X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3902766 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:26:09 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.121; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from computername ([75.191.186.236]) by cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20091028152532519.JLHO5890@cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com> for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:25:32 +0000 From: "Ed Anderson" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: Plaque was [FlyRotary] Re: Fwd: BBQ in Llano Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:25:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0024_01CA57C1.5D095DC0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcpX3NHuHHA6hAeFTyypYCBMu40OpwABbuyg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Message-Id: <20091028152532519.JLHO5890@cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01CA57C1.5D095DC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Depends on how high, Mark. But, he could have been a contender for sure with those extra long wings{:>). Glad he wasn't - I put a lot of seat cushions in to winning and keeping the Plaque. Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html http://www.flyrotary.com/ http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.rotaryaviation.com/Rotorhead%20Truth.htm _____ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:42 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fwd: BBQ in Llano A few more minutes and you could have taken Ed's plaque. Glad everything worked out OK. Personally, I'll stick with regular hose clamps. Mark Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Tracy Crook wrote: Really neat to see rotaries showing up at fly-ins Mark. Tried to make the first one in my RV-8 last weekend (SERFI in Alabama) but about 80 miles out from Shady Bend the autopilot banks the airplane hard left and stayed there for 180 degrees. I hit the disengage switch and it let me be PIC again. Then I notice the message "GPS FAILED" on the Bluemountain screen. I had my Garmin GPS on board for backup but now I had no confidence in my instrument panel so just stayed on heading back home. I cycled power on the BM and it booted up OK & was fine all the way back. Later, I see several drops of coolant under the cowl and pop the upper part to see what's up. Source of leak was the lower hose connection to water pump. I use those Gates PowerGrip heat shrink clamps which I like a lot. This one was about 6 inches away from the exhaust collector pipe which I thought was far enough but the radiated heat from the glowing pipe was apparently absorbed very well by the black clamp. It had melted about 95% of its length at the point directly faceing the exhaust pipe and was barely holding on. Lesson learned: These clamps MUST be shielded from radiated exhaust heat if distance is less than 12 inches. Now I have to decide if the Bluemountain EFIS is a write-off or was it smart enought to warn me about the disintegrating hose clamp and turn me back toward home :>) Tracy On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Mark Steitle < msteitle@gmail.com> wrote: Hey Guys, To break the monotony of technical threads, I'm posting a picture of our BBQ run from Austin to Llano last Saturday (10/24/09). Three of the four a/c are rotary-powered. How's that for a change? It was a great day to fly... cool, calm, & clear. This is what its all about. The a/c are: Foreground - My Lancair ES - 20B 2nd - Bobby Hughes' RV-10 - Supercharged Renesis 3rd - RV-6 - Lycosarus 4th - Dennis Haverlah's Green/White RV-7 - N/A Renesis Keep building, Mark S. Sent from my iPhone -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3267 (20080714) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01CA57C1.5D095DC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 Depends on how high, = Mark.  But, he could have been a contender for sure with those extra long = wings{:>).  Glad he wasn’t - I put a lot of seat cushions in to winning and = keeping the Plaque.

 

Ed

 

From: = Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Wednesday, October = 28, 2009 10:42 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = Fwd: BBQ in Llano

 

A few more minutes and you could have taken Ed's plaque. =  Glad everything worked out OK.  Personally, I'll stick with regular hose clamps.

Mark

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On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Tracy Crook <tracy@rotaryaviation.com>= wrote:

Really neat to = see rotaries showing up at fly-ins Mark.

Tried to make the first one in my RV-8 last weekend (SERFI in Alabama) but about 80 miles out = from Shady Bend the autopilot banks the airplane hard left and stayed there for 180 degrees.  I hit the disengage switch and it let me be PIC = again.  Then I notice the message "GPS FAILED" on the Bluemountain screen.  I had my Garmin GPS on board for backup but now I had no confidence in my instrument panel so just stayed on heading back = home.  I cycled power on the BM and it booted up OK & was fine all the way back. 

Later, I see several drops of coolant under the cowl and pop the upper = part to see what's up.  Source of leak was the lower hose connection to = water pump.  I use those Gates PowerGrip heat shrink clamps which I like a = lot.   This one was about 6  inches away from the exhaust collector pipe = which I thought was far enough but the radiated heat from the glowing pipe was apparently absorbed very well by the black clamp.   It had melted = about 95% of its length at the point directly faceing the exhaust pipe and was = barely holding on.   Lesson learned: These clamps MUST be shielded from = radiated exhaust heat if distance is less than 12 inches.

Now I have to decide if the Bluemountain EFIS is a write-off or was it = smart enought to warn me about the disintegrating hose clamp and turn me back = toward home :>)

Tracy

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Guys,

 

To break the monotony of technical threads, I'm posting a = picture of our BBQ run from Austin to Llano last Saturday (10/24/09).  Three of the four a/c are rotary-powered.  How's that for a change?  It was a great day = to fly... cool, calm, & clear.  This is what its all = about.

 

The a/c are:

    Foreground - My Lancair ES - = 20B

    2nd - Bobby Hughes' RV-10 - Supercharged = Renesis

    3rd - RV-6 - = Lycosarus

    4th - Dennis Haverlah's Green/White RV-7 - = N/A Renesis

 

Keep building,

Mark = S.









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