X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.102] (HELO ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 927594 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:09:17 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.102; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 (cpe-024-074-025-165.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.25.165]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id k0FM8RfW016060; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:08:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002901c61a20$36f43ed0$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Cc: "Laura Crook" , Subject: Good News, Bad News - not really bad Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:08:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0026_01C619F6.4D98B320" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C619F6.4D98B320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, back home after the trip to Florida. It was sort of a good = news/bad news trip. Took off Thursday morning about 1015 after ground fog had lifted. Cool = morning and engine hit 6200 rpm on take off roll. Landed shortly = after 1pm at Shady Bend on Thursday, after making a low 200 MPH pass = down the strip. Was welcomed by Tracy's delightful wife Laura as I = taxied up to the house. Spend Thursday evening in great company = including Jessica, Tracy's grandchild who is staying with them. That = was the good news. The bad news {:>) was that Jessica was now occupying the "guest" suite, = the good news was Laura had reserved the living room couch for me. The = best new was - nobody snored. (different story) During Thursday evening it was clear from looking at the forming weather = patterns and despite the favorable forecast of a day earlier, a two = pronged front was rapidly advancing on the Southeast. It was clearly = looking like any flights from north of Florida on Friday would only = happened in the very early morning. Later that evening a small = secondary pre front line formed out over the gulf and moved over = northern Florida precluding even an early Friday flight.=20 Poor Laura is the one faced with making the decision whether to = Postpone the Flyin or not (after all that work). Well, it finally = became clear that even if the Flyin was held with mainly Florida = attendees, that Saturday was going to be cold, windy and miserable at = Lakeland. So Laura made the courageous decision cancel the RV flying. = That's the bad news. The good news is it was not cancelled but only postpone until next week = end, so those of you still desiring and able to make it, I encourage you = to do so. Then Laura had to notify a list of people that would have made the = pentagon emergency recall program boggle. But, she pressed on until the = job was done. Great lady! I called Cappy early in the morning so he = could post the news on the RVSoutheast list. The good news is I got to spend three days at Shady Bend with Tracy and = Laura. Managed to help Tracy with a few things on the airplanes, = discussed my AOA project and contributed a radiator cap to his RV-4. = (Yes, I do fly with a spare). The bad news was I got a phone call from the wife (which was unusual) = on Saturday and Laura had clearly detected a stress level in my wife's = voice which she let me know when she called me from the work shop. The = good news was that the wife was stressed, but there was no tragedy. =20 The bad news was - my wife reported that my hangar had blown away Friday = night. Laura reminded me that I ask the wife three times during the = conversation to confirm the news {:>). That's right the hangar is gone! The good news is that my aircraft was = not there but in Tracy's new hangar. Well, nothing I could do about = it, so decided to continue my very enjoyable visit and we all went out = to dinner Saturday night. I had attempted to show Tracy my new fuel monitoring system in = operation. The bad news was that upon touch down at Shady Bend it = stopped working. The good news is I found If I wiggled the cigarette = lighter, power would be restored and it would work - so got to show it = to Tracy. The bad news was that when I flew back and any time I wanted = to check my fuel burn/ Air Fuel ratio, etc, I had to reach across the = cockpit and wiggle the cigarette lighter. The good news was that it = would then work. I launched out of Shady bend at 0945 with 6500 rpm showing on the tach! = Stopped to refuel at Waycross, GA at 1030 and took off again (naturally = in to a 25-30 MPH headwind). I normally cruise burning 7 GPH and today = that was giving me a ground speed of 138 MPH. I finally said to hell = with fuel economy and push the engine up to 10 GPH burn rate. Ground = speed moved up from 138 to 168 MPH - that was more like it!. Made it back to North Carolina and home airport at 1230. Made one pass = and the bad news was that the bad news had been accurate. The hanger = had been lifted up and blown backwards off the concrete slab and = crumpled up. The good news was neither hangar to the side was even = touched.=20 It was amazing, the storage cabinet was upright, empty cardboard boxes = were right where I had left them, empty buckets had not been moved, even = paper on my work bench were undisturbed. But, the hangar including my = recently installed electrical wiring were all gone in the rubble and = the end of the hangar. As Laura had put it, it appeared that I had been = hit by a micro-burst, surgical strike (tornadoes had been reported in = adjacent county). So the bad news is NO Hangar for my airplane! The good news is a = neighbor has room for my aircraft in his hangar. I finally concluded that the gremlins that normally plague my flights = missed my take off and couldn't find me so took it out on the hangar. So now have to start deciding what to replace it with. It took me six = weeks of day long labor to put up the first Quonset hut standing on = scaffolding 15' above the concrete pad back six years ago leaving me = with tendenitis in both elbows that took six months to go away. So I am = 99 percent certain I am going to have the new hangar built rather than = build it myself - life is too short. So have not added up the good news/bad news column, but my aircraft and = I can still flying- so that's the best news. Well, that about wraps it up. Otherwise just your ordinary Ed Anderson = trip {:>). I will post some photos of the hangar tomorrow - right now, = going down to fix myself a cold tall one. Will catch up on any e mails = addressed to me tomorrow also. Best Regards Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C619F6.4D98B320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi folks, back home after the trip to = Florida.  It=20 was sort of a good news/bad news trip.
 
