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From: Dale Rogers <rogersda@cox.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Phase one complete, official climb results
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:09:54 -0500
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> From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2004/10/31 Sun PM 07:09:24 EST
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Phase one complete, official climb results
>  disappointing
> 
> Greetings,
>  
> Posted below are the details of today's final phase one flight.  I'm truly
> at a loss to explain how I saw 3000 fpm yesterday, because I sure couldn't
> do it today.  I know I've seen 2500+ on a couple of occasions before, but
> not today.  Sorry to get everyone (particularly myself) overly excited about
> the climb rate.  I'm still not sure how I'm getting 500 fpm less than Tracy,
> while running the same prop, and rpm.  Oh well, the testing will never
> really end, which is what keeps it all interesting.  
>  
> Cheers,
> Rusty (grilling steak, and drinking beer now)
Rusty,

   Ed gave a nice technical explaination.  I used to live 
in a quaint little town in Calif. called Tehachapi.  The 
flyers in that area had a shorter explanation: 

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"thermals"

Congrat's breaking 40,
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #1254