Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.73] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2924735 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:51:58 -0500 Received: from rad ([68.155.99.73]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20040109155157.ORVO1944.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:51:57 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] RV3 time to climb record with a 13b Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:51:36 -0600 Message-ID: <000501c3d6c8$7816a8a0$6001a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 > BTW one of our long time subscribers holds the unofficial world > record time to climb from a standing start. Allen Tolle was flying a > 13B powered RV3 with the aid of nitrous oxide (approximately 350 HP) > climbed to 3000 feet from a standing start in less than a minute. > > Paul Lamar > > Hey, Rusty....this was just on the ACRE site....thought you might get > a chuckle or an inspiration from it. Paul Conner. > ---------------------------- I was able to sustain 2700 fpm with the rev-1 version, and 5 psi of boost. Since I don't have a turbo now, or nitrous, or the ability to turn high rpms, Allen's record is pretty safe. Hmmm, maybe I should add some nitrous nozzles to my new intake, just in case :-) Rusty (not serious about the nitrous)