X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2643579 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:02:08 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.120; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 ([24.74.103.61]) by cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com with SMTP id <20080113200130.KFVH16228.cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com@edward2> for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:01:30 +0000 Message-ID: <001401c8561e$d3f07d20$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Rotary Flying Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:59:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0011_01C855F4.EAD555D0" 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_0011_01C855F4.EAD555D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yeah, there's a price to pay - sometimes, it a cheap price and only = costs Money {:>). Well, Tracy, Charlie England and myself flew to the mid-winter rotary = flying hosted by Bill Eslick at Pecan Plantation (Gransbury, Tx). Best = we could determine the temp was around 12F at the altitude we were = flying - which was low - because of head winds that sometimes had our = ground speed down to 115 MPH. Bumpy as well - it really wasn't that bad = once I lost the feeling in my toes {:>). =20 A hairy cross wind on landing with 4 gallons of fuel after that long = flight just topped the flight, but we all managed to get it down in one = piece. But, I'm not sure I have another mid-winter Texas flight left = in me. I'll leave it to the younger guys {:>) Ed ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dennis Haverlah=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:39 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Rotary Flying Ed, Charlie and The List=20 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.=20 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=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C855F4.EAD555D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Yeah, there's a price to pay - sometimes, it a = cheap price=20 and only costs Money {:>).

Well, Tracy, Charlie England and myself flew to = the=20 mid-winter rotary flying hosted by Bill Eslick at Pecan Plantation = (Gransbury,=20 Tx). Best we could determine the temp was around 12F at the = altitude=20 we were flying - which was low - because of head winds that = sometimes had=20 our ground speed down to 115 MPH. Bumpy as well - it really wasn't = that=20 bad once I lost the feeling in my toes {:>).

A hairy cross wind on landing with 4 gallons of = fuel after=20 that long flight just topped the flight, but we all managed to get it = down in=20 one piece. But, I'm not sure I have another mid-winter = Texas=20 flight left in me. I'll leave it to the younger guys = {:>)

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Dennis Haverlah
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft

Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 = 10:39=20 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Rotary = Flying

Ed, Charlie and The List
Sorry I didn't = respond to=20 your mail sooner. I'm doing some "honey due" projects in = the house=20 to "pay back" some of the time I spent building my plane! I = really want=20 to make it to Sun and Fun but only if my Better Half also goes=20 there. Last fall when I went to the Rotary RoundUp I was = "delighted" to=20 see a new $3000 stove in the kitchen when I returned. (I don't = know what=20 was wrong with the 30 year old stove we had - most of it still = worked) I=20 got to spend a week modifying the kitchen to accommodate the = stove.

As=20 for Charlie's suggestion to fly in formation with the neighbors RV 7A = with the=20 180 hp Lycoming and compare fuel use - I hope to do that when we have = another=20 lunch fly-out to Stephenville for barbecue.

Is anyone = interested in=20 going to or hosting a Mid-Winter Rotary fly-in? We have two = rotaries=20 flying here in the Austin area and two or more in the Dallas = area. =20 Probably six or eight others being built in Texas also!! The = weather can=20 be good or bad here in the winter. Today the high will be 68 = deg. clear=20 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=20 air worthiness of your installation. Since the = Hushmaster has=20 been good for 40 hours on my old turbo block 13B with the strongest = exhaust=20 pulses, I suspect it will last a good long time on your=20 Renesis.

Great looking airframe and paint job as = well. =20 Hope you make it to Sun & Fun!

Ed

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