Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.71] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3078881 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:44:03 -0500 Received: from rad ([68.221.170.60]) by imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040315034403.KAVZ4640.imf23aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rad> for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:44:03 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Nothing ever goes Smoothly! (RV-thingies) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:42:01 -0600 Message-ID: <008801c40a3f$79e3dbd0$6001a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0089_01C40A0D.2F496BD0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01C40A0D.2F496BD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, at least I now know that I don't have to write in Mach 5 for Vne, just to make sure that I never have to worry about some anal inspector at some point in the future. If you set mach 5 for your Vne, I want to know when you plan to test it. = I hear Fox news pays handsomely for video :-) =20 =20 With all flight limits, you should just be realistic. If you set an unrealistically high Vne, then end up selling the plane, you're going to = be in deep doo doo when the new owner pushes it to your stated limit. One = of the best things the FAA has done for us is to give us the major mod = rule, which allows us to do most anything without calling them again. All we = have to do is assign the plane back to the test area for a minimum of 5 = hours. But, as they say, with power, comes responsibility :-) =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (my stated gross weight is juuuuusssst a bit over Van's recommendation) =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01C40A0D.2F496BD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Well, at least I now know that I don't have to write = in Mach 5=20 for Vne,
just to make sure that I never have to worry about some anal = inspector
at some point in the future.

If you = set mach 5 for=20 your Vne, I want to know when you plan to test it.  I hear Fox news = pays=20 handsomely for video :-) 
 
With all = flight limits,=20 you should just be realistic.  If you set an = unrealistically high=20 Vne, then end up selling the plane, you're going to be in deep doo = doo when=20 the new owner pushes it to your stated limit.  One of the best = things the=20 FAA has done for us is to give us the major mod rule, which allows us to = do most=20 anything without calling them again.  All we have to do is assign = the plane=20 back to the test area for a minimum of 5 hours.  But, as they say, = with=20 power, comes responsibility :-) 
 
Cheers,
Rusty (my stated gross weight is = juuuuusssst=20 a bit over Van's recommendation)
 
 




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