X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:46:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from misav07.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.171] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.9) with ESMTP id 2094040 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:45:42 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=142.165.20.171; envelope-from=hjjohnson@sasktel.net Received: from bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.72.22]) by misav07 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:45:06 -0600 Received: from home ([71.17.120.171]) by bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTPA id <0JJE00HRXCV5E310@bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca> for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:45:06 -0600 (CST) X-Original-Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:45:03 -0600 From: Jarrett & Heidi Johnson Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Rotary engines X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-id: <012401c7ab00$f73f9f00$6401a8c0@home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_B3j55hh++DEeGK3S2wpaVw)" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_B3j55hh++DEeGK3S2wpaVw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Ahh.. just a note Mark has written below that Tracy had only 900hr's.My mistake, for some reason I was under the impression it was more than that. My apologies for having unwittingly stretched the truth.. Jarrett Tracy, owner of RotaryAviation.com, had over 1500hrs on his 13B before he removed it and replaced it with the new version of the 13B [Renisis] which is used in the Rx8. The only reason he removed it was because, as an experimentor he wanted to see how this new engine design would preform on his a/c. He didn't need to change it as it was still running fine. There are reports of training Gryo's who have several thousand hours on their engines w/out a rebuild.. We are now seeing a new rotary powered a/c fly every month or two [on average] so the cross section of aircraft which are going this route is increasing rapidly. I think time will show us just how robust the Rotary engine really is! Jarrett --Boundary_(ID_B3j55hh++DEeGK3S2wpaVw) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

Ahh.. just a note Mark has written below that Tracy had only 900hr's.My mistake, for some reason I was under the impression it was more than that.

My apologies for having unwittingly stretched the truth..

Jarrett

Tracy, owner of RotaryAviation.com, had over 1500hrs on his 13B before he removed it and replaced it with the new version of the 13B [Renisis] which is used in the Rx8. The only reason he removed it was because, as an experimentor he wanted to see how this new engine design would preform on his a/c. He didn't need to change it as it was still running fine. There are reports of training Gryo's who have several thousand hours on their engines w/out a rebuild..

We are now seeing a new rotary powered a/c fly every month or two [on average] so the cross section of aircraft which are going this route is increasing rapidly. I think time will show us just how robust the Rotary engine really is!

Jarrett

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