Another highly successful year. We had a total of
five airplanes this year. Most from Florida. Tracy Crook RV4 Fl, Bernie
Kerr
RV9 Fl, Bill Eslick RV6 from Texas, Chuck Dunlap from Arizona RV6 and
Finn Lassen RV3 Fl. The third yellow airplane in the first row
is Bernie Kerr's, then Tracy Crook (gray) and Chuck Dunlap (Cub Yellow)
closest. Bill Eslick airplane is in the second row with a canopy cover.

Chuck Dunlap's engine is cooling very well at around 135 to 160 F.
He will need cowl flaps in the winter. He has one of the smallest rad
cores and simplest cooling system around  with a dedicated cowl air
intake.

Bernie Kerr had only 7 hours but he was within the FAA radius for fly
off time.
George Graham (Cozy) was there but drove in as he does not like to land
at Sun & Fun.
I don't blame him as it is FAA controlled dangerous pandemonium
sometimes.
John Slade is flying his turbo Cozy in Palm Beach but did not have his
hours
FAA required 40 local hours flown off yet.

We disassembled a 12A rotary engine every afternoon in the work shop and

reassembled it in the morning. Takes about five minutes to disassemble
with
the right tools. That was a big hit as most people had never seen a
rotary
disassembled. Somebody donated a couple of 12As that appear to have sat
in
a junk yard for a number of years. The one we choose was frozen solid
from rust.
We got it apart however with the help of Lynn Hannover. One rotor
housing was
scratched but the other was in perfect condition as were the end
housings. The
e-shaft was rusted beyond repair unfortunately. The rotors were in
perfect shape.
The thing to do is get a couple of free engines and mix and match the
good parts.

Paul Lamar

"Kent, Russell" wrote:

To Bill Eslick: Are you planning on attending the Texas Fly-In (a.k.a.
Southwest Regional Fly-In, or SWRFI) this May?

All are welcome.  It is Friday - Sunday, May 13-15, in Hondo Texas
(about 30 miles west of San Antonio).  See http://www.swrfi.org for more
information.

One of these days I'm going to get Paul to come...

Russell Kent

I don't think Bill is on here Russell.

Paul Lamar
 
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