Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #47061
From: Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net>
Subject: Accident - Oly Olson Down but Alive and well!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:54:47 +0000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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It is a beauty..............Does anyone know what the empty weight of this all metal version
is compared to the plans wood/foam construction ??...............
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold



 
-------------- Original message from "Michael Silvius" <silvius@gwi.net>: --------------

Here is a photo of Oly's Viggen, Hope it is saveable because it is a beauty.
 
Michael
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:13 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Accident - Oly Olson Down but Alive and well!!!!!!!!!!!

I am glad Oly is OK.  Sounds like he did a great piece of flying to get upright before the tree caught him.  Apparently God placed the tree there for him.  It is a shame he didn’t have a lottery ticket at the time!

There is a lot more going on here than just a rotary engine.  The plane is supposed to be plastic and stall at 48 mph and is stall resistant as well.  This plane was a metal variant (MiniViggen??).  When Rutan gives up on a plane, there may be a reason.  Then there is that high thrust line???

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