X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1089872 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 03 May 2006 02:40:46 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.115; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from mwebmail08.att.net ([204.127.135.29]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11) with SMTP id <20060503063955111004anjme>; Wed, 3 May 2006 06:40:00 +0000 Received: from [63.157.93.46] by mwebmail08.att.net; Wed, 03 May 2006 06:39:54 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Sport Aviation Recip vs Rotary Article Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 06:39:54 +0000 Message-Id: <050320060639.20307.44585039000C048F00004F532160375964019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 28 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_20307_1146638394_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_20307_1146638394_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Group, After reading the flight test article between two Lycoming and two Powersport powered RV-8's one would be lead to believe that there is a great disparity between the Lycoming and the Rotary in fuel consumption.........Someone correct me if I am wrong but it is my understanding that the so called single lever engine control system of the Powersport engine lacks a pilot controlled leaning system and runs the engine at a "one size fits all situations" air/fuel mixture which those of us on this list know is neither optimized for best power nor leaning........ This situation would seem to call for educating some people with some "Real World Information" about fuel consumption of the Rotary from those of the group that are now flying with an EFI (Tracy's EC-2) that allows full mixture control !! The question is can we at the grassroots level have our collective voices heard and command a glossy and flashy seven page article to present our side of the story (heck even a couple of pages) ? Tracy was mentioned in what almost sounded like a slap as "Bragging his engine cost less than his headset".......The problem with that is that it was true !! IMHO (Rant Over) -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_20307_1146638394_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Group,

After reading the flight test article between two Lycoming and two Powersport

powered RV-8's one would be lead to believe that there is a great disparity between

the Lycoming and the Rotary in fuel consumption.........Someone correct me if I

am wrong but it is my understanding that the so called single lever engine control

system of the Powersport engine lacks a pilot controlled leaning system and runs

the engine at a "one size fits all situations" air/fuel mixture which those of us on this

list know is neither optimized for best power nor leaning........

This situation would seem to call for educating some people with some "Real

World Information" about fuel consumption of the Rotary from those of the group that are now flying with an EFI (Tracy's EC-2) that allows full mixture control !!

The question is can we at the grassroots level have our collective voices heard

and command a glossy and flashy seven page article to present our side of the

story (heck even a couple of pages) ? Tracy was mentioned in what almost

sounded like a slap as "Bragging his engine cost less than his headset".......The

problem with that is that it was true !! IMHO

(Rant Over)

--
Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

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