Paul,  Good year for Team Steadfast this year at  Reno.  4th in
Unlimited Gold proves the turtle can outrun the rabbit! This was a
case of reliability and not having issues bringing in a good starting
position that became critical when the final race was canceled due to
very  high cross winds. The finishing positions were determined by the
starting  grid.  If the race had been run, Voodoo and Galloping Ghost
would bothhave  gone right around us and we would have finished 6th,
assuming no mayday's  ahead of us (we know there would have been at
least 1).  Sport and Super Sport had a bad rash of blown engines.....
as in 5 blown  engines, one ending in the loss of the Thunder Mustang.
Thankfully George  walked away from the wreck.  Look for us to have a
3 rotor entry in sport class in 2013 (I did get the  rules changed to
allow us to run under the SCCA displacement calc rules,so  less than
650 cubic inches).

Larry

The Thunder Mustang motor is one and a half of a Ford or Chevy V8.
What does one expect ? :)

Paul Lamar

Larry, Great job this year you guys!  The plane looks great and
runningwell.  I enjoyed hanging out and chatting a little on friday
night.I am really stoked about the races, it is fun stuff.  I plan to
bring myturbo 2-rotor RV-6 to the pylon school in June (mostly for
fun).  If I canqualify at faster than 200mph, I may even run at the
far back of the sportpack next Sept.--David LeonardTurbo Rotary RV-6
N4VYhttp://N4VY.RotaryRoster.nethttp://RotaryRoster.netYou guys should
pay George Periera a visit and get a set of plans for hisGP-5.  It's
about the right size for a three-rotor and it's already designedfor a
liquid-cooled engine.  It looks like a nice flying airplane too!

Steve Brazil


Yes but it is wood :)

Paul Lamar

The DeHavilland Mosquito was wood too--nature's composite.  Modern
epoxies
make wood a reasonable material.  Another thing, the GP-5 is the only
design
of this type made to race in the 400mph range. I don't know if NXT
kits are
still available and I think they wanted $250K for the kit.  I think you
could build a GP-5 for a lot less.  Check this out: http://airpigz.com/

http://airpigz.squarespace.com/storage/large/GP-5_Reno_2010_Before_Races.jpgYou
couldn't ask for a slicker, prettier airplane!

Steve-----



The DG-1 was $100K, Virg