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

No offense taken Chrissi, and you raise a good point.  I have known several
airplane projects (especially alternative engine powered) that were works of
art but became 'hangar queens' because their builders were reluctant to do
the surgery needed to correct functional shortcomings.   Fly first, beauty
later!  :)

Tracy Crook
tcrook@rotaryaviation.com
www.rotaryaviation.com

 
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