> >  > 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
>
> Gee Marc, if your through with girls and booze you should have lots
> of time and money !
> Do a Mustang to deal with your time and an RV to handle the
> money :)
>
> John