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 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 1020331 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:42:26 -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 (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k22FfdgB001682 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:41:41 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001001c63e0f$88420f20$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: More Lycoming Crankshaft Troubles Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:39:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Now, now, don't get all worked-up, Earnest. I mean this is our Capitalistic society in which the captains of industry adhere to the following 3 premises: 1. The general public doesn't know 2. If it does know, The general public doesn't care 3 If you have a monopoly - you don't care if the public knows or cares {:>) Besides, you're smart enough to use a proven rotary with million of production units to prove the success of its design, not just a few hundred thousand made by hand {:>). Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: More Lycoming Crankshaft Troubles > Ed Anderson wrote: > >> Lycoming's Michael Everhart said, "Lycoming Engines is instituting this >> proactive retirement from service to be consistent with our long-standing >> commitment to product quality and our customers." > > I realize that all mechanical devices have their own set of problems, but > you've just got to love this piece of marketspeak. We're going to replace > overpriced, shoddy equipment we sold you so that we're consistent with our > commitment not to sell shoddy equipment. > > It...makes...my...mind...hurt....AARGHH!! > > And BTW, is that crank chucked in a lathe at the Lycoming manufacturing > facility? Are all cranks hand-made, or is that just the reason we call > them Lycosaurus? > > -- > ,|"|"|, Ernest Christley | > ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder | > o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org | > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ >