Doug wrote:

ACRE wrote:

I'm not a customer of Powersport or a current builder of a rotary installation.  I have been a daily reader of this net for
6
months.  I was continually puzzled by the lack of discussion regarding the Powersport product, but given the obvious
hostility,
I now understand. The only reason I am/was  interested in a rotary powerplant was the existance of a firewall forward
package
like Powersport's. I am an engineer and recognize the tremendous amount of work that must go into every component of a
firewall
forward package.  I put myself through college as a mechanic and have no fear of things mechanical.  I'm under the cowl of
my 6A
every weekend. 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 keep
updated.

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We had an extensive discussion on here when one Power Sport installation failed during
one of the initial flights resulting in a crash. Must have been just before you joined.
To be fair about it the exhaust that failed was not made by Power Sport but if I were Power
Sport management I would have made a concerted effort to inspect the installation before
I signed off on the first flight. Assuming of course they know what to look for. I know
for a fact that the Velocity company does exactly that. The failure was such that
many on here with experience could have predicted the failure. The owner
of the airplane would be well advised to have been on here and submitted
pictures of his installation for our collective review as the installation
progressed. Unfortunately that was not the case. I have, at my own
expense, run ads in the classified section of EAA Sport Aviation magazine
every other month advertising this free internet news letter for the past five years.
Obviously Power Sport did not advise their readers of this free service as
we never heard from anyone installing a Power Sport firewall forward
package.

Each type of airplane is a unique installation so there are many possibilities
for design failure.

I notice Eggenfellner is focusing on RV's so that decreases the possibility
of a design flaw. I would say Power Sport set out with an almost impossible
task accommodating all types of aircraft. IMHO The only possibility for
success is to work with this type of forum. Thank God for the internet.

Paul Lamar

Just for all our readers of this list to read and Keith at Powersport,
 I would invest in a Powersport firewall installation in a heartbeat the day I see the RV-6 13B out here in the Las Vegas desert
in the summer. You powersport boys have yet to be seen anywhere outside of Minn or Wisconsin. Forgive me if my facts are wrong
but try flying someplace long haul or with high density altitudes like some of the rotary flyers on this list. That so far has
been the downfall for powersport not your price!
Respectfully
Doug Mueller
RV-6 13B
N900DM
Henderson,Nevada

I agree Doug.
I think attendance at Sun & Fun in Florida is a mandatory for anyone attempting to 
sell a firewall forward package.

Paul Lamar
 
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