Why do you need the NXT - if you can truly put 900 hp in
a Lancair 4P you would wax him big time - no way does
he have less than half the flat plate drag of the lancair. The game
is almost pure horsepower over flat plate drag, and the bigger
heavier 4P would have an easier time in traffic,
C'mon! lets put up the rotary money and go! - Vance
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Now you've done it Vance!!!!!!!!!......
You've managed to unleash my thoughts on this very subject which I've
harbored for a lots of years on ACRE....so here goes!!!!
I'm sick and tired of periodically hearing the same old chant, over
and over again, on how the SUPERIOR 1200 hp 20B can easily beat the
pants of anything
flying today at Reno, Blah, Blah, Blah and ETC, ETC,
ETC........Followed by.......loads of IFs up my ying-yat......And
finally ending with the same old
statement......."Too bad they won't allow Rotaries to participate at
the Reno Air Races".......Then everybody picks up their tarnished
MARBLES and goes home
muttering......."Even IF they did allow it, THEY would eventually
handicap or outlaw Rotaries after we beat the shit out of those N-F-G
piston grenades"....
The latest and most legitimate one brought up by Vance is......."Those
big Heavy HP iron's wake, will blow any Light weight A/C we could come
up with, clear
out of the sky regardless of HP employed.
Now here's my take on the whole blooming mess:!!!!!!!
As a rule, shit happens but it's always caused by THEY, the selfish,
egoistical, self centered, narrow minded and insecure Shitheads out
there that fight to
keep their turf/domain(s) from being changed, (Sort of like the
Rooster in the Hen house).......Experience has taught me this well, and
it can be turned
around IF, you're a "Doer" ;-)
If you guys are genuinly serious about doing something instead of
continuing doing NOTHING, WE could pool in our resources both
technically and monetarily and
get them to take notice by beating the pants off the Reno WINNERS per,
or in whatever Class we choose!!!!........HOW????,.......By very simply
designing and
building an A/C powered by a Rotary for the sole purpose of beating
that years Reno's FASTEST bird's time!!!!......WHERE????........AT an
annual gathering on
an AIRPORT of our choosing. SANCTIONED by WHOM????.......Nobody but US
at first, BUT I'll personally guarantee that the WORD will get around,
and the Reno
clicks will take notice (Their Competitive Ego will make them), but
more importantly, the regular Joes, fliers, builders etc out there will
also be taking the
Rotary much more seriously.
Can this really be pulled off????
Yep!!!!!.......Right of the Bat and aside from personal donations by
us, I can easily see the people that are doing business with the Rotary
making Component,
Technical as well as Monetary donations for the cause and advertizing
spot on the actual A/C......Ransacking the Private Business
sector......Placing a modest
fee for the NO-charge ACRE Newsletter service (That's right Paul,
nothing legal or wrong with this, so SHUT-UP or I'll have my BIGGER
than you Buddy Bulent,
feed you to the Aligators in his back yard).
I think I've made my point at a chance of a lifetime opportunity and
taken away all the EXCUSES.......So in conclussion I say "Either we SHIT
or get off the
POT" and stop WHINING!!!!!!!
Fire away guys,
Butch
The only problem with this message is it won't go over in Zanzibar :)
I figure all we need is $200,000. I'll donate $10,000 and my 20B core.
any other takers?
Paul Lamar