I must admit I know very little about air racing.  There is no

such

competition in Europe since WW2.  We'll have to talk for I don't

know if

the image of air racing, with redrive lasting only 15 minutes

and

airplanes so extreme that you almost expect them to crash... or

at least

have in-flight failures, is really the image we want to project.

We

want to establish an image of high-performance but highly

reliable and

safe engines for any aircraft operator.  On the other hand,

racing might

be a good test bench to see how far is too far.  But we have no

human

and bench time resources to tune engines for racing... not to

mention

money to build them.  We are a small start-up company that

concentrates

all its very limited human and financial resources to achieve

its main

objective... no distraction allowed!

I am not saying we don't want to do it, but we would need

serious help.

Take care,

Francois

PS:  BTW  Thanks for animating such an interesting newsletter.

Yes by all means bring the engine from Embry-Riddle. I assume that

is

the Daytona Beach facility.

All that is true about air racing but the fans don't seem to care
and are impressed anyway. The free publicity is worth millions in
advertising.

Paul Lamar

Phil Flaugher wrote:

For Francois:

Question-
Why does Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and, now, Toyota, spend so
much on NASCAR competition?

Answer-
When they win on Sunday, they sell cars on Monday!

Targeted air races would require much less money than Nascar racing
but provide incredible exposure to the GA market. I'm with you;
no one is interested in a 15 minute redrive but the redrive that
survives that particular 15 minutes is automatically credible!

Phil Flaugher-- 

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