"Luc H." wrote:

Paul

Is there a Rotary development fund that we can donate money to?

It would be nice if we could make $5, $10, $20 or $??? donations by Pay

Pal or check to help pay for out of pocket material expenses that
contributing ACRE

members like yourself, George (down under), Jerry Hey, Edward Klepeis

and others incur while trying to perfect parts for an airworthy rotary. A
little seed

money could help speed up development.

I'm sure other members would also like to help the cause with a small

donation.

Just a thought.... Luc

We do accept donations to the Everett Hatch Memorial Prize fund.
Everett Hatch (deceased) was a pioneer in the development of the Mazda

rotary

for aviation use. Most of the money paid out so far was to Tracy Crook
for winning various cross country air races. Currently there is slightly
over $1000 in the fund. The current prize is $750 for exceeding 220 MPH
average in a cross country air race of at least 100 miles while powered by
a rotary engine.

Paul Lamar

Luc,
A wonderful gesture, the true spirit of participation in this great venture
of ours.

However I don't think we could keep up with all the expenses going on with
designing and testing and developing new products we can all use.

For myself I just keep taking forward steps with the help from friends, both
on ACRE and locally, believe me without them I would be getting nowhere
FAST.  This type of support is a far greater help than dollars.

On the expenses, I just try to keep them moderate and have the occasional
heart attack, when I get the bills! but if the budget blows out, I just have
to slow the outgoings a bit.

My philosophy is " If, at the end of the day, I can get a good product and
recover my investment - I'm happy".

After all it is my hobby, and I have personal goals to achieve.

I know I can't speak for everyone, but I'd be surprised if others doing
costly development processes in 'Experimental', didn't feel much the same.

George (down under)

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