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Mark,
Very interesting that your DAR was Ron Gowan.........I have known Ron for several years
as he gave me my first ride in a Rotary powered A/C in the mid 90's.........He flew his 13B
powered Long EZE to a canard flyin at my home airport here in Okla (F29)........He is truly
one of the early Rotary Engine pioneers........Did he happen to mention the current status of
his "EZE" ?
I hope you will find your way to Okla after you fly all the bugs out of your Lancair......We
have a 6000 ft concrete rwy here at C. E. Page arpt (F29).........We have several RV's here
and a Lancair 4 in process (and my forever Dyke Delta)........I would love for the nay-sayers
here to see such a beautiful A/C with a romping/stomping 20B power-plant !!
Again Congratulations,
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
-------------- Original message from "Mark Steitle" <msteitle@gmail.com>: --------------
Kelly,
Thanks for the words of encouragement. The rains have stopped here in central Texas, the sun is once again shining, and the doves returned to the ark with twigs in their mouths. The DAR came out to the airport today in his kayak and did the final inspection on my Lancair ES/20B project. And he actually signed it off!!! So, it is officially an "airplane" and no longer a "project". How about that? Its been a long haul, but now the fun begins... as soon as I get some recurrency training to bring me up to speed. He said I did a good job with much attention to detail, then he took my money and left. ;-) I'll should get the paperwork in the mail in a few days. Soon I'll be starting the 40-hour testing phase. I had asked for a 200 mile radius, but that would have put me over the Houston area, so he cut it down to 100 miles. He said that th
e FAA frowns on more than that, especially with auto conversions. So, I'lll have to make do with a 100 mile radius.
If anyone wants/needs a DAR with rotary experience, and you're in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, I would highly recommend this inspector. His name is Ron Gowan. He has 500 hrs PIC flying a rotary. He also has composites experience. I felt that he would be a good choice even if he didn't have extensive composites experience.
He said the two biggest areas to pay very close attention is the psru and the cooling system. He said that the rotary engine is rock solid. (That really impressed the old timers at the airport.)
So, all you guys working away month after month, keep the faith, there is a glorious day coming. ;-)
Mark S.
On 7/7/07, Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net> wrote:
Mark,
Pulling for you !! You will certainly have one going and
beautiful aircraft........Will absolutely be a plus for the Rotary
movement in general and a worthy addition to the somewhat
rare 20B engine group.......
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Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
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