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Dennis
& Collective,
Funny
you should mention another rotary round-up. EAA Chapter 12 in
Houston, at this months meeting, was just discussing this topic and
the viability of our chapter sponsoring this sort of event. They have
charged me and my buddy David Staten with determining an interest. We were
planning on making it more of an Alternative Engine Round-up, Fly-in since many
of the issues could be similar between the various platforms. (of course if we
want numbers it will be for alternate engines and RV's....those RV guys will
come to anything with RV in the name <g>)
Not
sure about the exact time of year, but if it is between about April
and October in Houston it may be deemed the "Hotter and Humider than Hell
annual Alternative Engine Proof of Cooling Concepts and Other Stuff (and
RV??) Fly-in and Round-up. Hmmmm, kinda catchy. ;-) Should be
interesting on a flyer.
I was
at the Round-up at Bill Elsick's place as well as a nice Velocity Symposium
north of Dallas last year (about 15 flying Velo's). Both really nice
events. We would be looking at Ellington (EFD), La Porte (T41),
Clover Field/Pearland International (LVJ) or Houston Southwest (AXH) as
potential locations. All very suitable and nice venues...three very near
NASA, for those interested. Also, very close to Hobby (HOU), Houston's
second big airport for commercial flights.
Y'all's interest in us pursuing this should prove compelling to us
following through with this event.
What
say ye????
TIA.
All
the best,
Chris
Christopher Barber
Attorney and Counselor at Law
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Bellaire, Texas 77401
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Ed, Charlie and The List
Sorry I didn't
respond to your mail sooner. I'm doing some "honey due" projects
in the house to "pay back" some of the time I spent building my plane! I
really want to make it to Sun and Fun but only if my Better Half also
goes there. Last fall when I went to the Rotary RoundUp I was
"delighted" to see a new $3000 stove in the kitchen when I returned. (I
don't know what was wrong with the 30 year old stove we had - most of it still
worked) I got to spend a week modifying the kitchen to accommodate the
stove.
As for Charlie's suggestion to fly in formation with the
neighbors RV 7A with the 180 hp Lycoming and compare fuel use - I hope to do
that when we have another lunch fly-out to Stephenville for
barbecue.
Is anyone interested in going to or hosting a Mid-Winter
Rotary fly-in? We have two rotaries flying here in the Austin area and
two or more in the Dallas area. Probably six or eight others being built
in Texas also!! The weather can be good or bad here in the winter.
Today the high will be 68 deg. clear and no wind.
Dennis H.
Ed
Anderson wrote:
Hey! Way to go! Dennis.
Sounds to me you have had a good 60 hours to prove the
air worthiness of your installation. Since the Hushmaster has
been good for 40 hours on my old turbo block 13B with the strongest exhaust
pulses, I suspect it will last a good long time on your
Renesis.
Great looking airframe and paint job as well.
Hope you make it to Sun & Fun!
Ed
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