X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2331033 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:22:39 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.121; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 ([24.74.103.61]) by cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com with SMTP id <20070914162200.NCAB3971.cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com@edward2> for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:22:00 +0000 Message-ID: <000801c7f6eb$73b779a0$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Bill Dube Incident Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:22:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C7F6C9.EC67BF30" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C7F6C9.EC67BF30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In case anyone has not heard, Bill Dube had an incident on his = Killacycle Electric Drag Bike in LA. No details other than the bike = and Bill apparently accelerated fantastically fast and ended up hitting = a parked minivan. =20 Hopefully we will soon hear the good news that Bill is all OK Flash! I just got this comment make by Bill about the incident I wasn't wearing a helmet, because we did not intend the bike to even = move!=20 We were spinning the tire in soapy water. The tire unexpectantly = gripped, (water ran out?) and launched the bike. I couldn't get it shut = down as quickly as I would have liked. I had to release the front brake = to fully untwist the throttle. I then managed to slow it down to about = 20 mph.=20 The positive message here is that when we crunched the battery pack, = NOTHING happened. No smoke. No flames. Not even sparks. Not only are = these cells more powerful, they are the safest possible for automobiles. = Also, there was NO ONE in front of the bike or in the possible = trajectory of the bike.=20 Bill Dube So sounds like Bill is A-OK which is great to hear. =20 Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C7F6C9.EC67BF30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In case anyone has not heard,  Bill Dube = had an=20 incident on his Killacycle Electric Drag Bike in LA.   No = details=20 other than the bike and Bill apparently accelerated fantastically fast = and ended=20 up  hitting  a parked minivan. 
 
Hopefully we will soon hear the good news that = Bill is all=20 OK
 
Flash!    I just got this comment = make by=20 Bill about the incident

I wasn't wearing a helmet, because we did not intend the bike to even = move!=20

We were spinning the tire in soapy water. The tire unexpectantly = gripped, (water ran out?) and launched the bike. I couldn't get it shut = down as=20 quickly as I would have liked. I had to release the front brake to fully = untwist=20 the throttle. I then managed to slow it down to about 20 mph. =

The=20 positive message here is that when we crunched the battery pack, NOTHING = happened. No smoke. No flames. Not even sparks. Not only are these cells = more=20 powerful, they are the safest possible for automobiles.

Also, = there was=20 NO ONE in front of the bike or in the possible trajectory of the bike. =

Bill Dube

So sounds like Bill is A-OK which is great to = hear. =20
 
 
Ed
 
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary = Powered
Matthews,=20 NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.comhttp:/= /members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW
http://www.dmack.net/mazda= /index.html
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