X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net ([68.230.241.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTP id 3585700 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:08:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.41; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090418190807.VSW15318.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:08:07 -0400 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.135.181]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id h7861b0073uzsQg04786RG; Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:08:06 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=8UUDqjsSaWHJX2ZkgVMA:9 a=OMvOi5T2murUWbmqWsUA:7 a=sa7HLGNHTWYvpVCfhyQj-rvMG4sA:4 a=n0U7jFkxqMPdEcAoWhYA:9 a=gXz9DKpx3LWh8w2bbywA:7 a=0LCkPNQewDwOhw0qspPmbdFc0WMA:4 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Forced landings Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:08:49 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0011_01C9C01E.6EBB4B90" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6838 Importance: Normal Thread-Index: AcnARLCaZa8AYTXVQdeiCifW4IDB0wAG2Lsg In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C9C01E.6EBB4B90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Al, =20 I understand and agree with what you are saying regarding the = experimental nature of these one off installations. But if you dont compare them to = the norm, what do you compare them to? I guarantee you that is what the = LyCont flyers are comparing them to Mike; =20 Sorry I wasn't clear - I meant it wasn't a fair comparison during the = first couple hundred hours, while we are still in the debugging phase. After = tha, go ahead and compare. If we can get to some comparable reliability = level in that short a time, compared to their 100's of thousands of hours, we're really on to something. =20 I'm actually not an avid proponent of alternative engines. I just = happened to have chosen that route, and it's been a rewarding challenge; and = working well. =20 Al G =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C9C01E.6EBB4B90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Al,

I understand and = agree with what you are saying regarding the experimental nature of these one off installations. But if you dont compare them to the norm, what do you = compare them to? I guarantee you that is what the LyCont flyers are comparing = them to

Mike;

Sorry I wasn’t clear = – I meant it wasn’t a fair comparison during the first couple hundred hours, = while we are still in the debugging phase. After tha, go ahead and compare. = If we can get to some comparable reliability level in that short a time, = compared to their 100’s of thousands of hours, we’re really on to = something.

I’m actually not an avid = proponent of alternative engines. I just happened to have chosen that route, = and it’s been a rewarding challenge; and working well.

Al G

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