Return-Path: Received: from out009.verizon.net ([206.46.170.131] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 567939 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:55:11 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.170.131; envelope-from=finn.lassen@verizon.net Received: from verizon.net ([4.12.145.173]) by out009.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041215035437.EGMG24088.out009.verizon.net@verizon.net> for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:54:37 -0600 Message-ID: <41BFB578.3010603@verizon.net> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:54:32 -0500 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] RV-3 post-mortem References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------020300090008010401070908" X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out009.verizon.net from [4.12.145.173] at Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:54:36 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020300090008010401070908 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, I'll decide it for you: don't sell it. I felt like getting rid of mine too after taking the wings off and hauling it home after my engine fire. And that was prior to any first flight! I let it sit in my garage for a couple if months. It actually only took a few week endings to replace the skins on flaps, fuselage bottom and elevator, once I got around to it. An engine overhaul is not more than a couple of weekends (if you decide to clean the rotors, etc.), and you can copy my or Ed's standard oil cooler setup. Not a big deal. When you look back at it, it's a lot more satisfying to get a project to the point where you wanted it (reaching your goal) than dropping it and remembering it as a failure. Lots of sayings about this: getting back on the horse, etc. Store it somewhere and get back to it when you feel like it. If you still haven't decided, how much are you asking for plane, engine, PSRU and prop? Finn (had a great first flight today after two weeks of maintenance/annual inspection downtime). Russell Duffy wrote: > As for the plane, I've already received one email asking if I want to > sell it, so I might pursue that. As you know, only a couple weeks > ago, I was saying that I planned to sell the RV-3, and transplant the > engine into an RV-7. Well, the plane's apart, and I would end up > putting a significant amount of time into getting it back in the air. > With that in mind, I'm thinking that it might be just as well to go > ahead and sell the airframe now. Haven't decided for sure, but I > could see getting the Slingshot back together in fairly short order > with the 912S, then either starting on a single rotor conversion for > the Slingshot, or starting on an RV-7. > > Cheers, > Rusty (undecided) --------------020300090008010401070908 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, I'll decide it for you: don't sell it.

I felt like getting rid of mine too after taking the wings off and hauling it home after my engine fire. And that was prior to any first flight! I let it sit in my garage for a couple if months. It actually only took a few week endings to replace the skins on flaps, fuselage bottom and elevator, once I got around to it.
An engine overhaul is not more than a couple of weekends (if you decide to clean the rotors, etc.), and you can copy my or Ed's standard oil cooler setup. Not a big deal.

When you look back at it, it's a lot more satisfying to get a project to the point where you wanted it (reaching your goal) than dropping it and remembering it as a failure. Lots of sayings about this: getting back on the horse, etc.

Store it somewhere and get back to it when you feel like it.

If you still haven't decided, how much are you asking for plane, engine, PSRU and prop?

Finn (had a great first flight today after two weeks of maintenance/annual inspection downtime).

Russell Duffy wrote:

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As for the plane, I've already received one email asking if I want to sell it, so I might pursue that. As you know, only a couple weeks ago, I was saying that I planned to sell the RV-3, and transplant the engine into an RV-7. Well, the plane's apart, and I would end up putting a significant amount of time into getting it back in the air. With that in mind, I'm thinking that it might be just as well to go ahead and sell the airframe now. Haven't decided for sure, but I could see getting the Slingshot back together in fairly short order with the 912S, then either starting on a single rotor conversion for the Slingshot, or starting on an RV-7.

Cheers,

Rusty (undecided)

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