X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 734527 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:56:04 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm67aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050927125519.EQHQ3196.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm67aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:55:19 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm67aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050927125519.JMHR19803.ibm67aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:55:19 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: RX-6? Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:55:19 -0500 Message-ID: <007801c5c362$b6fd92d0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0079_01C5C338.CE278AD0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C5C338.CE278AD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dick wasn't excited about the engine choice I made with his liable hat = on. But off the record he told me that Tracy Crook was on to something and = that he enjoyed flying a rotary powered motor glider. He just couldn't = condone it with his agreement with the Lycosaurus people in his back pocket. I understood. He said that he didn't want to have my aircraft associated = with his line of Kits. Well I told him that I wouldn't call it an RV-6. =20 That's interesting Doug. I've never known Van's to care about what = engine you use, but maybe that has all changed since you went through this. = They were only too happy to sell me parts, including a new set of gear legs = that were shipped directly to Fred, for use on the rotary engine mount. = Everyone I talked to at Van's seemed interested in the rotary engine, but maybe = just because it wasn't the same old conversation they had with builders all = day. One thing you might want to consider is insurance. It's hard enough to = get for a rotary engine plane that's on the insurance list of approved = models, but when you present them with a one-off model name, you may be out of = luck. I wouldn't personally change the name just because you changed the = engine. It's still an RV-6 unless you made some major structural changes. =20 I've been in insurance hell for the last week or so. Avemco is the only company who will insure the single rotor powered Kolb Slingshot, but = their crappy $100k sub-limits won't satisfy the county's $300k hanger lease requirement. Some companies will happily insure the engine, but they = don't insure light pusher type planes like the Kolb. Other companies are = happy to insure the Kolb, but not with a one-off engine. I'm going to ask some questions about "premise" coverage today, and then decide it it's worth having two policies for close to $2k per year, just to put the single = rotor on the Kolb. With the HKS, I can get one better policy, and only pay = about $500/yr. I could easily insure the single rotor on something like a = Zenith CH601XL. Just maddening.=20 Cheers,=20 Rusty (Philip's loves conference calls, off to one now) ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C5C338.CE278AD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Dick wasn't excited about the engine choice I made with his liable = hat on.=20 But off the record he told me that Tracy Crook was on to something and = that he=20 enjoyed flying a rotary powered motor glider. He just couldn't condone = it with=20 his agreement with the Lycosaurus people in his back pocket. I = understood. He=20 said that he didn't want to have my aircraft associated with his line of = Kits.=20 Well I told him that I wouldn't call it an RV-6.  

That's=20 interesting Doug.  I've never known Van's to care about what engine = you=20 use, but maybe that has all changed since you went = through this.  They=20 were only too happy to sell me parts, including a new set of gear legs=20 that were shipped directly to Fred, for use on the rotary engine=20 mount.  Everyone I talked to at Van's seemed interested = in the=20 rotary engine, but maybe just because it wasn't the same old = conversation they=20 had with builders all day.  

One=20 thing you might want to consider is insurance.  It's hard enough to = get for a rotary engine plane that's on the insurance list of = approved=20 models, but when you present them with a one-off model name, you may be = out of=20 luck.  I wouldn't personally change the name just because you = changed=20 the engine.  It's still an RV-6 unless you made some major = structural=20 changes.  

I've=20 been in insurance hell for the last week or so.  Avemco is the only = company=20 who will insure the single rotor powered Kolb Slingshot, but their = crappy=20 $100k sub-limits won't satisfy the county's $300k hanger lease=20 requirement.  Some companies will happily insure the engine, but = they don't=20 insure light pusher type planes like the Kolb.  Other companies are = happy=20 to insure the Kolb, but not with a one-off engine.  I'm going to = ask some=20 questions about "premise" coverage today, and then decide it it's worth = having=20 two policies for close to $2k per year, just to put the single rotor on = the=20 Kolb.  With the HKS, I can get one better policy, and only pay = about=20 $500/yr.  I could easily insure the single rotor on something like = a Zenith=20 CH601XL.  Just maddening.

Cheers,

Rusty=20 (Philip's loves conference calls, off to one=20 now)

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