X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com From: "Doug Lomheim" Received: from omr-a018e.mx.aol.com ([204.29.186.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.14) with ESMTPS id 9409102 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:29:13 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.29.186.64; envelope-from=dlomheim@aol.com Received: from mtaout-aah02.mx.aol.com (mtaout-aah02.mx.aol.com [172.27.1.142]) by omr-a018e.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id C01CD38000FB for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:28:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.7] (x590c0b48.dyn.telefonica.de [89.12.11.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-aah02.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id B44AD38000090 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:28:53 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_AD1F0380-F371-4081-AED1-E750583F06C3" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.2 \(3259\)) Subject: Finn's RV-3 Performance Message-Id: <3F67B9D9-67BF-43DE-A97B-A27AA923A2DC@aol.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:28:51 +0100 To: Rotary Motors in Aircraft X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3259) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20150623; t=1485548934; bh=C/Mw0JcISbSwyXx89pfgpyTgDylBV87kf07Wpwdyvik=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=bx60VMjkQt1v+ZS+ry0KmjDu70WmbnPo4gixfqXVHbu8KpxFaWA+/2ZzWytV9oreZ ipK8Pdw5gGv0slZkOlcNoZcMqDbrsyWb41+l7lQT4s8yfY6s2LQxuBPGmF47RaamKv jaMKW0wm5MGQGjoqbBlQ9cay2uxG4JnFjWUQbpvA= x-aol-sid: 3039ac1b018e588bad855d41 X-AOL-IP: 89.12.11.72 --Apple-Mail=_AD1F0380-F371-4081-AED1-E750583F06C3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 "...I regularly do see 2,500 fpm or more after take off, even though = it's built too heavy (electric water pump, SS hoses, brackets, etc. that = could be lighted). Still haven't gotten up the courage to do a loop = because it's over gross aerobatic weight even with 5 gals of fuel. Finn=E2=80=9D Finn: Thanks for the reply! So your empty weight must be 850 pounds or so?=20 What did you do for a muffler=E2=80=A6hang an external one on the bottom = or tuck one in the cowling somehow? Take care, Doug=20 =20= --Apple-Mail=_AD1F0380-F371-4081-AED1-E750583F06C3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 "...I regularly do see 2,500 fpm or more after take = off, even though it's built too heavy (electric water pump, SS hoses, = brackets, etc. that could be lighted). Still haven't gotten up the = courage to do a loop because it's over gross aerobatic weight even with = 5 gals of fuel.

Finn=E2=80=9D

Finn:

Thanks for the reply!  So your empty weight must be 850 = pounds or so? 
What did you do for a muffler=E2=80=A6hang an = external one on the bottom or tuck one in the cowling = somehow?

Take = care,

Doug 


 
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