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WALTER B KERR wrote:

>Yes, flying is a risky business! We all believe we have a better
>mousetrap, especially an engineer with 33 years in the turbojet design
>business. If I had to do over, I would copy Tracy to nth detail since he
>has been very sucessful at it. My installation has worked fine, but
>believe it would be safer with Tracy's tried and proven system. My
>biggest disappointment has been my lack of confidence in going distant
>places because I see Ed rebuilding an engine in LA, Dave hauling an
>airplane back from N CA to S CA, and now Chuck for the 2nd time. I know
>we can and will explain the problems. The rotary is basically a more
>dependable peice of equipment, but I was more comfortable with a Lycoming
>which I flew to places that were not nice to stop in such as over Mount
>Redoubt and Cook's Inlet in Alaska. It is interesting and it would be fun
>to have a 3 or 4 to experiment and play around with a rotary, if you are
>young and energetic!
>
>More power to all of you who are blazing the future of aviation with
>alternative engines, but once again with family and time considerations
>believe I would benefit from a lycoming. Do you wish to swap out your 4
>engine for a rotary Charlie? Or is there anyone else out there with a
>lycoming O-320 who would like to swap installations.
>
>Bernie
>

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Sorry, Bernie. If it runs, I don't 'fix it'.

Wish I'd known last fall you would be interested in a Lyc. My neighbor's 
-8 (sold to someone else) went down in a field due to fuel starvation & 
I didn't bid very much on the salvage because I didn't want the engine.

I can fully understand your motives for the change. I'm just hoping 
there will be a package that I can have confidence in by the time I'm 
ready for an engine.

Charlie