Hi all

We’ve been very saddened to see the impact of COVID-19 on you guys in the States and much of the world.
We have been very fortunate Down Under as our leaders got on to isolating us quickly and thats a darn sight easier when your an island.
As a consequence we have suffered less than 100 deaths and are now experimenting with our new world.
We have less than 15 new cases a day for a week now, amongst our 25 Million population.


Thanks for the update Todd.
Ill be very interested to hear how the new Ninja radiators perform.
I’m just finishing a new left nostril duct and hope tp have the Glasair back in the air in the next week.

Cheers
Steve Izett

> On 3 May 2020, at 3:28 am, Todd Bartrim bartrim@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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> Good to hear from you Ed;
>    I'm starting to feel old as I clearly remember your initial report on this long past incident! But your sharing of this and other stories has had a positive impact on me. In the 3 times that I've rebuilt a rotary engine since your report I always recall this story in my mind and pay special attention as I'm installing the oil pump gear and have noticed how easy it is to accidentally push that key out of place.
>    Another change I've made due to your experiences is my brake lines. After your incident someone on this list suggested using a grease gun hose for the final loop to the wheel. So this is what I've been using without issue since then. I'm currently doing an annual inspection that has expanded to doing various system upgrades and I've got some shiney new red hoses that were given to me by an Oiler at work. I'm going to replace the old ones as the outer rubber layer has some unsightly surface cracks from the weather and this new style won't do that.
>    The list has been too quite as of late so I've been meaning to share some of my updates to get the conversations going again.
>    But I'm off to the shop right now to play with expanding foam as I build a new set of intake ducts to match up to my new curved radiators taken from a Kawasaki Ninja as suggested by another list member.
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> Todd
> RV9 13Bturbo