Thomas Parkes wrote:

Peter, these are the people on here flying that should respond.
In no particular order

Paul:

Interesting how things develop.............it was Peter Garrison who first
told me about the ACRE NL, over 4 years ago.  I read his original article on
rotary engines in airplanes that appeared in Flying magazine.  I mentioned
the article to a friend, expressing my desire to contact one of the builders
mentioned in the article.  To my surprise, my friend had Peter's home phone
number, gave it to me, and the rest is history.  Peter was very personable
and accommodating.

Incidently--flew again today and think I've solved the high EGT problem
right after takeoff.  Richer mixture plus keeping the engine rpm below 5800
(2.17 redrive) did the trick.  Having been accustomed to constant speed
props, I had to remind myself to toggle the prop toward coarse pitch as
airspeed increased.  A one second toggle decreased rpm about 200 rpm.  I'll
refine the technique as testing progresses.

Tom Parkes
N44AZ - Flying

Thanks for the report Tom. I don't think I ever read that article of Peter's.
Too bad we don't have it scanned in or in pdf form. If you have it could you
scan it for us? Do you have it in electronic form Peter?

Paul Lamar

 
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