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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: 3000 fpm :-)  (unofficially)
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:54:23 -0500
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Hi Steve, good to hear from you.

Yes, I always looked at the weather in SC just to see if I did get off what
it would be like a bit further south.  Generally the fog didn't start to
lift until near the Georgia border.

Great to hear your cooling is improving.  It frequently takes a number of
changes to get things working (I took 5) right.  But, once a couple of you
guys with the Canards get it sorted out then the rest of your kind will have
it much easier with a good starting point.

I presume you have a Ross drive?  I think I finally solved my Ross Drive
leak but ended up reducing the amount of available lubrication to the gears
and hasten its demise.  I have had no problem with the Tracy's drives
leaking.  Mostly its just a mess annoyance than a major problem (at least
with us tractor types).

When do you end up moving up to NC?  I presume you intend to fly off your 40
hours in SC rather than trying to get another test area?

Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Brooks" <prvt_pilot@yahoo.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 3000 fpm :-) (unofficially)


> Ed,
> I can syphathise with you. I didn't make it this year
> either.  I was supose to fly down with another builder
> on Saturday, but no luck.  The weather in SC has been
> the same crap that you have had.
>
> Some good news today.  I flew the Cozy this morning
> (finally), and got a look at the temperatures with the
> new scoops.  I need to add a couple of bolts to hold
> the oil plenum to the cowling, but even with it
> blowing by allot of air, the temperatures were better
> than they had ever been.  The bad news is that my oil
> leak is back on the redrive.  It had stopped for a
> while, and I had attributed it to restriction in the
> drain line, but today it started leaking again.  Looks
> like I'm going to have to replace it.
>
> Steve Brooks
> --- Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > MessageNo,Rusty,  the #$%^@ weather continued to
> > keep the ceiling low until about 2 hour after my
> > deadline to a launch.  THEN it began to clear up.
> > Low ceilings without letup for two weeks and it
> > couldn't clear two hours early.
> >
> > Really regret not making it, but just not up to a 16
> > hour drive ( I must admit I have gotten very spoiled
> > by being able to fly everywhere).  Grandson's
> > birthday was Saturday so he was very pleased that
> > grandad attended his party rather than off flying
> > {:>).
> >
> > Got to start on redesign of my exhaust/muffler
> > system.  From the theory (If I understand it) It
> > appears that the reactive (sound canceling) type
> > muffler is the approach with the most promise.  It
> > tends to reduce low freq noise (which is the
> > predominate energy) in the rotary's exhaust.  The
> > absorption type muffler appears to be best for
> > frequencies above 1000HZ.  So perhaps a combination.
> >
> > In any case, I intend to get the noise level down to
> > a more acceptable level before next Years flyins.
> >
> > Appreciate you continuing to share your performance
> > data.  While nothing comparable to you performance,
> > my overweight RV-6A has also responded very nicely
> > to the 2.85 and larger prop and the good news is
> > that my fuel burn and airspeed appear to be very
> > comparable to the 2.17 combination.  Rpm is slightly
> > higher (approx 200-300 rpm) for the same 2.17 fuel
> > burn rate - I presume due to a slight lesser load of
> > the gearbox/prop combination at cruise. Initial ROC
> > has increased by approx 600 fpm.
> >
> > Still need to get some more definitive data on
> > performance.  So will probably start that in a
> > couple of weeks.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Ed.
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Russell Duffy
> >   To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> >   Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:57 PM
> >   Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 3000 fpm :-)
> > (unofficially)
> >
> >
> >   Great to hear about the performance!  Wow! 3000
> > fpm and UP at that{:>).  Sounds like you are getting
> > the little bird debugged just great.
> >
> >   Ed Anderson
> >
> >
> >   Thanks Ed.  It's finally starting to be fun.
> > BTW, did you make it to Lake City?
> >
> >   Cheers,
> >   Rusty (still happy to be rid of the turbo)
>
>
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