Well, moving the
Rotary Round up a week certainly improved the weather for me and I made it
this year. However, some of those wimps (who gave me a hard time last
year for letting a little weather keep me away)failed to make it from Texas
{:>) due to a “little” weather. Took off at 1000 and landing back in
NC at 1315 after refueling stop at WayCross, GA. A great trip and a fun three
days.
Actually, Bill Eslick
and Linyda came roaring in about the time I figured I had the Longest Distance
Rotary award locked up. So we missed the rest of you guys – but I DO
understand about the weather {:>).
It was a
smaller than normal group due to the weather and other factors we all know
about, but there was a lot of interaction and many new faces. We had one
couple and one individual drive down from Canada for the Rotary Round up –
which gives you some idea how important it is to those interested –
particularly the new starters. We ended up with three flying rotary
aircraft plus Tracy’s nearly completed RV-8 20B
powered. That is going to be some airplane (assuming Tracy finishes it, of
course). I asked and he told me that he intended to fly it to next Sun
& Fun.
But, Laura pulled me
aside and cautioned me about expecting too much on the RV-8 finish date
{:>).
A rotary engine
rebuilder and racer gave an outstanding tear-down and briefing. Really
knew what he was talking about – but, it was refreshing to hear him say that
there was a number of things about the application of the rotary engine to
aircraft that Tracy could better answer. Richard Shone showed his new
castings for his one rotor project – boy, is that ever looking good.
Richard appears to be in the home stretch with proof of concept proven and now
just some minor modifications to the casting patterns. This gentleman
does know his mechanics and physics – not to mention how to
machine.
The Cozy Girrlllls
(Chrissi and Randi) were there showing their products (focused toward the
canard end of things – no pun intended). They had a nice motor
mount integrated with Tracy’s redrive mount the new bezel for our
joint project on the EFISM. This one was painted and really looked
snazzy. I’ll take a photo and post it later. They had several
other products as well, but I won’t go into details – contact them directly if
interested.
Electrical power went
out as we sat around the campfire Saturday night and it was entertaining
watching and speculating about the cause – which ranged from a “reportedly”
major substation explosion several miles a way in Bell, Fl (we did hear
several sounds and pops) to a local line fuse popping. I must have not
been too serious as a line crew had the power back on by 1100PM.
But, people did gravitate to the campfire and the only thing missing was
marshmallows.
Several folks got
their first rotary ride, Richard ran his one rotor and it sure sounds like its
putting out power.
So hopefully the
weather will be more cooperative for the next rotary round up and more folks
can make it. You just can’t beat it.
As always, simply
can’t say enough about Laura and Tracy taking the time, effort and $$ to put
this effort together each year. Laura was almost laid back this time as
she is used to handling over a hundred folks – so this was almost a cake walk
for her – right? Laura? Again, a lot of effort was exerted and while a
bit smaller than normal it was a great crowd to spend three days
with.
Best
Regards
Ed
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of DLOMHEIM@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:44
AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Rotary Round Up this
weekend
If any of you guys
attending the roundup get a chance and can gain access to a
computer, it would be fun to have a summary of what you did, heard /
learned, posted here each day...just a thought from those of us "less
fortunate" types who won't be able to attend this
year!
Ed: Looking at
the weather on-line it appears you have some beautiful flying weather
today so "git er" airborne and head south!
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