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)