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The airplane went over and the right wing spar
broke, tail post is bent at top about 3 inches, it takes less than a second and
a skid of 60 feet to be out of the plane. The 80W was burning inside the
SS exhaust shield and on the 40 inches of .016 SS x 11 x 1 inch formed channel
that I had on the bottom of the fuselage over the muffler which I assume kept
the fabric from catching on fire. There is also 1/8" fibrefrax between the
SS and the fabric. The prop and spinner is history. You sure do love
the high wing aircraft to protect the ole bones.
The article in the Contact Magazine told about all
the problems that one fellow had to fix and also on a RV builders site with a
Sube engine was an article about the problems of the Marcotte. The input
seat was driven in and bent, then covered with permetex which hardened and was
leaking and had to be replaced. A machinist friend has a buddy who is a
retired gearbox engineer who said that the aluminun housing with overheated
gears would soon expand and let the seal fall out, they are going to tear down
the gearbox to see what it looks like inside. Selling aircraft parts
to be field tested isn't the most intelligent idea in my mind. Buyer
beware.
The rotary is one smooth engine, with the exhaust
exit from the Hushpower II behind you and with ear plugs and a noise cancelling
headset it's like the sound and vibration of a sewing machine at 190 mph.
JohnD
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