Congratulations Bernie!

Every time somebody gets one flying it motivates me to keep
going down the rotary path, and whenever somebody gets
a homebuilt flying, period, it's just the coolest thing
by any means.  Well done!


> Congratulations, Bernie....now the fun begins !!!  You have a beautiful
> RV.
> You will be a real asset to the rotary movement when your RV shows up at
> flyins and the cowl comes off.  Paul Conner
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jbker@juno.com>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:16 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Another rotary airplane now flying
>
>
>>
>> RV9A made a short circuit around the patch to day. Tom Hahn flew it
>> since
>> I had not realized that I needed a CFI endorsement for my insurance to
>> activate. He has flown most of the local RV's on first flight. He had
>> run
>> the airplane at high power 3 times the length of the field (4000 feet of
>> soft turf) and the coolant temp was very hot when he took off. Oil temps
>> were good.
>>
>> He saw an indicated coolant temp of 249, but no coolant appeared to blow
>> out of the system. Talked to Tracy and he said there were 2 different
>> sensors and maybe I was cal'd wrong. We checked it and the cal was
>> correct. It did not seem that hot when we taxied in and snatched the top
>> cowl off.
>>
>> Scratching head on next step, but the airplane flew great!
>>
>> Bernie
>>
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