB0e8oH3yG1t7nD/s= Received: by 10.54.119.7 with SMTP id r7mr2234860wrc; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:33:36 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from rd ( [65.6.194.9]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 13sm409216wrl.2006.02.13.18.33.35; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:33:35 -0800 (PST) From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Another rotary failure Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:33:34 -0600 Message-ID: <004301c6310f$0e022590$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0044_01C630DC.C367B590" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C630DC.C367B590 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One thing my dad drilled in my head was that always have in your mind where are you going to land when the engine quits because its not a = question of if it will happen its a question of when and that was when we were = flying certified aircraft.=20 =20 Hi Ken, =20 All true of course. The big difference in the RV world is that a = Lycoming installation is totally standardized. You can buy the FWF kit, and you don't have to do anything creative. All the components have been tested = by about 4500 people before you. In that case, you're worried about the = off chance of an actual engine failure, which MIGHT be more likely than it = is with the rotary. =20 =20 Unfortunately, we're proving almost monthly that it's far more likely to have a problem with the rest of the installation, rather than the actual engine. That puts any alternative engine installation at a severe disadvantage.=20 =20 Rusty =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C630DC.C367B590 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
  One thing my dad drilled in my head = was that=20 always have in your mind where are you going to land when the engine = quits=20 because its not a question of if it will happen its a question of when = and that=20 was when we were flying certified aircraft. 
 
Hi=20 Ken,
 
All true of=20 course. The big difference in the RV world is that a Lycoming = installation is=20 totally standardized.  You can buy the FWF kit, and you don't have = to do=20 anything creative.  All the components have been tested by about = 4500=20 people before you.  In that case, you're worried about the off = chance of an=20 actual engine failure, which MIGHT be more likely than it is with = the=20 rotary. 
 
Unfortunately, we're proving almost monthly that it's = far more=20 likely to have a problem with the rest of the installation, rather than = the=20 actual engine.  That puts any alternative engine installation at a = severe=20 disadvantage. 
 
Rusty
 
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