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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 {:>).
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 -----
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:39
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Rotary Flying
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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