Perhaps I am gutless and don't have the gene, but I don't see anything wrong with letting someone, for $30,000 or

more,  put in the time to produce a package that has been wrung out.  I want the advantages of a flying behind a rotary, not the
R&D the experience of building one.   I am often shocked at the lack of knowledge in what I read here (in addition to the very
creative, well thought out, state of the art work). But, I do fear that rotaries won't catch on because of fatal amateur efforts
giving them a bad name.   Tedd, I would be very interested any sort of a similar forum for your product or a way to

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Dear Unsigned, There is no hostility toward powersport. I have even inquired about
 some of their products. You should know that the current owners acquired the 
company for a song from the original Everett Hatch run co. The rather high prices 
of their equipment puzzles me. They spent lots of money on items not really needed, 
IE perpheripal ports. Not enough study on the basics, like radiator location and sizing. 
They certainly have not "wrung out" all the problems as their plane still has cooling 
trouble in hot weather. They have modded their much ballyhoo'ed new cowling to a 
larger scoop and still have problems. This is despite the cautions given them by 
Paul and others on this forum. Their system is very well finished, but finish alone 
doesn't mean everything works right. Their re-drive seems well done although a little 
heavy but costs at least twice what most others do. I wish them well, but they 
need to communicate with those of us that will be their customers. Bill Jepson

 
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