X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from rtp-iport-2.cisco.com ([64.102.122.149] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 1036564 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:54:52 -0500 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.102.122.149; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from rtp-core-1.cisco.com ([64.102.124.12]) by rtp-iport-2.cisco.com with ESMTP; 16 Mar 2006 17:54:10 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.03,103,1141621200"; d="scan'208"; a="84311479:sNHT29696444" Received: from xbh-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com (xbh-rtp-201.cisco.com [64.102.31.12]) by rtp-core-1.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k2GMs9Wc022710 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:54:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from xfe-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com ([64.102.31.38]) by xbh-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:54:09 -0500 Received: from [64.102.38.229] ([64.102.38.229]) by xfe-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:54:09 -0500 Message-ID: <4419EC91.2030001@nc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:54:09 -0500 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@nc.rr.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.4.1 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: installed cost of rotary References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2006 22:54:09.0221 (UTC) FILETIME=[890B7750:01C6494C] Russell Duffy wrote: > BTW, I'm not sure I'm going to let Bob get away with saying that- "It > isn't uncommon for the Lycomings to need a top after a few hundred > hours.". If the engine is broken in properly, and wasn't a run out > pile of junk to begin with (insert favorite Lycoming joke here ), > this will not be the case. > > I'll ignore that, just like I ignore your comments about the cost of the rotary only applying to the first one 8*) I/O errors do not count for the purposes of this comparison since the cost of a poorly installed oil cooler and poorly installed baffling are both fried engines, and the additional cost of proper installation are marginal. -- ,|"|"|, Ernest Christley | ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder | o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org |