> Hi Paul I'm using this slow correspondence time to ask your opinion.
>
> I'm deciding which plane and engine to pick. So I could
> start building
>
> from plan. (less expensive). Well now I know for
> sure a want a rotary
>
> engine (which one? like 13turbo w/o the turbo so I could have
> ram air
>
> induction, renesis on a Mustang II? will it
> fit?). From the start,
>
> my mine was made up for a rotary. Don t ask me why but
> rotary just make
>
> so much sense. Rotary engine goes in an airplane like
> daddy goes with
>
> mummy :)))
>
> Now where I'm hesitating is the Mustang II. A fellow at
> work is
>
> building one from plans (great). Where I'm concerned is
> that it seems
>
> so much popular with the RV. Also there is so much been
> made for them
>
> and so little for the Mustang II why not the
> Mustang? I don't want to
>
> find my self lost in the garage walking around in circle cursing
> at me
>
> regretting making the wrong choice. Because everything has
> already been
>
> created for the plane (RV) but I have to re-invent the wheel for the
>
> mustang. I'm limited in human resources I'm a train
> conductor not an
>
> engineer. The Mustang has so much (for me) room for improvement
> reducing
>
> drag and all that jazz it seem the sky is the limit in improving
> it (Am
>
> I wrong or the RV would be just as fun to build from plans possible?).
>
> I just had to get it of my chest.
>
> Just about everywhere I look they talk about a RV 4, 6, etc
> etc... not
>
> much help from RWS Tracy he is a RV guy. At RWS they
> have only one
>
> customer with email address doing Mustang II and rotary.
> Did not find
>
> much much more than this one guy.
>
> Where is the beef???
>
> Marc Montreal Canada
>
> I'll let people answer that have built both.
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
>
> In spite of its many attractive features, the Mustang II has not
> been as
> popular with the homebuilding crowd as the RVs or some other recent
> additions to the kit plane market. I think it is because Mr. Robert
> Bushby (the originator of the Mustang II) was principally a one-
> man show
> and never tried to mass-market the kit; however, there has been
> a change
> in emphasis. Declining health forced Mr. Bushby to sell the production
> rights for the Midget Mustang and Mustang II kits in 1992 to a company
> called Mustang Aeronautics, under the management of a very energetic
> Chris Tieman. He has made several enhancements in the kit,
> making it
> easier and faster to build. You can see them at the
> MustangAeronautics web site
>
_http://www.mustangaero.com/Mustang%20II/MustangII.html_
>
> I would_ not_ recommend that you build from plans. Go with the
> quick-build kit, unless you want to spend the rest of your life
> buildinginstead of flying. Everything that you can get pre-
> made and still stay
> within the 51% rule is well worth the money in my estimation.
>
> I think that the Mustang II and the 13B rotary are a nice
> fit. My
> experience in flying one with a Lycoming O-320 is that it has
> excellentshort field characteristics. It flew nicely in
> and out of a 2,100 foot
> grass strip.
>
> Bob J. Rogers
>
> I am probably the Mustang II / R13b builder referred to by
> Tracy. I've
> been building from plans since 1993, and I second everything Mr.
> Rogerssays. I started out delighted by how much money I
> was saving over the
> kit cost. But now, after graduating from college, moving
> twice, getting
> married, and having a child, I still haven't finished the
> project (99%
> though), and have bought a factory four-seat to haul the growing
> familyaround.
>
> Anything that you can buy pre-made is one less thing to worry
> about--
> and the 13b is a very tight vertical fit under the cowl. Don't
> underestimate the job of building from plans.
>
> Steve Rosine
Steve and Bob Thank you I could feel the words spoken to me as if you
were here with me.
I'm 51 years young and live alone. I'm through chasing girls and out
drinking. My job allow me to be at home after 4 hours of work with an
above average income. My son 26 is becoming an electrician. Any
reasons I could find to have my son around me is a good one. Retirement
is in 13 years from now.
But Bob I think you are right!
Marc Montréal Canada
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