Paul Lamar, Robin Lamar, Tod Archer, Doug fir
and
             Steve Thomas left to right.

             Doug fir holding 109 pound all aluminum 200 HP
two rotor 13B.


         Paul,
          >From the manner in which Douglas Fir is
grimacing while
         holding that
         109 lb 2-rotor, he is probably wishing he had been
named Northern
         While Ash.

         Please don't tell me I'm making an ash of
myself once again.
That's
         really old!

         And don't point a finger at Robin for the tone
of this email.  She
         should not have to shoulder the blame.  After all,
right now she
         only
         has one good one left.  Right?
         jd


         Hey John,

         I resembled that remark. Really I was just
lumbering along and
         Paul  noticed an unbelievably small number on a
13B placed on
         the table.   "Hey Doug that can't be
right.  Pick it up," he
         said.  Having  sawdust for brains I did just that.
John that is
         not a grimace, that  a sign of joy.  The engine
was extremely
         light weight. I was  probably thinking what I want
for Christmas.

         Doug in California



     Doug,
     Do you live in California or are you a fir-eigner?

     I wood have to believe that Paul put you up to
replying just to needle
     me.  Tell him he's barking up the wrong oak.  He
needs to go with the
     flow . . .the Lamarnar flow.
     jd


So how did the fly-overs go-over?  Tod showed up at
Oceanside airport
and his shameless flattery bought him a ride.

Great flying day today!  IFR departure from Oceanside (I
enjoy the
marine layer sometimes).  Sevenstock fly-over, gave a talk
at Flabob
about my rotary installation, another sevenstock fly-over,
then a fly-in
BBQ at Oceanside and hanging out with the home crowd (and
give Tod a
ride), then back to Flabob for more looking at airplanes
followed by a
dinner lecture by Burt Rutan.  All topped off with a night
ILS into
Carlsbad where the ATIS was reporting 100 foot OVC.  Yee
Ha.  AND,  Just
when
I thought I was going to have to walk home from Carlsbad,
my loving wife
had the foresight to notice the weather and know that I
couldn't get
into Oceanside (VOR appch only with 1100 MDA) so she left a
car at CRQ
for me to drive home.  Good wife!

What a country!

-- 
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net


Great.

Thanks for the fly overs at Seven Stock Dave. Right after
the first one
my hand held battery went dead. Robin was out there
pointing up at you
and shouting "That's a rotary powered
airplane!"

Paul Lamar

Paul,

Is this engine using those Racing Beat aluminum plates? Would you
anticipate a problem with this engine using a turbocharger
at around 35
inches manifold pressure?  It would be running 5500 to 6000
rpm continuously
with manifold pressure being varied for required torque. Do you think the
engine will last with these operating parameters?  This
could be my
helicopter engine.

Steve Brazil

Yes. Racing Beat.
The coatings long term durability is still unknown.
I would buy the raw castings and have them detonation gun
coated with slicon carbine and diamond ground.


Paul Lamar

Paul

Did you see the TurboSmart display with a billet alum 20B intermediate plate? They told me the running surface was electroplated, but didn't say with what.

regards, Robert


Yes I did but it is solid aluminum. Of no use for aircraft. My guess is it is close to the weight of the stock cast iron 3 rotor intermediate housing. It is designed for the 1600 HP drag racing 3 rotors.

Paul Lamar