I have a set of plans as well. I have welded up assemblies for another
Dyke. The original is still flying every year. The original design was to have
been all composite, probably fiberglass. The FAA would have none of it. So he
changed the design to that "New" 4130 steel tubing. Just lucky he was not burned
at the stake over that. Surprised he got away with the
"Other worldly" Glass skins.
Is the Mistral mount attached by more than the front cover bolts?
The engines are not very stiff in beam or torsion, and drag racers add the
thick oil pan plate, over sized case bolts and extra dowels around the plug
side, to reduce rotor housing flex and help carry torque into the rear
iron.
Lynn E. Hanover
In a message dated 4/25/2011 9:56:06 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time,
hjjohnson@sasktel.net writes:
That's after the Dyke Delta is up & flying right..?? I've
actually got a set of original plans here for one.. I'd always wanted to adapt
the design to a full composite [composite as in all fibreglass and carbon, not
just the skins] airframe but thats not in the cards right here and now.. More
likely a single place w/ a 20B to start w/. [Hey I fly @ 280knts TAS in
the 'work' plane.. I wanna go that fast in 'my' plane too :)
]
But that is all alot longer term than these
products/projects.
Jarrett Johnson
www.innovention-tech.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net>
Date: Monday, April 25, 2011 6:44 pm
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral 'Like' Intake