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Good luck Rusty (with both the flying and the Dominator/single rotor). I did fly today, good news/bad news. Flew without the thermostat and temps were great. Climbed like a rocketship and temps never went above 165 until the engine quit. Fuel pump fuse blown, and a wiring problem. Will address it on another post. Made an uneventful deadstick landing on the runway, made the first turn-off, but didn't have enough speed to coast all the way to my hangar....had to push it the last 200 feet. Paul Conner

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From: Russell Duffy

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 10:56 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Ed's new rotor housings

Paul Conner, flying tomorrow (temps should be around 80 degrees and sunny in Mobile, AL). Maybe I'll look across the bay and see Rusty in the air.

I'll be there. I'll be the one circling 2R4 and pissing off the Navy :-)

Seriously, I have lots of things to do on the plane, but I think I've scrapped all that in favor of just flying it tomorrow.   My number one priority right now is getting the Sonerai engine running, and the airframe cleaned up, so I can sell it.  By as early as next weekend, I should be the owner of that Dominator I sent you pics of. Just add rotors and a single rotor engine :-)

Rusty (and a drain for my garage)