X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.7) with ESMTP id 640040 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:32:56 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=sladerj@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([65.8.211.236]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050807103211.QFGU16961.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 06:32:11 -0400 Received: from JSLADE ([65.8.211.236]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050807103210.QGHX9746.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@JSLADE> for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 06:32:10 -0400 From: "John Slade" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: NOMEX- Wear it!!! Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 06:32:01 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 In-Reply-To: Sorry to hear about your friend, Rusty. > What is the general consensus within this group about how much testing > is necessary? Do you lean more toward being fairly cavalier, or have > you/do you plan to follow the FAA guidelines.... Funny you should ask. A couple of days ago (before Rusty's friend went in) I posted a long dissertation called "The Hingmost's guide to Flight Testing" at : http://canardaviationforum.dmt.net/showthread.php?t=1671 You can read it there with one click, and its a bit long so I wont repost. Only a little of it is canard specific. John (Hindmost).