X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d20.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.136] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.2) with ESMTP id 1574229 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:27:46 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.139.136; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-d20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.9e.5da7d428 (60464) for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:27:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from WEBMAIL-MA05 (webmail-ma05.webmail.aol.com [64.12.88.69]) by ciaaol-m01.mx.aol.com (v114.2) with ESMTP id MAILCIAAOLM011-ec30455d01eb288; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:27:24 -0500 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] OK... one more set of newby questions Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:27:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: wrjjrs@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8C8D7F6497398FB_7F8_7FEC_WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL WebMail 22250 Received: from 65.161.241.3 by WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com (64.12.88.69) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:27:23 -0500 Message-Id: <8C8D7F6497398FB-7F8-4275@WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com> X-AOL-IP: 64.12.88.69 X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8C8D7F6497398FB_7F8_7FEC_WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Go to the Mistral site. Tracy is getting great numbers too. the Rotary toler= ates lean-of-peak operarions very well. The 190 HP mistral engine is posting= numbers on par or better than a Lyc. The piston guys WANT to maintain the t= hought that the rotary is 30% less efficient or somthing. This is total BS.=20= A well set up rotary will get very similar numbers to anything making the sa= me HP. The rotary is still a "roll your own" FWF so in this case the comment= YMMV is quite appropriate! The rotary will run on any fuel you want to run=20= as well, in fact may run BETTER on unleaded auto fuel. (around $1.00 gallon=20= savings right now) Tracy ALWAYS runs auto fuel and he says he leans the engi= ne before takeoff. (claims to be a cheapskate) You can simply say that if yo= u do a good job on your FWF and watch the weight your plane will produce goo= d fuel burn numbers. Bill Jepson=20 =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: dparkinson@weathershield.com To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 4:10 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] OK... one more set of newby questions Thanks to everyone who answered the first round of questions. Next up is fu= el consumption. =20 Do any of the 20B experts in the group have fuel consumption numbers? Are t= here any gallons per hour per horse power comparisons available? It=E2=80= =99s my last big concern about using a rotary. =20 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security t= ools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, fr= ee AOL Mail and more. ----------MB_8C8D7F6497398FB_7F8_7FEC_WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"

Go to the Mistral site. Tracy is getting great numbers too. the Rotary=20= tolerates lean-of-peak operarions very well. The 190 HP mistral engine=20= is posting numbers on par or better than a Lyc. The piston guys WANT to main= tain the thought that the rotary is 30% less efficient or somthing. Thi= s is total BS. A well set up rotary will get very similar numbers to an= ything making the same HP. The rotary is still a "roll your own" F= WF so in this case the comment YMMV is quite appropriate! The rotary will ru= n on any fuel you want to run as well, in fact may run BETTER on unleaded au= to fuel. (around $1.00 gallon savings right now) Tracy ALWAYS runs auto= fuel and he says he leans the engine before takeoff. (claims to be a cheaps= kate) You can simply say that if you do a good job on your FWF and watc= h the weight your plane will produce good fuel burn numbers.

Bill Jepson

-----Original Message-----
From: dparkinson@weathershield.com
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] OK... one more set of newby questions

Thanks to everyone who= answered the first round of questions. Next up is fuel consumption.

Do any of the 20B expe= rts in the group have fuel consumption numbers? Are there any gallons=20= per hour per horse power comparisons available? It=E2=80=99s my last b= ig concern about using a rotary.

Check=20= out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security=20= tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, f= ree AOL Mail and more.

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