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