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Paul,

Sorry to hear about the fuel pump - Did I ever mention I NEVER use fuses for flight critical components - always circuit breakers. More fundamental though is I assumed you were flying with two fuel EFI pumps. I have two and both are on for take off and landing, strongly recommend two EFI flue pumps! Strongly recommend don't fly with just one operational pump! OR are you telling us that you have two pumps, but both pumps were on the same circuit??

But, enough, great to hear you are becoming an accomplished glider pilot - keep doing that and you are going to catch up with someof the rest of us - which you probably really do not want to do. Glad to hear you made it down safe and sound. Look for more details on the incident.

----- Original Message -----

From: sqpilot@bellsouth.net

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:53 AM

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

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

----- Original Message -----

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)