X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 10 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:39:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with ESMTPS id 1937039 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:49:21 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from [192.168.1.138] (cbl-238-80.conceptcable.com [207.170.238.80] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by wind.imbris.com (8.12.11/8.12.11.S) with ESMTP id l2MFmVs6046503 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brent@regandesigns.com) X-Original-Message-ID: <4602A553.5070405@regandesigns.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:35 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Guess that airplane **Correction**^2 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030905000209060809000605" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030905000209060809000605 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, one more try, My IV-P cruises at 275 KTAS (true airspeed) The EA-500 is limited (per the FAA) to 275 KEAS (equivalent airspeed). This is a limit, not the typical cruise. My horribly written, mercilessly untrue, hateful, phobic, attack, hit job on the poor, helpless, baby polar bear EA-500 was based on arcane, obscure and irrelevant information provided by an impotent, unrelated and unreliable agency (the FAA). What was I thinking?? The information was cleverly hidden in plain site by Hamid's posting of the link. I am so incredibly stupid that I thought could convince fellow Lancair pilots that my IV-P is 100 Kts faster than their IV-Ps through hypnotic typographical juxtaposition. My incompetence extends to my inability to run LOP and, as a result of this and other ham fisted operational inadequacies over the last 948 operational hours, I have not experienced the joy and satisfaction of cylinder overhaul, ring replacement or valve grinding, milestones usually enjoyed by better pilots with proper engines. My bucket of bolts recycled Lycoming stubbornly insists on maintaining compression in the mid 70's despite my best efforts. Try as I may, by operating it at 75%-100% all the time, forcing it to run separate from its fellow IVs over the race course and whipping it to the flight levels, it refuses to succumb to my will. I cant even win a battle of wits with an engine. Jeez..... I think I will go contemplate my inadequacies. Is it April yet? Regards Brent Regan --------------030905000209060809000605 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, one more try,
 My IV-P cruises at 275 KTAS (true airspeed)
The EA-500 is limited (per the FAA) to 275 KEAS (equivalent airspeed). This is a limit, not the typical cruise.

My horribly written, mercilessly untrue, hateful, phobic, attack, hit job on the poor, helpless, baby polar bear EA-500 was based on arcane, obscure and irrelevant information provided by an impotent, unrelated and unreliable agency (the FAA). What was I thinking?? The information was cleverly hidden in plain site by Hamid's posting of the link. I am so incredibly stupid that I thought could convince fellow Lancair pilots that my IV-P is 100 Kts faster than their IV-Ps through hypnotic typographical juxtaposition.

My incompetence extends to my inability to run LOP and, as a result of this and other ham fisted operational inadequacies over the last 948 operational hours, I have not experienced the joy and satisfaction of cylinder overhaul, ring replacement  or valve grinding, milestones usually enjoyed by better pilots with proper engines. My bucket of bolts recycled Lycoming stubbornly insists on maintaining compression in the mid 70's despite my best efforts. Try as I may, by operating it at 75%-100% all the time, forcing it to run separate from its fellow  IVs over the race course and whipping it to the flight levels, it refuses to succumb  to my will.

I cant even win a battle of wits with an engine.

Jeez.....

I think I will go contemplate my inadequacies.

Is it April yet?

Regards

Brent Regan


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