X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com ([66.147.249.253] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.3) with SMTP id 5360348 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:19:49 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.147.249.253; envelope-from=jslade@canardaviation.com Received: (qmail 23341 invoked by uid 0); 23 Jan 2012 00:19:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host296.hostmonster.com) (66.147.240.96) by oproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2012 00:19:14 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=canardaviation.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:To:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID; bh=z74lKZIp+4TCcdbJxIIn81KYmiTKkvG8l+0g1N1hbQQ=; b=s2d66TyNPHfZB+JBbBmJM9XqkVRMyHj3LRUQhiocHVWbzPDVfJp1HtBNTpMyD8bRbzzr/U3VaXAzDVoeDch2udNn50VOc5irbeqiHwIIfdwI/uFiB+nasoKD4OvwTdFU; Received: from [75.69.1.4] (helo=[192.168.1.105]) by host296.hostmonster.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Rp7cw-00021e-8r for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:19:14 -0700 Message-ID: <4F1CA780.6090506@canardaviation.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:19:12 -0500 From: John Slade User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Top 7 reasons for using an auto conversion References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {3339:host296.hostmonster.com:instanu1:trickysites.com} {sentby:smtp auth 75.69.1.4 authed with jslade+trickysites.com} 1. Innovation. I couldn't bring myself to pay $18k for a used 1930's tractor engine. Builders need a cheap, viable alternative to being ripped off and I wanted to help find one. $700 for a used 30 year old carburetor? Geesh! 2. Power. I wanted more power for take-off, climb and cruise. Take-off power is a safety factor. You're in the "Oh shit" zone (Where its too late to land ahead and too early to turn back) for much less time. 3. Cash-flow. I didn't have to shell out $18k all in one lump. 4. Vibration. Vibration is tiring for the pilot and destructive to the systems. 5. Benign failure modes. If a Lyc fails internally it often does so catastrophically. Rotaries tend to keep running, then die once they've got you home. 6. Maintenance cost. If the engine blows up, while I glide toward the nearest landing spot at least I wont be thinking "this is going to cost me $18,000 to rebuild". 7. For the challenge and satisfaction of having done it.