Neil A. Kruiswyk wrote:

    I have the greatest respect for Alan and Everet, and their
acomplishments.  I certainly didn't mean to start anything.  My appologies.
I did those speeds once and only once, and not on a certified course so I
really have no leg to stand on.  But these days, 250mph is really nothing
spectacular.  Homebuilts do it on a regular basis regardless of power plant
and that was my point.

    Progress is slow.  That's for sure.  But as Tracy, Ed and myself can
attest, we don't have unlimited budgets to experiment to the degree we would
all like to.  My goal is to have a reliable, inexpensive powerplant in
around 160-180hp.  Something that will start when it's cold and when it's
hot.  I've certainly had my fair share of setbacks with my project, but
that's part of the fun of experimenting and doing things different.

    If I get the cooling bisiness sorted out, and if I find a prop like the
Great American I had, I may get to Sun-n-fun one day.  Not to race though.
I'll have proven my point with the rotary by getting there.

Neil

    As a good freind of mine once told me,  All problems can be sorted out
with time and money.  The more you have of one, the less you need of the
other.  I have a limited amount of both.

BTW Neil I meant to ask you. What are the height, width and thickness of 
the rads you are currently using? Just for academic reference.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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