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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: BD-4 Status
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 07:35:59 +1000
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Bob,
My words were only encouragement to keep you involved in one way or 
another - yep 5 or 10 years do go quickly, especially when your getting 
older, but what else would we be doing!?
George (down under)

> Hi George,
>
> Yes I could afford the kit, but not the 4 or 5 years putting it
> together. :)  The way I work it could have stretched to 10. (I'm no
> Rusty.)  The Vision _is_ a slick looking plane, and looks like it
> could be a real performer.
>
> Bob W.
>
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:32:16 +1000
> "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>> That is a good price - I must confess of likeing the BD4 myself.
>> However if you only want to spend a few bob here and there ( excuse the 
>> pun)
>> the Vision is the way to go, for me anyway.
>> Surely you could afford the THAT kit on offer. We don't get to see those
>> sorts of deals in Australia.
>> George ( down under)
>>
>> > Hi George,
>> >
>> > The BD-4 is kind of like that too.  There are a few custom items that
>> > are hard to get, the main one being the wing spars.  Jim Bede and Team
>> > Aviation are two current sources and there are a lot of old BD-4 kits
>> > around that were never finished.  I looked at a kit that had very
>> > little work done on it.  The whole kit was $5600 with a lot of
>> > expensive options.  If you want high performance at a bargain price,
>> > you can't beat the BD-4.
>> >
>> > One of my main goals was to have a fast cross country plane.  Most of
>> > the big airshows where you can show off a rotary engine are quite a
>> > ways from here. :)
>> >
>> > Bob W.
>> >
>> > On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:40:06 +1000
>> > "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >>  Bob,
>> >> There is a plane that you can build that will cost you 9/10's of sweet
>> >> bugger all - however it plans built.
>> >> The beauty of this plane (Vision) is that you can make parts as you 
>> >> can
>> >> afford them.
>> >> I guess you already have instruments, engine etc.
>> >> Worth some consideration.
>> >> I'm working on a single rotary for the Light Sport Category (Vision).
>> >> Power requirements are between 115 and 125hp.
>> >> George ( down under)
>> >>
>> >
>> > -- 
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>> > 3.8 Hours Total Time and holding
>> > Cables for your rotary installation - http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/
>> >
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