X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [201.225.225.168] (HELO cwpanama.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1066981 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:31:35 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=201.225.225.168; envelope-from=rijakits@cwpanama.net Received: from [201.224.93.110] (HELO usuarioq3efog0) by frontend2.cwpanama.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 63687313 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:33:15 -0500 Message-ID: <005701c65e91$7dbbb400$6e5de0c9@usuarioq3efog0> From: "rijakits" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Best Non-Certified Engine??? Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:30:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Right! Ernest, get going on it! HOwever long you will still take to get airborne, your baby is at least closing in!! I am not done dreaming up all the mods I want to do! I have the book on the BD-4, a great dream and big mouth to show so far!! But, one day its going to fly, probably it will be called a "Classic" or " Vintage" or "Ancient" or "Replica of the first Flying Machines", ... :) TJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:51 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Best Non-Certified Engine??? > rijakits wrote: > > >I don't know how to do this, but the best would be an award, selected by > >participating aircraft owners only - peer review down to the root... > >THAT wouild be the award I would/will be after!! > >It's the same like some clienets tell me "You're the best pilot ever! > >Awesome, I never saw anyone else fly like this!" > >Well, thanks for the flowers, but what counts really is, if a fellow > >helicopter pilot that knows his stuff comments on my flying - only here I > >really appreciate it, as only someone who has gone there and done it is > >really qulified to judge/critique. > >Anything from that guy means something... > >How are people to judge something that never where there...? > > > > > What a cool concept! "The Builder's Choice Award" > It wouldn't be hard, just take some legwork the first year. Print some > ballots with the categories, or provide an internet page where it could > be downloaded and printed. Or someone who is there for the week passes > out ballots as homebuilts arrive. Fill in N number at the top to insure > 1 per homebuilt. Homebuilders always walk around to see how other's > have done it anyway (at least I do). As they're walking around, they > can fill in a blank with the N number of their choice for each category, > then mail them in. Someone counts them and sends out > badges/stickers/whatever as awards. > > The powers that be will ignore it until the prestige starts > showing...builders show up displaying their Builder's Choice Award more > proudly than a Lindy. They'll take it over and do all the legwork from > that point on. > > -- > ,|"|"|, 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/