X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 927808 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:27:57 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.100; 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-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k0FNRAGD023462 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:27:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00a201c61a2b$356debf0$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Good News, Bad News - not really bad Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:27:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_009F_01C61A01.4C363BF0" 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_009F_01C61A01.4C363BF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks, Dave Alls well that ends well. Speaking of which, I may have missed it but = have you been able to determine whether the freezing weather did any = damage to you engine? Ed ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Leonard=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Good News, Bad News - not really bad Wow Ed, Fantasitc that you plane was not in it... that you cant have someone = else rebuild! =20 Glad you had a good trip. Dave Leonard =20 On 1/15/06, Ed Anderson wrote:=20 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)=20 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.=20 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.=20 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).=20 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.=20 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.=20 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!.=20 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).=20 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.=20 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.=20 Best Regards Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com=20 --=20 Dave Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html=20 http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html ------=_NextPart_000_009F_01C61A01.4C363BF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks, Dave
 
Alls well that ends well.  Speaking of = which, I may=20 have missed it but have you been  able to determine whether the = freezing=20 weather did any damage to you engine?
 
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David=20 Leonard
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 = 5:42=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Good = News, Bad=20 News - not really bad

Wow Ed,
Fantasitc that you plane was not in it...  that you cant = have=20 someone else rebuild! 
Glad you had a good trip.
Dave Leonard

 
On 1/15/06, Ed=20 Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com&g= t;=20 wrote:=20
Hi folks, back home after the trip to = Florida. =20 It was sort of a good news/bad news trip.
 
Took off Thursday morning about 1015 after = ground fog=20 had 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. =20 Was welcomed by Tracy's delightful wife Laura as I taxied up to the=20 house.   Spend Thursday evening = in=20 great  company including Jessica, Tracy's grandchild who is = staying=20 with them.  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 story)=20
 
During Thursday evening it was clear = from looking=20 at the forming weather patterns and despite the favorable forecast = of a day=20 earlier, a two pronged front was rapidly advancing on the = Southeast. =20 It was clearly looking like any flights from north of Florida on = Friday=20 would only happened in the very early morning.  Later that = evening a=20 small secondary pre front line formed out  over the gulf and = moved over=20 northern Florida precluding even an early Friday flight.  =
 
 Poor Laura is the one faced with = making the=20 decision whether to Postpone the Flyin or not (after all that=20 work).  Well, it finally became clear that even if the = Flyin was=20 held with mainly Florida attendees, that Saturday was going to be = cold,=20 windy and miserable at Lakeland.  So Laura made the courageous = decision=20 cancel the RV flying.  That's the bad news.
 
The good news is it was not cancelled but = only=20 postpone until next week end, so those of you still desiring and = able to=20 make it, I encourage you to do so.
 
Then Laura had to notify a list of = people that=20 would have made the pentagon emergency recall program boggle.  = But, she=20 pressed on until the job was done. Great lady!  I = called=20 Cappy 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=20 Bend with Tracy and Laura.  Managed to help Tracy with a few = things on=20 the airplanes, discussed my AOA project and  contributed a = radiator cap=20 to his RV-4.  (Yes, I do fly with a spare).
 
The bad news was I got a phone call from the = wife=20 (which was unusual)  on Saturday and Laura had clearly = detected a=20 stress level in my wife's voice which she let me know when she = called me=20 from the work shop.  The good news was that the wife was = stressed, but=20 there was no 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=20 three times during the conversation to confirm the news=20 {:>).
 
That's right the hangar is gone! The good = news is that=20 my aircraft was not there but  in Tracy's new = hangar.  Well, nothing I could do about it, so decided to = continue=20 my very enjoyable visit and we all went out to dinner Saturday = night.=20
 
I had attempted to show Tracy my new fuel = monitoring=20 system in operation.  The bad news was that upon touch down at = Shady=20 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=20 got to show it to Tracy.  The bad news was that when I flew = back and=20 any time I wanted to check my fuel burn/ Air Fuel ratio, etc, I had = to reach=20 across the cockpit and wiggle the cigarette lighter.  The good = news was=20 that it would then work.
 
I launched out of Shady bend at 0945 with = 6500 rpm=20 showing on the tach!  Stopped to refuel at Waycross, GA at 1030 = and=20 took off again (naturally in to a 25-30 MPH headwind).  I = normally=20 cruise burning 7 GPH and today that was giving me a ground speed of = 138=20 MPH.  I finally said to hell with fuel economy and push the = engine up=20 to 10 GPH burn rate.  Ground speed moved up from 138 to 168 MPH = - that=20 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=20 not been moved, even paper on my work bench were undisturbed.  = But, the=20 hangar including my recently installed electrical wiring were all = gone in=20 the rubble and the end of the hangar.  As Laura had put it, it = appeared=20 that I had been hit by a micro-burst, surgical strike (tornadoes had = been=20 reported in adjacent county).
 
So the bad news is NO Hangar for my=20 airplane!   The good news is a neighbor has room for my = aircraft=20 in his hangar.
 
I finally concluded that the gremlins that = normally=20 plague my flights missed my take off and couldn't find me so took it = out on=20 the hangar.
 
So now have to start deciding what to = replace it=20 with.  It took me six weeks of day long labor to put up the = first=20 Quonset hut standing on scaffolding 15' above the concrete pad back = six=20 years ago leaving me with tendenitis in both elbows that took six = months to=20 go away.  So I am 99 percent certain I am going to have the new = hangar=20 built rather than build it myself - life is too short.
 
So have not added up the good news/bad news = column,=20 but my aircraft and I can still flying- so that's the best=20 news.
 
Well, that about wraps it = up. =20 Otherwise just your ordinary Ed Anderson trip {:>).  I will = post=20 some photos of the hangar tomorrow - right now, going down to fix = myself a=20 cold tall one.  Will catch up on any e mails addressed to me = tomorrow=20 also.
 
Best Regards
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary=20 Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com=20



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Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
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