| Hi Andrew Excellent to hear of another rotary in Aus getting airborne, excellent work, Bumma about the rebuild, but that's the learning curve, is worth the perseverance . Well done As for the article, I reckon it was well done and a good collection of mistakes that some of us has made Over the years, yes it can be taken both ways, but wherever my rotary flies to there is always a fair amount of enthusiasm associated around the engine.
Cheers all On Wednesday, 8 June 2016, Andrew Martin < flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: I dont see a problem with the article, good on him for writing it, looks to me that he is perservering. Much same article could be written by many Lyc/Cont builds. Takes a lot to put your mistakes into print for others to learn.
I think we should be inviting him to this forum and encouraging him on. If I was close I'd go and say hello but I dont think he lives near Western Australia.
I myself made my maiden flight on Sunday. Total time 4 minuites, learnt that the plane handles exceponally well. Steam cleaned the inside of the cowl at 500' above the wrong end of the runway, all due to an absolutly stupid mistake by the builder, so a rebuild is in order before next flight.
I might even tell more if I can bring myself to admitting my mistake in print and know that I wont be ridiculed. I really like my rotary engine, saved my ass.
Cheers Andrew Martin Lightwing SP4000 Renesis,rd1-c,ec2,em2. gt electric cs prop. YGEL Western Australia
On Wednesday, 8 June 2016, William Jepson < flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: True Todd, and I was rather harsh in my comment. I think that I am sensitive as I want rotary conversions to flourish. That article isn't helpful to that.
Bill Jepson
On Jun 7, 2016 4:07 PM, "Todd Bartrim" < flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: Oh, there's so many things that could be said about this article, but the most important is the next to final line.. "but I've had a lot more fun and learned a great deal more than simply bolting on another engine." That pretty much fits with the rule that allows us to build for "entertainment and educational purposes". While building my plane was fun, it wasn't hard with the very complete manual and plans that Vans supplies, but by far the most fun and rewarding aspect of the project was the FWF where all design and development was the responsibility of yours truly with the only guidance being provided by the collective wisdom of the members of this list. I don't recognize his name so I assume he was never a member of this list, but obviously a disciple of Lamar. While it does shed a negative light on what we are doing, it likely wouldn't dissuade a knowledgeable and competent builder, but will make those with questionable abilities think twice about embarking on this journey. When we trivialize the challenges that we've overcome, we do possibly create unrealistic expectations for others.
Todd C-FSTB RV9 13Bturbo
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Andrew Martin
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