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From: "William" <wschertz@ispwest.com>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Mid-winter Rotor-Fest Recap
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:22:20 -0600
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Bill,
Just got back to Illinois after the wonderful weekend at the Mid-winter 
Rotor Fest. Thanks for having us -- it was a great experience

(We expect -8*F this evening!! So even though it was 'cold' on Saturday, it 
could have been worse.)
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Eslick" <n268bl@charter.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:26 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Mid-winter Rotor-Fest Recap


> Many thanks to all of you who attended the Mid-Winter Rotor-Fest 06.  You 
> made this event a pleasure for all of us!
>
> Total number attending varied by the hour, but around 35 "rotor-heads" 
> were here at one time or another.  Friday night supper saw 43 meals 
> served, as far as we can tell.  At the EAA meeting, we counted 80 heads!
>
> Tracy, Ed Anderson, and Charlie England were hunkered down in Jackson, MS 
> Friday night while the front passed over, and arrived in a 3-ship by noon 
> on Saturday.  We had attendees from eight states.
>
> Thanks to all those who brought "show and tell".  Doug Dempsey stepped up 
> when Tracy was delayed and presented his paper on cooling considerations 
> at the EAA meeting.  Tracy gave us an update on the EC and EM software and 
> lots of other subjects.  Ed Anderson brought his fuel monitor and AOA 
> display, and Mark Steitle showed his fire detector unit.  I am BEGGING Ed 
> and Mark to let us see a schematic, parts list, etc. for these units! 
> Bobby Hughs (forgive me if I have the name wrong)  brought his in-progress 
> intake manifold and supercharger for his RV-10 Renesis installation.
>
> Saturday included close to 14 straight hours of "interactive education". 
> Sat. evening, we had Jason's 6A-13B and Tracy's 4-Renesis both in the 
> hangar for all to see.  Jason Huchison had his new installation nearly 
> ready to run, and after finding a sloppy solder joint (on a mod he did to 
> Tracy's controller when he re-located the mixture knob), everything fired 
> up perfectly Sunday morning.
>
> Special thanks to all my airpark neighbors who kept calling to volunteer 
> beds for all the attendees!  We had way more volunteers than we could use, 
> and everyone had a hangar in which to park!  Is this a great country, or 
> what!
>
> Thanks to Buly and Doris and Jason for helping clean up.  My wife Linda 
> did a superb job of providing meals, with help from the other ladies in 
> attendance.  Apologies to Ed for the water hose to the trailer freezing up 
> Saturday night.  It was 24 F at sunrise!
>
> One last thing.  I have a much improved estimate of your navigational 
> abilities.  Not one single person had to call for directions!
>
> I have posted some photos of the action to include video of Jason's first 
> start, and comparative video/audio of Tracy and Ed.
>
> Bill Eslick
> www.weslick.com/rotorfest.htm
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