Return-Path: Received: from [199.185.220.223] (HELO priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 571752 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:59:30 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=199.185.220.223; envelope-from=haywire@telus.net Received: from Endurance ([207.81.25.155]) by priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with SMTP id <20041218025857.WZWA21858.priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net@Endurance> for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:58:57 -0700 From: "Todd Bartrim" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] I'm better now Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:59:07 -0800 Message-ID: <00c001c4e4ad$8ad9c820$0201a8c0@Endurance> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00C1_01C4E46A.7CC2BD20" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00C1_01C4E46A.7CC2BD20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MessageThere's the spirit! I wasn't looking forward to the list becoming so much less entertaining. Glad to hear that you're gonna climb back in the saddle. Todd (in evap cores I trust.... for coolant only) Greetings, I've spent more time than you can imagine thinking about what I was going to do with the RV-3 this week. The whole experience was scary enough to want to abandon the project, and that was the easiest decision. I even had two guys that were planning to come here this weekend to look at the airframe. There was even another guy who wanted it, but his wife wouldn't let him buy another non-flying plane :-) I won't embarrass him by mentioning his name... unless he pisses me off :-) Anyway, the more I thought about taking everything apart, the more I realized that I can't abandon all the work that I've put into this project. I still may want to put the engine into an RV-8 some day, but I've got a lot more experimenting to do before I'm ready for that, and it's pretty hard to experiment without a flying plane. My plan is to start putting the airframe back together this weekend, which will make it easier to move out when I get evicted from the hanger. At that point, I'll probably leave it alone until I get my hanger repaired, and get back in it. In the mean time, I'm going to give serious thought to what I want to change to improve safety. I may even abandon the evap cores for water cooling as well. I just don't trust them anymore. This could be a long process, and I may even wait until the Slingshot is flying again before getting back to work on the RV-3. It will fly again though. Cheers, Rusty (really just too lazy to change my email address) ------=_NextPart_000_00C1_01C4E46A.7CC2BD20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
There's the spirit! I wasn't looking forward to the list = becoming so much=20 less entertaining. Glad to hear that you're gonna climb back in the=20 saddle.
 
Todd     (in evap cores I trust.... =  for coolant=20 only)
Greetings,
 
I've spent = more time than=20 you can imagine thinking about what I was going to do with the RV-3 = this=20 week.  The whole experience was scary enough to want to abandon = the=20 project, and that was the easiest decision.  I even had two guys = that=20 were planning to come here this weekend to look at the airframe.  = There=20 was even another guy who wanted it, but his wife wouldn't let him = buy=20 another non-flying plane :-)   I won't embarrass him by = mentioning=20 his name... unless he pisses me off :-) 
 
Anyway, the = more I=20 thought about taking everything apart, the more I realized that I = can't=20 abandon all the work that I've put into this project.  I still = may want=20 to put the engine into an RV-8 some day, but I've got a lot more = experimenting=20 to do before I'm ready for that, and it's pretty hard to experiment = without a=20 flying plane.  
 
My = plan is=20 to start putting the airframe back together this weekend, which = will make=20 it easier to move out when I get evicted from the hanger.  At = that point,=20 I'll probably leave it alone until I get my hanger repaired, and get = back in=20 it.  In the mean time, I'm going to give serious thought to what = I want=20 to change to improve safety.  I may even abandon the evap cores = for water=20 cooling as well.  I just don't trust them anymore.  This = could be a=20 long process, and I may even wait until the Slingshot is flying = again=20 before getting back to work on the RV-3.  It will fly again = though. =20
 
Cheers,
Rusty (really = just too=20 lazy to change my email = address)
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