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From: "kathy" <kathy@atkinsrotary.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: RV-3 post-mortem
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:43:52 +0000
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For what its worth, Keep going... this is part of the experimental process, but the joy you will recieve later will be well worth the frustration you are having right now. You have too much of your self invested to just quit!
Smiles,
Kathy

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> From: "Finn Lassen" <finn.lassen@verizon.net>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: RV-3 post-mortem
> Sent: 15 Dec 2004 03:54:32
>
>  OK, I'll decide it for you: don't sell it.
>  
>  I felt like getting rid of mine too after taking the wings off andhauling it home after my engine fire. And that was prior to any firstflight! I let it sit in my garage for a couple if months. It actuallyonly took a few week endings to replace the skins on flaps, fuselagebottom and elevator, once I got around to it.
>  An engine overhaul is not more than a couple of weekends (if you decideto clean the rotors, etc.), and you can copy my or Ed's standard oilcooler setup. Not a big deal.
>  
>  When you look back at it, it's a lot more satisfying to get a projectto the point where you wanted it (reaching your goal) than dropping itand remembering it as a failure. Lots of sayings about this: gettingback 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 ofmaintenance/annual inspection downtime).
>  
>  Russell Duffy wrote:
>  
>  As forthe 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 wassaying that I planned to sell the RV-3, and transplant the engine intoan RV-7.  Well, the plane's apart, and I would end up putting asignificant amount of time into getting it back in the air.  With thatin mind, I'm thinking that it might be just as well to go ahead andsell the airframe now.  Haven't decided for sure, but I could seegetting the Slingshot back together in fairly short order with the912S, then either starting on a single rotor conversion forthe Slingshot, or starting on an RV-7.
>  
>  Cheers,
>  Rusty(undecided)
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