Return-Path: Received: from mail.theofficenet.com ([65.166.240.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with SMTP id 771471 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 10:48:55 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.166.240.5; envelope-from=jackoford@theofficenet.com Received: (qmail 9574 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2005 15:47:11 -0000 Received: from dpc691941229.direcpc.com (HELO jack) (69.19.41.229) by mail.theofficenet.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2005 15:47:11 -0000 Message-ID: <002501c5219a$99c80570$0200a8c0@jack> From: "Jack Ford" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel cutoff valve necessary? Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:47:07 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Ruttan" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:33 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel cutoff valve necessary? > If the case is rested there will be no more debate. > So I add data. > Nothing ever required on certificated aircraft has a reason behind it. If > reason was the driving factor then a better counter reason would nullify it. > Reasons of the kind I /we are familiar with lay in facts. Logical deduction > combined with probabilities to give Risk analysis. These tools allow us to > choose our poison. > Regulation however has nothing to do with such. Perhaps we would like to > believe it does, or should, or perhaps we want to believe it should. The > facts are it does not. If the auto industry had been taken over (as the aircraft industry has been) by the government in the '20s we would still be driving Model T type cars, and saying "If it weren't for the government, we wouldn't be driving at all". -apologies to Harry Browne- Jack Ford > I suggest the excellent resource at www.areoelectric.com for further > information on electrical systems theory, and excellent IDEAs on how to > build an excellent electrical system that will sooth your fears. The data > suggests your fears of electrical gremlins are not founded in the facts. > > I will not debate these points. > > Eric > > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >