X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.73] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1010780 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:20:29 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.73; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm69aec.bellsouth.net ([209.215.60.44]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050623011942.JUOZ8692.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm69aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:19:42 -0400 Received: from [209.215.60.44] by ibm69aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050623011941.OEWR13045.ibm69aec.bellsouth.net@[209.215.60.44]> for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:19:41 -0400 Message-ID: <42BA0E2D.5060305@bellsouth.net> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:19:41 -0500 From: Charlie England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Fw: Home Again!! References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ed Anderson wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Anderson > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:09 PM > Subject: Home Again!! > > Hi Gang, > > Well, after scooping out a bird's nest from my engine inlet duct this > AM (a sure sign of the aircraft being static too long {:>)), I > successfully launched and made it home after almost one brake fire, > one engine rebuild and 4 weeks of being gone. Found 540 rotary e > mails waiting - not going to attempt to wade through them {:>), so if > anyone had a specific question for me - please re send. > > Got more "honey dos" waiting than any man should have, but its great > to be home. > > Rotary rebuilds in Cajun country is not for the faint of heart {:>) - > actually, the only problem is there are simply no rotary houses around > and every part has to be shipped in. Fortunately, my farmer > brother-in-law had most of the tools and a garage to do the rebuild > in. I did rediscovery why I don't come back home often - the heat and > particularly the humidity just about did me in. > > > Want to thank your all for your suggestions and particularly those of > you who offered to travel considerable distances to render > assistance. This time it appears I got all the parts together > correctly with no undue "tightness". Coolant pressure remained below > 10 psi for the entire trip - so appears the hot spots on the side > housings did not warp them and the rings are holding. > > I'll try to get up on the exciting events that have been occurring on > the list while I was off of it. > > Best Regards > > Ed > > > Ed Anderson > Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered > Matthews, NC > eanderson@carolina.rr.com Welcome back, Ed. You need a break. Fly up to Stormy's, tell 'em hello for me, & go tubing. (See the recent RVSoutheast list postings.) I'd be there if I didn't have to go to Oklahoma Sunday morning. Charlie