Took off Thursday morning about 1015 after = ground fog had=20 lifted.  Cool morning and engine hit 6200 rpm on take off=20 roll.     Landed shortly after 1pm at Shady Bend on=20 Thursday, after making  a low 200 MPH pass down the = strip.  Was=20 welcomed by Tracy's delightful wife Laura as I taxied up to the=20 house.   Spend Thursday evening in = great =20 company including Jessica, Tracy's grandchild who is staying with = them. =20 That was the good news.
 
The bad news {:>) was that Jessica was = now=20 occupying the "guest" suite, the good news was Laura had reserved the = living=20 room couch for me.  The best new was - nobody snored. (different=20 story)
 
During Thursday evening it was clear from = looking at=20 the forming weather patterns and despite the favorable forecast of a day = earlier, a two pronged front was rapidly advancing on the = Southeast.  It=20 was clearly looking like any flights from north of Florida on Friday = would only=20 happened in the very early morning.  Later that evening a small = secondary=20 pre front line formed out  over the gulf and moved over northern = Florida=20 precluding even an early Friday flight. 
 
 Poor Laura is the one faced with making = the decision=20 whether to Postpone the Flyin or not (after all that work).  = Well, it=20 finally became clear that even if the Flyin was held with mainly = Florida=20 attendees, that Saturday was going to be cold, windy and miserable at=20 Lakeland.  So Laura made the courageous decision cancel the RV=20 flying.  That's the bad news.
 
The good news is it was not cancelled but only = postpone=20 until next week end, so those of you still desiring and able to make it, = I=20 encourage you to do so.
 
Then Laura had to notify a list of = people that would=20 have made the pentagon emergency recall program boggle.  But, she=20 pressed on until the job was done. Great lady!  I called = Cappy=20 early in the morning so he could post the news on the RVSoutheast=20 list.
 
The good news is I got to spend three days at = Shady Bend=20 with Tracy and Laura.  Managed to help Tracy with a few things on = the=20 airplanes, discussed my AOA project and  contributed a radiator cap = to his=20 RV-4.  (Yes, I do fly with a spare).
 
The bad news was I got a phone call from the = wife (which=20 was unusual)  on Saturday and Laura had clearly detected a = stress=20 level in my wife's voice which she let me know when she called me from = the work=20 shop.  The good news was that the wife was stressed, but = there was no=20 tragedy. 
 
The bad news was - my wife reported that my = hangar had=20 blown away Friday night.  Laura reminded me that I ask the = wife three=20 times during the conversation to confirm the news {:>).
 
That's right the hangar is gone! The good news = is that my=20 aircraft was not there but  in Tracy's new hangar.  Well, nothing I could do about it, so decided to = continue my=20 very enjoyable visit and we all went out to dinner Saturday = night.
 
I had attempted to show Tracy my new fuel = monitoring=20 system in operation.  The bad news was that upon touch down at = Shady Bend=20 it stopped working.  The good news is I found If I wiggled=20 the cigarette lighter, power would be restored and it would work - = so got=20 to show it to Tracy.  The bad news was that when I flew back and = any time I=20 wanted to check my fuel burn/ Air Fuel ratio, etc, I had to reach across = the=20 cockpit and wiggle the cigarette lighter.  The good news was that = it would=20 then work.
 
I launched out of Shady bend at 0945 with 6500 = rpm showing=20 on the tach!  Stopped to refuel at Waycross, GA at 1030 and took = off again=20 (naturally in to a 25-30 MPH headwind).  I normally cruise burning = 7 GPH=20 and today that was giving me a ground speed of 138 MPH.  I finally = said to=20 hell with fuel economy and push the engine up to 10 GPH burn rate.  = Ground=20 speed moved up from 138 to 168 MPH - that was more like = it!.
 
 
Made it back to North Carolina and home airport = at=20 1230.  Made one pass and the bad news was that the bad news had = been=20 accurate.  The hanger had been lifted up and blown backwards off = the=20 concrete slab and crumpled up.  The good news was neither hangar to = the=20 side was even touched. 
 
 It was amazing, the storage cabinet was = upright,=20 empty cardboard boxes were right where I had left them, empty buckets = had not=20 been moved, even paper on my work bench were undisturbed.  But, the = hangar=20 including my recently installed electrical wiring were all gone in the = rubble=20 and the end of the hangar.  As Laura had put it, it appeared that I = had=20 been hit by a micro-burst, surgical strike (tornadoes had been reported = in=20 adjacent county).
 
So the bad news is NO Hangar for my = airplane!  =20 The good news is a neighbor has room for my aircraft in his = hangar.
 
I finally concluded that the gremlins that = normally plague=20 my flights missed my take off and couldn't find me so took it out on the = hangar.
 
So now have to start deciding what to replace it = with.  It took me six weeks of day long labor to put up the first = Quonset=20 hut standing on scaffolding 15' above the concrete pad back six years = ago=20 leaving me with tendenitis in both elbows that took six months to go = away. =20 So I am 99 percent certain I am going to have the new hangar built = rather than=20 build it myself - life is too short.
 
So have not added up the good news/bad news = column, but my=20 aircraft and I can still flying- so that's the best news.
 
Well, that about wraps it = up. =20 Otherwise just your ordinary Ed Anderson trip {:>).  I will post = some=20 photos of the hangar tomorrow - right now, going down to fix myself a = cold tall=20 one.  Will catch up on any e mails addressed to me tomorrow=20 also.
 
Best Regards
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary = Powered
Matthews,=20 NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
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