>
    >  > > BTW Mark do you have, or can you borrow, a video camera?
    >  > > I would love to have a video of your 3 rotor powered Lancair ES
    >  > > taking off and or a high speed pass down the runway.
    >  > > Are you going to make Sun N Fun this year?
    >  > > Perhaps we can do something at an outlying Fl airport.
    >  > > I'll be going to Wachula Bensen days a few days before
    >  > > Sun n Fun. You could meet me there.
    >  > > --
    >  > > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
    >  > >
    >  > >
    >  > >
    >  > > Paul,
    >  > >
    >  > > I doubt that I'll be at this year's SNF due to work related
   issues. I
    >  > > was planning on attending the SWRFI, but I hear that the EAA has
    > pulled
    >  > > out due to recent litigation. I need to finish flying off
   the test
    >  > > period and get some other small issues corrected. The
   biggest unknown
    >  > > at this point is the exhaust system. The HushPower II
   doesn't look
    > like
    >  > > it is up to the job, but I don't have an anternative at this
   time.
    > Got
    >  > > any leads on some surplus Inconel tubing I can use to make a
    > tangential
    >  > > muffler?
    >  > >
    >  > > I have a camera that can take movies. I'll try to get
   something that
    >  > > you can use. I attended a local BBQ fly-in here in TX where
   there was
    > a
    >  > > professional photographer taking pictures of the attendees. As a
    >  > > result, she has taken the only picture of 208TX in flight
   that I know
    >  > > of. See
   http://futurshox.net/aeroview.php?level=image&id=6309
   <http://futurshox.net/aeroview.php?level=image&id=6309>
    >  > > It is
    >  > > copyrighted, so the url is the best I can do for now. (If
   you look
    > real
    >  > > close, you'll see a huge grin on the pilot's face.) I'll see
   what I
    > can
    >  > > do to get some video.
    >  > >
    >  > > Mark
    >  > >
    >  > >
    >  > >
    >  > > Check out Boeing and Pratt & Whitney surplus. They had Inconel
    >  > > at one time. Brian Trubee goes to Boeing Surplus from time
    >  > > to time as I recall. You can always go up on the wall thickness.
    >  > > 304 SS will work fine at .090 thick. A bit heavy but will work
    >  > > fine until something better comes along.
    >  > >
    >  > > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
    >  > >
    >  > >
    >  > >
    >  > > I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Boeing Surplus is
   no more. I
    >  > > don't know of anyplace that sells inconel, I've heard that
   there's
    > one
    >  > > place out in Kent, Wa that sells inconel, you can probably
   find it on
    >  > > the internet.
    >  > >
    >  > > Brian Trubee
    >  >
    >  >
    >  >
    >  > If Boeing Surplus is no more, that is a serious, bad thing. I
   have just
    >  > e-mailed my brother (30 years in Boeing, some sort of sr.
   advance tech
    >  > investigator) to see if that is definitively so, or if it is
   just that
    >  > the web site has simply been moved to a more obscure place, or
    > something
    >  > like that. I will get an answer in the morning.
    >  >
    >  > Les Nordman
    >
    > Sorry I am so late in getting this to you.  Here is the result of my
    > e-mail correspondence with my brother.
    >
    > -------------------------
    >
    > From: Leslie Nordman [mailto:leslienordman@hotmail.com
   <mailto:leslienordman@hotmail.com>]
    > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:17 PM
    > To: My Brother in Boeing
    > Subject: Is Boeing Surplus No Longer in existence?
    >
    > Hi!
    >
    > One of the posters to my rotary engine newsletter was trying to find
    > iconel steel for his project.  He tried to go to Boeing Surplus and
    > reported:
    >
    > "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Boeing Surplus is no more."
    >
    > Is that true?  Or has the website moved to some more obscure
   place?  Or
    > something?
    >
    > Thanks! :-)
    >
    > Les :-)
    >
    > Les
    > This is true, Boeing is no longer selling by retail any surplus
   stuff.
    > They sell it in lots on line.
    >
    > Your Brother
    >
    > -------------------------
    >
    > So, sorry, it is true.  Brian Trubee, don't feel bad: it's not your
    > fault that Boeing screwed up (again).  You did good: you helped us by
    > getting us the true information.  Thank you.
    >
    > Les Nordman


   o.k.  so the hush power muffler is toasting up?

   best,

   George W

George,

"Melting" is more like it.  After my initial 20 minute flight with the
new HP2 muffler, there was "cake frosting" dripping from the exhaust
pipe onto the hangar floor.  The 304ss baffle was already beginning to
scale.

Mark S.


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