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X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 727712 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:59:35 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm61aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050920135849.BJJU3209.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm61aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:58:49 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm61aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050920135848.GGAS18052.ibm61aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:58:48 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Injectors Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:58:48 -0500 Message-ID: <000201c5bdeb$6ca034d0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5BDC1.83CA2CD0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5BDC1.83CA2CD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Rusty, you got some kind of disease? Show us some pics of this = Slingshot. =20 Hi Dave, =20 I've never been accused of being normal :-) Do a Google search on = "Kolb Slingshot", and you'll find pics and specs. I built the first one they = sold years ago, then sold it later. Last year I bought the 6 color show = plane that you'll see in most of the pics, then hurricane Ivan whacked it 4 = days later. That's the one I'm currently rebuilding with the single rotor. = I changed it to an open cockpit also. =20 =20 The one I just bought used to be a twin engine, using counter-rotating props, but the engines themselves were not so great, and it got wrecked. It's been repaired, but needs new wings, which are easy to build. I may very well make it a twin again. Hard to say, but the price was right. = =20 I'm really in the market for the perfect Sport Pilot plane. The Zodiac = XL, and Van's future RV-12 are very close, but I'd like it to be tandem = seating. A single rotor would do dandy in any of these. =20 Cheers, Rusty (off to cover the van with more love bugs) =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5BDC1.83CA2CD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Hi Rusty, you got some kind of disease? Show us some pics of this=20 Slingshot.

Hi=20 Dave,

I've never=20 been accused of being normal :-) Do a Google search on "Kolb = Slingshot", and you'll find pics and specs. I built the first = one=20 they sold years ago, then sold it later. Last year I = bought the=20 6 color show plane that you'll see in most of the pics, = then hurricane Ivan=20 whacked it 4 days later. That's the one I'm currently rebuilding = with the=20 single rotor. I changed it to an open cockpit also. =20

The one=20 I just bought used to be a twin engine, using counter-rotating props, = but the=20 engines themselves were not so great, and it got wrecked. It's = been=20 repaired, but needs new wings, which are easy to build. I may very = well=20 make it a twin again. Hard to say, but the price was=20 right.

I'm really in=20 the market for the perfect Sport Pilot plane. The Zodiac XL, and = Van's=20 future RV-12 are very close, but I'd like it to be tandem seating. = A=20 single rotor would do dandy in any of these.

Cheers,

Rusty (off to=20 cover the van with more love bugs)

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