Peter Garrison wrote:

Paul,

Are you still at this address?

I'm thinking of revisiting the subject of rotary engines in my column,

and I'd like to get some

updates from you.

Peter Garrison

Hi Peter. Long time no hear from. Yes, we are still here cooking up rotary
powered airplanes. It will be five years this April. Dozens are in the

works

with well over a thousand subscribers. Tracy Crook is still leading the

charge

with over 1400 hours. We had one first flight last month (turbo three

rotor

Lancair ES) and another (NA two rotor Dyke Delta) due any day now.
Check out the web site as it has changed greatly over the years.

Are you flying your new airplane now? If so pop up to Santa Paula and
I'll show you my turbo 2 rotor Kis Cruiser in the works.

Paul Lamar

The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.  Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/
Copyright 1998-2002 All world wide rights reserved.

-Peter Garrison wrote:

Paul,

I would come out to Santa Paula, but the flaps aren't working yet on my
plane (though it is out of Phase 1 and in license), and I'm confining myself
for the time being to runways of 3,500 feet or more. One of these days,
however, I will pay you a visit.

In the meanwhile, what I am looking for is information on installation and
flight experience with rotary engines. I should talk with Tracy Crook, I
guess, as well. I need to know the bad news as well as the good; otherwise
it's not credible. I visited a couple of websites where people reported
installing rotaries, then eventually swapping them out for certified
engines. In one case (you will be familiar with these I'm sure) there had
been some problem and the guy's wife laid down the law, so he was taking the
3-rotor out of his Cozy (I think). Okay, that's understandable. Another guy
had a smaller motor that he had mounted "plugs up" -- I don't know what the
pros and cons are here -- and he had an oil starvation problem and then
replaced the engine with, I think, a Franklin. So, why didn't he just fix
the rotary? My impression from looking at the message traffic is that you
are the world center of rotary gossip, so I'm asking you first.

You know I will be honest and fair, and can distinguish between
for-publication and background information.

Can you give me a private e-mail address to use? I don't particularly want
to conduct this dialogue publicly, though I will if need be.

Peter- 

OK you guys flying rotaries. Here is your chance at 15 minutes of fame. Write up
your experiences good and bad and send them to Peter Garrison at 
"Peter Garrison" <pgarrison@earthlink.net>

For those that don't read Flying Magazine Peter is a long time columnist
with not one column but two. Flying magazine is arguably the top aviation 
magazine in the world. Peter has also DESIGNED, constructed  and flown 
two unique home builts and flown one of them around the world.

You can get to me privately by placing the word "private" before the subject.

Paul Lamar
 
The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.  Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            
Copyright 1998-2002 All world wide rights reserved.