I spoke with Powersport this morning regarding the exhaust system and also got a little more information on the accident. Jim reported back to Powersport that he lost all electrical power to the aircraft. No flaps, radios, fuel pumps etc. This was an electrical failure not and engine failure. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bob White Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:51 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Powersports RV-8 engine out??? Good luck with the insurance. I can't stand to see you move on to another project this soon. :) Bob W. On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:45:50 -0500 "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote: Someone just sent this link as well. Not much new info though. http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2005/09/19/news/430/update02.txt BTW, thanks for the insurance tip Bob. I talked to Costello about noon yesterday, and haven't received a decision yet. Keeping my fingers crossed, as the fate of the single rotor Slingshot may depend on the answer. Cheers, Rusty (slumming with plain text) -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ -- http://www.bob-white.com N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 (real soon) Prewired EC2 Cables - http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/ -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/
Someone just sent this link as well. Not much new info though. http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2005/09/19/news/430/update02.txt BTW, thanks for the insurance tip Bob. I talked to Costello about noon yesterday, and haven't received a decision yet. Keeping my fingers crossed, as the fate of the single rotor Slingshot may depend
Cheers, Rusty (slumming with plain text) -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/