Charles is, of course, correct about the lack of "commercial appeal" on my
current installation.  Keep in mind that it was never intended to be a
promotional tool and I never dreamed that it would turn into a business.  I
was dragged into it kicking and screaming all the way.  But of course it did
afford me the opportunity to do honest to god aircraft powerplant systems
design, something I had only dreamed of doing.

The 20B powered RV-8 under construction will be a much more appealing
installation and should be a real hoot to fly but I will always have a warm
spot for the "RVotter" (my current RV-4), warts and all.  It has given me 7
years and 1200+ hours of flying pleasure and introduced me to the finest
group of people I could ever hope to meet.

Tracy Crook

Tracy, I think we all owe you a great deal for what you (and others) have done. Please don't see my comments as being in any way critical of you or your plane. My response was purely to Charles's remarks. Some projects are not static works of art and there is no point to getting it all cleaned up because it is not going to be that way long before something else is cobbled. If that were the case no of us would get anywhere with our experiments. "Show Appeal" is something altogether different.
...Chrissi

 
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