X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.73] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1149105 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:36:46 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.73; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm69aec.bellsouth.net ([65.11.44.98]) by imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060610193559.BNTO2242.imf25aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm69aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:35:59 -0400 Received: from [65.11.44.98] by ibm69aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060610193558.BGYY18931.ibm69aec.bellsouth.net@[65.11.44.98]> for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:35:58 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <22A77CAE-ABB2-45BD-B44D-FBF955454A51@bellsouth.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Ignition Failure Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:38:11 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" On Jun 10, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Dale Rogers wrote: > At the risk of making a "me, too" posting, I'd like to thank Ed for > his > posting. He wrote almost exactly what I was trying to find a > reasonably > nice way to say. > > May I add that, if a person isn't on this list to advance the art > of _rotary_ > propulsion_, or at least improve their own knowledge therein, then > their > time would be better spent on whatever they do love. We don't need > platitudes about how close to the trees we are flying, or generalities > about this risks we are taking. We need practical ideas on how to > better implement the systems necessary to keeping our aircraft aloft. > > As a not-too-humble example of what I'm talking about. When Tracy > was bemoaning (okay, that's probably overstating the case) having to > make a bump in his cowl to clear the oil filter. I went out to the > shop > and designed a whole new filter mount that put the filter out of > the way, > without the need to add extra plumbing for a remote filter. > (Unfortunately, my first iteration wasn't a "universal" solution, > so my > adapter block has been a much better seller.) > > Platitudes don't solve problems - it takes practical ideas. > > Dale R. > COZY MkIV #1254 Very well said Dale and Ed. I was too pissed off to even answer it :) Buly Installing my new Mucho Magnum Ivo Prop http://tinyurl.com/dcy36