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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Take your time Tracy :-)
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:26:03 -0500
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Congratulations Rusty. You da man.
Buly

On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Russell Duffy wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Just a non-rotary note to announce that my latest RV-8 is now  
> flying.   I flew it twice yesterday, and the only issue was the  
> rubber channel coming loose at the left wing root seal.  Makes a  
> lot of flapping noise when that happens, but it doesn't hurt  
> anything :-)
>
> Total construction time was 1100 hours, over 9 calendar months (7.5  
> really, since I was out of town for about 6 weeks).   As much as I  
> like rotary engines, you can't help but appreciate being able to  
> just bolt on a Lyclone, crank it up, and go flying.  It's sure a  
> time saver, but not quite as interesting.
>
> The most notable feature of the plane are the Bill Dube' LED  
> position lights.  Everyone who sees the plane stops and stares at  
> them.  I'm not sure how many times I've been asked to turn them on  
> for someone, so it's a good thing they don't draw too much  
> current.  Everyone stares right at them while I turn them on, which  
> can be interesting, since they're pretty darn bright.  On occasion,  
> when someone makes negative comments about all the little LED's, I  
> "accidentally" turn on the strobes while they're watching for the  
> LED's to come on :-)
>
> There are a few pics of first flight day, and a very short video of  
> the first takeoff on my web site.  I might actually have some time  
> to finish the web site now that the plane is flying.  Gotta get  
> back to the ducted fan single rotor gyrocopter planning.
>
> Cheers,
> Rusty (survived 4 "first" flights now)
> http://www.radrotary.com
>