Mike, As the FAA says, Amateur aircraft construction is all about "Education and Recreation". Sometimes the Education part is educating others. We need to have patience with the unbelievers. Some need more convincing than others. Think of yourself as one of our ambassadors. Jim
Mike Wills <rv-4mike@cox.net> wrote: Him: "The -4 is a great flying plane - you are going to have a blast flying it! O-320?" Me: "Uh, no - Mazda rotary out of an RX-7." He scrambled away like I had plague mumbling something about stupid people screwing up perfectly good RVs. I saw this coming which
is why I've never really talked with the guy before. Still torques me off when I meet some close minded jack ass like this who is supposedly an Experimental aviation supporter. Mike Wills RV-4 N144MW ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 6:57 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Lancair ES - 20B Takeoff
Thanks Kelly,
The old-timers at the airport call me "the flying chainsaw". ;-)
But that's ok. 100LL is $5.10/gal and I'm burning mogas at $3.62/gal. While nowhere near cheap, it is $1.48/gallon less than 100LL. I've noticed a newfound interest in the rotary engine amongst the airport bums lately.
Mark
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Kelly Troyer < keltro@att.net> wrote: Mark, You sure do not have anything to apologize for !!..........Flying that thing has to be a thrill every time........Awesome !! --
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
-------------- Original message from "Mark Steitle" <msteitle@gmail.com>: --------------
If anyone is interested, I posted a video of my 3-rotor Lancair on Youtube. I apologize in advance for the photography (my son-in-law took the video). ;-) And no, it isn't out of focus, it was 94* the day it was taken and what you're seeing is the heat coming off the runway. Check it out at... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiSSGU7wmMA#GU5U2spHI_4Mark S.
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